How are these brands and product lines positioned to help installers capture more import service opportunities?

We don’t look at the market as domestic versus import. For us, the objective is simply to offer the best coverage of the full North American car parc, regardless of make or model. We’ve addressed the shift toward foreign-nameplate vehicles with extensive coverage expansions of our Monroe and Walker product lines. Monroe, for example, has achieved 98-percent coverage of passenger applications registered in North America. On the Walker side, we’ve added hundreds of premium direct-fit exhaust assemblies, mufflers and converters in each of the past three years. This year, we’re adding more 650 new exhaust part numbers. Customers who rely on Monroe and Walker products enjoy the benefit of Tenneco’s global engineering and manufacturing footprint. We’re an OE supplier to just about every major global automaker, which means our products are based on extensive insight into the unique requirements of each vehicle. In addition, our global manufacturing capabilities and OE involvement have ...  more