Tenneco to Webcast Presentation at the 31st Annual Gabelli Automotive Aftermarket Symposium

LAKE FOREST, Ill., Oct. 23, 2007 -- Tenneco will participate in the 31st Annual Gabelli Automotive Aftermarket Symposium Conference to be held in Las Vegas, Nevada on Tuesday, October 30, 2007. Tenneco's Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer, Gregg Sherrill, will present at 9:15 a.m. PDT.

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Tenneco's presentation will be audio webcast and can be accessed by going to the "Investors" portion of the company's web site at http://www.tenneco.com/. A copy of the slides also will be available under the "Presentation" tab in this section of the web site. A replay of the webcast will be available through November 30, 2007.

Tenneco is a $4.7 billion manufacturing company with headquarters in Lake Forest, Illinois and approximately 19,000 employees worldwide. Tenneco is one of the world's largest designers, manufacturers and marketers of emission control and ride control products and systems for the automotive original equipment market and the aftermarket. Tenneco markets its products principally under the Monroe(R), Walker(R), Gillet(TM) and Clevite(R)Elastomer brand names. Among its products are Sensa-Trac(R) and Monroe Reflex(R) shocks and struts, Rancho(R) shock absorbers, Walker(R) Quiet-Flow(R) mufflers, Dynomax(R) performance exhaust products, and Clevite(R)Elastomer noise, vibration and harshness control components.

   Contacts:  Jane Ostrander
              Media Relations
              847 482-5607
              jostrander@tenneco.com

              Leslie Hunziker
              Investor Relations
              847 482-5042
              lhunziker@tenneco.com