Tenneco opens engineering, simulation center in Poland

Suspension- and powertrain-components specialist Tenneco recently opened a new 9,600 sq.m (103,334-sq. ft.) European engineering center at Gliwice in Poland to serve its European ride-control and advanced suspension technologies businesses. The new facility is located close to the company's nearby manufacturing plant.

“We've centralized all the prototyping and all the testing in one location. We've moved the capacity and the machines from Belgium, from Spain and from Otowice into this facility,” Henrik Johansson, Vice President and General Manager Advanced Suspension Technologies, told SAE Media Group. “It's a good place to be for us for many reasons. It's near to many of the customers, of course, and also we have a great cooperation with the local universities and we have one of our major - I would say the major - European site here just up the road.” The new site is located on a science and new technology park, with the Silesian University nearby. There also is a connection with the Technology University of Krakow.