Thread regarding Tenneco Inc. layoffs

Oct 2008: Tenneco has announced plans to close four automotive parts manufacturing plants in North America, and lay off 1,100 workers worldwide. The company expects to close its elastometer facility in Milan, Ohio, and an original equipment emission control factory in Evansville, Ind. The locations of the two other plants to be closed have not been disclosed, but they will be a ride control plant and another emission control just-in-time factory. \"We sincerely regret the impact of these restructuring actions on our employees, but we must act quickly by better aligning our operations with the new realities of the market,\" said the company in a statement.