2020 - PACE Award Winner

Innovation: IROX2 bearing coating

First customer: Volkswagen/Audi

In the quest for a smaller carbon footprint, engine makers are introducing smaller-displacement, higher-density engines that use lighter engine components, thinner oil, turbocharging, supercharging and stop-start technologies. All of these advances have extended the viability of the internal combustion engine — but each takes a toll on the life of engine bearings. 
Tenneco merged its expertise in bearings and polymers to create a polymer engine bearing coating, marketed as IROX 2, that improves crankshaft performance in bearing wear and conformity.
The coating can be applied universally across both gasoline and diesel engine designs.

Website: tenneco.com