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                                                                      EXHIBIT 24


                    TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


                  The undersigned does hereby appoint Timothy R. Donovan, Mark
A. McCollum and Kenneth R. Trammell, and each of them, with full power to act
alone, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to execute a Registration Statement on Form S-4 of
Tenneco Automotive Inc., Tenneco Automotive Operating Company Inc., Clevite
Industries Inc., The Pullman Company, Tenneco Global Holdings Inc., Tenneco
International Holding Corp. and TMC Texas Inc. (collectively, "Automotive")
relating to the offer to exchange new notes and subsidiary guarantees of
Automotive which have been registered under the Securities Act for certain
outstanding notes and subsidiary guarantees of Automotive, and any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to said Registration Statement
on Form S-4 and any subsequent registration statement filed by Automotive
pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith,
as fully to all intents and purchases as he might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any one
of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.

                  IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this
instrument this 23rd day of December, 1999.



                                            /s/ Mark P. Frissora
                                            ------------------------------------
                                            Name:  Mark P. Frissora



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                    TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


                  The undersigned does hereby appoint Timothy R. Donovan and
Kenneth R. Trammell, and each of them, with full power to act alone, as his true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to execute a Registration Statement on Form S-4 of Tenneco
Automotive Inc., Tenneco Automotive Operating Company Inc., Clevite Industries
Inc., The Pullman Company, Tenneco Global Holdings Inc., Tenneco International
Holding Corp. and TMC Texas Inc. (collectively, "Automotive") relating to the
offer to exchange new notes and subsidiary guarantees of Automotive which have
been registered under the Securities Act for certain outstanding notes and
subsidiary guarantees of Automotive, and any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to said Registration Statement on Form S-4 and any
subsequent registration statement filed by Automotive pursuant to Rule 462(b) of
the Securities Act, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and
purchases as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any one of them, or their or his
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

                  IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this
instrument this 23rd day of December, 1999.



                                      /s/ Mark A. McCollum
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                      Name:  Mark A. McCollum

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                    TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


                  The undersigned does hereby appoint Timothy R. Donovan, Mark
A. McCollum and Kenneth R. Trammell, and each of them, with full power to act
alone, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to execute a Registration Statement on Form S-4 of
Tenneco Automotive Inc., Tenneco Automotive Operating Company Inc., Clevite
Industries Inc., The Pullman Company, Tenneco Global Holdings Inc., Tenneco
International Holding Corp. and TMC Texas Inc. (collectively, "Automotive")
relating to the offer to exchange new notes and subsidiary guarantees of
Automotive which have been registered under the Securities Act for certain
outstanding notes and subsidiary guarantees of Automotive, and any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to said Registration Statement
on Form S-4 and any subsequent registration statement filed by Automotive
pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith,
as fully to all intents and purchases as he might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any one
of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.

                  IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this
instrument this 23rd day of December, 1999.



                                                     /s/ Kenneth R. Trammell
                                                     --------------------------
                                                     Name: Kenneth R. Trammell




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                    TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


                  The undersigned does hereby appoint Timothy R. Donovan, Mark
A. McCollum and Kenneth R. Trammell, and each of them, with full power to act
alone, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to execute a Registration Statement on Form S-4 of
Tenneco Automotive Inc., Tenneco Automotive Operating Company Inc., Clevite
Industries Inc., The Pullman Company, Tenneco Global Holdings Inc., Tenneco
International Holding Corp. and TMC Texas Inc. (collectively, "Automotive")
relating to the offer to exchange new notes and subsidiary guarantees of
Automotive which have been registered under the Securities Act for certain
outstanding notes and subsidiary guarantees of Automotive, and any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to said Registration Statement
on Form S-4 and any subsequent registration statement filed by Automotive
pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith,
as fully to all intents and purchases as he might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any one
of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.

                  IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this
instrument this 23rd day of December, 1999.



                                                     /s/ Dana G. Mead
                                                     --------------------------
                                                     Name: Dana G. Mead




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                    TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         The undersigned does hereby appoint Timothy R. Donovan, Mark A.
McCollum and Kenneth R. Trammell, and each of them, with full power to act
alone, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to execute a Registration Statement on Form S-4 of
Tenneco Automotive Inc., Tenneco Automotive Operating Company Inc., Clevite
Industries Inc., The Pullman Company, Tenneco Global Holdings Inc., Tenneco
International Holding Corp. and TMC Texas Inc. (collectively, "Automotive")
relating to the offer to exchange new notes and subsidiary guarantees of
Automotive which have been registered under the Securities Act for certain
outstanding notes and subsidiary guarantees of Automotive, and any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to said Registration Statement
on Form S-4 and any subsequent registration statement filed by Automotive
pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith,
as fully to all intents and purchases as he might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any one
of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.

         IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument this
23rd day of December, 1999.



                                             /s/ Sir David Plastow
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             Name: Sir David Plastow



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                    TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


         The undersigned does hereby appoint Timothy R. Donovan, Mark A.
McCollum and Kenneth R. Trammell, and each of them, with full power to act
alone, as her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for her and in her name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to execute a Registration Statement on Form S-4 of
Tenneco Automotive Inc., Tenneco Automotive Operating Company Inc., Clevite
Industries Inc., The Pullman Company, Tenneco Global Holdings Inc., Tenneco
International Holding Corp. and TMC Texas Inc. (collectively, "Automotive")
relating to the offer to exchange new notes and subsidiary guarantees of
Automotive which have been registered under the Securities Act for certain
outstanding notes and subsidiary guarantees of Automotive, and any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to said Registration Statement
on Form S-4 and any subsequent registration statement filed by Automotive
pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith,
as fully to all intents and purchases as she might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any one
of them, or their or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.

         IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument this
23rd day of December, 1999.



                                                     /s/ M. Kathryn Eickhoff
                                                     -------------------------
                                                     Name: M. Kathryn Eickhoff






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                    TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


                  The undersigned does hereby appoint Timothy R. Donovan, Mark
A. McCollum and Kenneth R. Trammell, and each of them, with full power to act
alone, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to execute a Registration Statement on Form S-4 of
Tenneco Automotive Inc., Tenneco Automotive Operating Company Inc., Clevite
Industries Inc., The Pullman Company, Tenneco Global Holdings Inc., Tenneco
International Holding Corp. and TMC Texas Inc. (collectively, "Automotive")
relating to the offer to exchange new notes and subsidiary guarantees of
Automotive which have been registered under the Securities Act for certain
outstanding notes and subsidiary guarantees of Automotive, and any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to said Registration Statement
on Form S-4 and any subsequent registration statement filed by Automotive
pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith,
as fully to all intents and purchases as he might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any one
of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.

                  IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this
instrument this 23rd day of December, 1999.



                                                     /s/ Mark Andrews
                                                     --------------------------
                                                     Name: Mark Andrews




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                    TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


                  The undersigned does hereby appoint Timothy R. Donovan, Mark
A. McCollum and Kenneth R. Trammell, and each of them, with full power to act
alone, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to execute a Registration Statement on Form S-4 of
Tenneco Automotive Inc., Tenneco Automotive Operating Company Inc., Clevite
Industries Inc., The Pullman Company, Tenneco Global Holdings Inc., Tenneco
International Holding Corp. and TMC Texas Inc. (collectively, "Automotive")
relating to the offer to exchange new notes and subsidiary guarantees of
Automotive which have been registered under the Securities Act for certain
outstanding notes and subsidiary guarantees of Automotive, and any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to said Registration Statement
on Form S-4 and any subsequent registration statement filed by Automotive
pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith,
as fully to all intents and purchases as he might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any one
of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.

                  IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this
instrument this 23rd day of December, 1999.



                                                     /s/ Roger B. Porter
                                                     --------------------------
                                                     Name: Roger B. Porter





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                    TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


                  The undersigned does hereby appoint Timothy R. Donovan, Mark
A. McCollum and Kenneth R. Trammell, and each of them, with full power to act
alone, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to execute a Registration Statement on Form S-4 of
Tenneco Automotive Inc., Tenneco Automotive Operating Company Inc., Clevite
Industries Inc., The Pullman Company, Tenneco Global Holdings Inc., Tenneco
International Holding Corp. and TMC Texas Inc. (collectively, "Automotive")
relating to the offer to exchange new notes and subsidiary guarantees of
Automotive which have been registered under the Securities Act for certain
outstanding notes and subsidiary guarantees of Automotive, and any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to said Registration Statement
on Form S-4 and any subsequent registration statement filed by Automotive
pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith,
as fully to all intents and purchases as he might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any one
of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.

                  IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this
instrument this 23rd day of December, 1999.



                                                     /s/ Paul T. Stecko
                                                     --------------------------
                                                     Name: Paul T. Stecko




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                    TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         The undersigned does hereby appoint Timothy R. Donovan, Mark A.
McCollum and Kenneth R. Trammell, and each of them, with full power to act
alone, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to execute a Registration Statement on Form S-4 of
Tenneco Automotive Inc., Tenneco Automotive Operating Company Inc., Clevite
Industries Inc., The Pullman Company, Tenneco Global Holdings Inc., Tenneco
International Holding Corp. and TMC Texas Inc. (collectively, "Automotive")
relating to the offer to exchange new notes and subsidiary guarantees of
Automotive which have been registered under the Securities Act for certain
outstanding notes and subsidiary guarantees of Automotive, and any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to said Registration Statement
on Form S-4 and any subsequent registration statement filed by Automotive
pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith,
as fully to all intents and purchases as he might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any one
of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.

         IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument this
23rd day of December, 1999.



                                                     /s/ David B. Price, Jr.
                                                     ---------------------------
                                                     Name: David B. Price, Jr.
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                    TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


                  The undersigned does hereby appoint Mark A. McCollum and
Kenneth R. Trammell, and each of them, with full power to act alone, as his
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to execute a Registration Statement on Form S-4 of Tenneco
Automotive Inc., Tenneco Automotive Operating Company Inc., Clevite Industries
Inc., The Pullman Company, Tenneco Global Holdings Inc., Tenneco International
Holding Corp. and TMC Texas Inc. (collectively, "Automotive") relating to the
offer to exchange new notes and subsidiary guarantees of Automotive which have
been registered under the Securities Act for certain outstanding notes and
subsidiary guarantees of Automotive, and any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to said Registration Statement on Form S-4 and any
subsequent registration statement filed by Automotive pursuant to Rule 462(b)
of the Securities Act, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all
intents and purchases as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any one of them, or
their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

                  IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this
instrument this 23rd day of December, 1999.



                                         /s/ Timothy R. Donovan
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                         Name: Timothy R. Donovan