Alvan Motor Freight to Outfit Entire Fleet of Line-Haul Vehicles with Oil Purification Systems' OPS-1 Oil Refiner System; Innovative Midwest Regional Carrier Expects to Save $40,000 Per Year on Oil Maintenance Costs.SHELTON, Conn. -- Oil Purification Systems (www.ops-1.com), developer and manufacturer of the OPS-1 on-board oil refiner system, today announced that Alvan Motor Freight, (www.alvanmotor.com), a midwestern regional motor freight carrier, has signed an agreement to purchase 100 units of the OPS-1 on-board oil refiner system to outfit its entire fleet of high-mileage, line-haul vehicles. As the installation is completed, Alvan expects to save $40,000 per year on oil maintenance costs, streamline its preventive maintenance The routine checking of hardware that is performed by a field engineer on a regularly scheduled basis. See remedial maintenance. preventive maintenance - (PM) To bring down a machine for inspection or test purposes. See provocative maintenance, scratch monkey. routines and minimize negative effects to the environment. "The OPS-1 system delivers a very clear, easy-to-measure return on investment," said James Van Zoeren, president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of Alvan Motor Freight. "Overall, we estimate that we will save $360,000 over a five-year period just on the line-haul fleet. The environmental impact of the OPS-1 system was another important factor in our decision-making process. The OPS-1 practically eliminates the need for waste oil disposal - an important benefit to our company. This is the kind of environmental impact that we want to make." Alvan is a member of The SmartWay(SM) Transport Partnership, a collaboration between the EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. and the freight industry to increase energy efficiency while significantly reducing greenhouse gases greenhouse gas n. Any of the atmospheric gases that contribute to the greenhouse effect. greenhouse gas and air pollution. Members of SmartWay strive to work towards a cleaner, more efficient transportation future by adopting fuel-saving strategies that increase profits and reduce emissions. With immediate plans to outfit its line-haul fleet of equipment with the OPS-1 system, Alvan has a long-term plan to outfit the majority of its entire fleet according to Jim According to Jim is an American situation comedy television series originally broadcast by ABC. The show premiered with little publicity in October 2001, following the surprise hit comedy My Wife and Kids. Partridge partridge, common name applied to various henlike birds of several families. The true partridges of the Old World are members of the pheasant family (Phasianidae); the common European or Hungarian species has been successfully introduced in parts of North America. , director of equipment and maintenance, "We have a total fleet of 360 power units in our line-haul and local pickup and delivery fleet. Traditionally, after running the line-haul units in our high-mileage, over-the-road application for five to seven years, we move them into our local pickup and delivery application, where their annual mileage is greatly reduced. Through this process, eventually the majority of our trucks will be outfitted with OPS-1 systems," said Partridge. "The benefit of running clean oil over the life of the equipment is critical for Alvan since we run our trucks 10 to 12 years." The OPS-1 is an on-board oil refiner system that can be easily mounted on a broad range of vehicle and industrial engines. The OPS-1 reduces or eliminates the solid and liquid contaminants from engine oil, thereby greatly extending the time between oil changes - or eliminating them entirely. Instead of changing the oil at incremental Additional or increased growth, bulk, quantity, number, or value; enlarged. Incremental cost is additional or increased cost of an item or service apart from its actual cost. mileage intervals, analysis of the oil determines when an oil change is required. Weighing only 11 pounds, the OPS-1 is a compact, two-piece system that can be split up for easy installation on the engine. About Alvan Motor Freight, Inc. Alvan Motor Freight, Inc is a midwestern regional motor carrier that transports a wide variety of commodities. Alvan's primary focus is handling time-sensitive LTL LTL - Linear Temporal Logic freight that requires superior levels of service. Alvan also offers extensive experience in both consolidation and pool distribution programs. Alvan's Managed LTL programs are especially unique; a hybrid product that combines the discipline of milk or sweep runs with the flexibility of traditional LTL. With headquarters in Kalamazoo, MI, Alvan has been in operation for more than 65 years, making it one of the oldest family-owned trucking companies in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . About Oil Purification Systems Oil Purification Systems, Inc. (OPS Ops (ŏps), in Roman religion, goddess of harvests. She was the wife of Saturn, by whom she bore Jupiter and Juno. At her festivals, the Opiconsivia and the Opalia, held in August and December, respectively, she was worshiped as a goddess of sowing ) manufactures the OPS-1 oil refiner system which allows engines to run with clean oil by eliminating solid and liquid contaminants from engine oil and hydraulic fluid hydraulic fluid toxic because of its high content of industrial triaryl phosphate. . By extending the useful life of engine oil, customers are able to enjoy significantly lower oil maintenance expenses, longer engine life, less downtime and greater productivity. Founded in 2002, OPS is headquartered in Shelton, Conn. and has production facilities in Bradenton, Fla. For more information, please call 866-645-7873 or visit http://www.ops-1.com. |
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