Clean Air Partners and T. Baden Hardstaff Form a Low Emissions Vehicle Venture in the United Kingdom.Business Editors and High-Tech Writers SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 20, 2002 U.S.-based Clean Air Partners Inc. (CAP), a leader in the development and commercialization of high-tech solutions to reduce engine emissions, and T. Baden Hardstaff, a U.K.-based pioneer in the development of low emission trucks, have announced the formation of a joint venture which will be known as "CAP-Hardstaff." The new company, created to bring a new standard of low emissions vehicles to the U.K. market, will have headquarters at Kingston-on-Soar in the U.K. Midlands (near Nottingham). It will offer Foden trucks Foden Trucks was a British truck and bus manufacturing company which has its origins in Sandbach, Cheshire in 1856. PACCAR acquired the company in 1980, and ceased to use the brand name in 2006. containing Caterpillar caterpillar (kăt`əpĭl'ər, kăt`ər–), common name for the larva of a moth or butterfly. Caterpillars have distinct heads and are segmented and wormlike. engines equipped with CAP's proprietary Dual-Fuel(TM) technology. Commenting on the venture, Hardstaff's managing director, Trevor Fletcher Fletcher may refer to one of the following: Ideas and companies
Dan Kabel, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Clean Air Partners, remarked, "Through the pioneering efforts of Trevor's organization, emissions will be substantially reduced and U.K. truck owners will see up to a 30% savings in fuel costs." An electronically controlled Caterpillar diesel engine with an integrated CAP Dual-Fuel system produces emissions at levels below the Euro 4 standard. "We have worked very hard to achieve the lowest possible emissions while delivering a product that performs beyond the expectations of the U.K. truck market," commented Dave Morgan Dave Morgan (born August 7, 1944 in Cranmore, Somerset[1]) is a British former racing driver from England. He participated in one Formula One World Championship grand prix, the 1975 British Grand Prix in which, like several others, he crashed during a storm in the , general manager of CAP's product development group. Current UK CAP customers recognize the Dual-Fuel advantage and plan to add more CAP-powered trucks to their fleets. CAP-Hardstaff will initially operate from the Charnwood Truck/Foden dealer in Kingston-on-Soar. "We are located in the middle of the country and close to major road networks where Foden serves a large customer base," remarked Fletcher. CAP's patented Dual-Fuel technology uses a small amount of diesel fuel to ignite the natural gas, providing diesel-like performance with natural gas emissions. The U.K.'s Department of Transport has created a system that will partially pay for the cost of installing CAP's Dual-Fuel technology. CAP-Hardstaff will help customers best utilize that system in order to get this clean technology on the road quickly. About Clean Air Partners Clean Air Partners was founded in 1991 to develop technologies that would allow diesel engines to operate with the low emissions benefits of natural gas while retaining the power, efficiency, longevity longevity (lŏnjĕv`ĭtē), term denoting the length or duration of the life of an animal or plant, often used to indicate an unusually long life. , and cost effectiveness of compression ignition ignition, apparatus for igniting a combustible mixture. The German engineer Nikolaus A. Otto, in his first gas engine, used flame ignition; another method was heating a metal tube to incandescence. engines. CAP offers time-proven products which are based on its patented proprietary technologies. Heavy-duty truck engines that have been retrofitted with CAP Dual-Fuel systems are currently deployed in the U.S., Mexico and Europe. CAP's sub-components are used in low emission vehicles California's Low Emission Vehicle (LEV) program defines automotive emission standards which are stricter than the United States' national "Tier" regulations. There have been two major phases. produced by some of the world's largest automotive and truck manufacturers including Volvo, Renault, Mack Truck, and Daimler. CAP is currently developing innovative low emission Electric Power Generation products for the distributed generation Distributed generation generates electricity from many small energy sources. It has also been called also called on-site generation, dispersed generation, embedded generation, decentralized generation, decentralized energy or market. For more information, contact T. Schaenman at 858/332-4830 (tschaenman@cleanairpartners.com) or visit the Web site at www.cleanairpartners.com. About T. Baden Hardstaff Since its formation over 140 years ago, T. Baden Hardstaff parent company to the Hardstaff Group, has earned itself the reputation as a reliable and experienced service provider to the U.K. road haulage road haulage n → transporte m por carretera road haulage n → transports routiers road haulage road n → industry. Inspired by an enterprising en·ter·pris·ing adj. Showing initiative and willingness to undertake new projects: The enterprising children opened a lemonade stand. spirit, Hardstaff has remained at the forefront of technological and environmental change. In 1997, the firm was awarded the Charnwood Trucks, Foden dealership for the Midlands area of England. Since that time, the dealership has grown to be one of the best examples of a modern dealership in the U.K., and has from the outset concentrated on the quality of products and services it offers. The firm specializes in leading edge technology that optimizes both vehicle and driver efficiencies, and provides data capture and reporting services, fully integrated and supported by its own accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. training organization. For more information, contact T. Fletcher at The Hardstaff Group 011 44 115 983 2300 (tlfletcher@hardstaffgroup.co.uk) or visit the Hardstaff/Charnwood Trucks Web sites at www.hardstaffgroup.co.uk and www.charnwood-trucks.co.uk. |
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