Volkswagen Selects Corning DuraTrap(R) AT Filters for Clean-Diesel Passenger Cars; VW initiates first light-duty diesel vehicle
16 Novembro 2005 - 7:05PM
Business Wire
Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) announced today that Volkswagen AG
is equipping selected European-market diesel passenger cars with a
new, advanced diesel particulate filter from Corning Incorporated.
This represents the first application of the new Corning
DuraTrap(R) AT filter announced earlier this year. The Corning
DuraTrap(R) AT filter will be used in an advanced aftertreatment
system available as an option on Golf, Golf Plus and Touran
vehicles with a 2.0 TDI (103kW/140PS) engine. Production of
vehicles with this advanced particulate filter system commenced in
the fourth quarter of 2005. Corning is producing the filter at its
manufacturing facilities in Erwin, N.Y. "We are pleased that
Volkswagen has chosen our DuraTrap(R) AT filter for its
high-performance clean-diesel passenger cars," said Thomas R.
Hinman, vice president and general manager, Diesel Technologies.
"This application reinforces our commitment to leveraging Corning's
unique capabilities to advance the state of emissions
aftertreatment systems." Hinman added, "There continues to be very
strong interest in our new DuraTrap AT filter and we remain engaged
in discussions with a number of additional passenger car
manufacturers. We are optimistic that we will have additional
commercial applications for our AT product next year." The Corning
DuraTrap AT filter uses an advanced aluminum titanate composition
to deliver excellent thermal shock resistance and performance under
demanding conditions. This new filter also uses a monolithic
(single unit) structure to promote long-term durability, and it
incorporates a unique cell configuration to improve ash storage for
enhanced filter life. "The diesel products market is a very
exciting and promising opportunity for Corning's Environmental
Technologies segment," Peter F. Volanakis, chief operating officer,
said. "We continue to believe that the global diesel products
market could grow into a $1 billion market by 2008 as numerous new
clean-air standards take effect around the world." Corning is a
leading supplier of advanced particulate filters and catalytic
converter substrates to all of the world's major manufacturers of
diesel and gasoline engines and vehicles. The company invented an
economical, high-performance cellular ceramic substrate in the
early 1970s that is now the standard for catalytic converters
worldwide. Corning was awarded the US National Medal of Technology
for its invention of the cellular ceramic substrate. In 1978,
Corning developed a cellular ceramic particulate filter to remove
soot from diesel emissions. About Corning Incorporated Corning
Incorporated (www.corning.com) is a diversified technology company
that concentrates its efforts on high-impact growth opportunities.
Corning combines its expertise in specialty glass, ceramic
materials, polymers and the manipulation of the properties of
light, with strong process and manufacturing capabilities to
develop, engineer and commercialize significant innovative products
for the telecommunications, flat panel display, environmental,
semiconductor, and life sciences industries.
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