MINERAL POINT, WI — Cummins Emission Solutions (CES) has begun production of diesel particulate filters at its North American exhaust aftertreatment manufacturing facility. Diesel particulate filters will play a key role in enabling engine manufacturers to meet the 2007 U.S. EPA emissions standards. Those standards will reduce particulate matter emissions in on-highway diesel-powered vehicles by 90 percent, while also resulting in a significant reduction in nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions.
Cummins Emission Solutions was formed in 2002 in response to a recognized need to provide advanced aftertreatment technologies to meet emissions regulations around the world. CES provides OEM and retrofit aftertreatment systems for Cummins and a number of other engine manufacturers. The business reported sales in excess of $100 million in 2005 and is projecting more than $500 million in annual revenue by 2009, as the worldwide demand for advanced aftertreatment grows.
The Mineral Point manufacturing plant began in 1947 as Nelson Muffler, a four-employee operation that worked out of a small space in a former county garage. Today’s facility – now approximately 72,000-square-feet – was constructed in 1974 and was expanded this year to enable the production of Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) systems.
The DPF uses a diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC) and a diesel particulate filter to trap diesel particulate matter (PM) in the exhaust system, reducing PM emissions by 90 percent while also reducing hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide. The DOC optimizes the regeneration capability of the particulate filter, a critical aspect for maintaining fuel economy comparable to today’s engines. The plant has manufactured more than 1.5 million medium- and heavy-duty diesel oxidation catalysts and well more than 10,000 medium and heavy duty diesel particulate filters in its history.
In addition to Mineral Point, CES is producing Selective Catalytic Reduction systems in the United Kingdom and South Africa to enable its European medium- and heavy-duty vehicle customers to meet Euro IV and V emission levels.
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