Alfdex AB, a 50/50 joint venture between Alfa Laval and Concentric, today announces that it will expand its manufacturing unit in China during the first half of 2019 to capture the demand driven by the Chinese action plan to improve their air quality, called the “Blue Sky Action plan”.
The Chinese air quality plan covers many emission sources, where heavy duty trucks is one important subset. The China-6 regulation will be effective in China’s largest cities as of July 1, 2019 and this is expected to result in the replacement of one million heavy duty trucks.
The Alfdex-separator is the most widely used solution for active cleaning of crankcase gases in truck engines. It was launched in 2004 and has been selected by most truck manufactures in North America, Europe and Japan. During the last twelve months almost 700,000 Alfdex-separator units have been sold. The expansion of the manufacturing unit in China means that the total capacity will nearly double. Alfdex has also received its first orders in China whereof one is from Weichai, which is the largest engine manufacturer in China and also manufactures heavy trucks.
“This represents a significant breakthrough into the China medium and heavy duty truck market,” says David Woolley, President and CEO of Concentric. “The Alfdex oil mist separator continues to be one of the leading technologies used to meet the world’s most exacting emissions standards. The order from Weichai is exciting as they are one of the major players and technology leaders in the Chinese truck market.”
