Transportation
German automotive majors move to meet new mobility and air quality needs
Three major German-headquartered suppliers of filtration materials – Freudenberg (Weinheim), Mahle (Stuttgart) and Mann+Hummel (Ludwigsburg) – have recently been doing a good deal of thinking about the future of the automotive industry. Attitudes to public transport and mass transit systems have been transformed by the events of 2020 for the immediate future. Prior to COVID-19 …
MANN+HUMMEL aims for ‘Leadership in Filtration’
MANN+HUMMEL, a leading global expert in filtration, was founded in 1941 as a family owned company and has remained so to this day. The company, headquartered in Ludwigsburg, Germany, develops filtration solutions for automobiles, industrial applications, clean indoor air in industry and public spaces, and the sustainable use of water. More than 20,000 employees at …
Student Spotlight: Soft particle impact on fuel filter systems filtration
Botond Csontos is conducting research at KTH, Royal Institute of Technologies, in the Department of Machine Design. His group focuses on the research and development of the internal combustion engine, with specific attention to renewable fuels. In his current project, Csontos is in close collaboration with one industrial stakeholder, Scania. Scania is a manufacturer of …
An electrifying development – the impact of electric vehicles on filtration
The electromobility (or e-mobility) industry is growing globally. As the auto industry increasingly focuses its attention on electrically powered vehicles, there will be a drastic change in the need for, and type of, filtration in this area. Electric power vs. combustion power The average car has more than 50 filters, which can be categorized in …
Automotive filter aftermarket to exceed $4 billion by 2021
Oil filters comprised the largest share of the North American automotive filter aftermarket Aftermarket demand for automotive filters in North America is forecast to advance 2.4% per annum through 2021 to $4.1 billion. Sales will be boosted by: Growth in the size of the region’s light vehicle park and the number of miles driven annually …