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ENGINE MAKERS * USA
* Indiana - Surging Demand Drives Up Cummins' Profit, Stock
(Photo: Cummins engine ISB6.7 EPA 2010)
Columbus,IND,USA -Investor's Business Daily, by Kevin Harling -2 Feb 2012: -- Engine maker Cummins' fourth-quarter earnings roared 39% higher to $2.56 per share, 33 cents above estimates, on strong demand from construction and oil-and-gas industries in the U.S., and mining operations globally... Revenue climbed 19% to $4.9 billion, also topping forecasts for $4.7 billion... The equipment maker said full-year revenue climbed 36%, to $18 billion. It was up 53% in the U.S. and 27% internationally, despite weaker demand from the Chinese construction and Indian power generation markets... Cummins' engines division sale surged 23% to $3.1 billion, with improved demand in on-highway large- and medium-size truck engines. It also saw improvements in mining equipment engines...
* Illinois - International submits low-NOx engine to EPA for approval
(Photo: MaxxForce 13 engine)
Warrenville,ILL,USA -Land Line, by Paul Abelson -2 Feb 2012: -- Navistar announced that on Tuesday, Jan. 31, they submitted a MaxxForce 13 engine to the EPA for certification... The engine is the first of the MaxxForce family of big-bore truck engines to achieve the 0.2 grams per brake horsepower per hour (gm/bhp/hr) of oxides of nitrogen (NOx) mandated for 2010 engines and beyond... According to Jim Hebe, Senior Vice President, North American Sales Operations, Navistar has been in negotiations with EPA since the fourth quarter of 2010 and expects certification within 90 days. International claims their in-cylinder approach limits NOx to 0.2 gm/bhp/hr at all times, while SCR engines can legally exceed limits under cold start and other extreme operating conditions. Hebe said that the process will be transparent to International’s customers...
* DC - EPA gives OK to install dual fuel conversion system on ISX engines
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Washington,DC,USA -Fleet Owner, by Deborah Whistler -Feb 3, 2012: -- EcoDual, a provider of dual fuel conversion systems for heavy-duty diesel trucks, has received authorization from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to begin installing its systems on 2004 to 2009 Cummins ISX engines. The systems provide fleets an opportunity to substitute low cost natural gas for expensive diesel fuel, according to a company announcement... The EcoDual technology enables existing diesel engines to be converted to operate on up to 85% natural gas providing fuel cost savings that will allow fleets to recoup the cost of the dual fuel system in operational savings within one year without any government incentives... Over the next 12 months, EcoDual will be releasing multiple systems certified for newer trucks with the Cummins ISX and other engine families from Detroit Diesel, Mack and Caterpillar...
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