Corning to Expand Light-Duty Diesel Capacity in Germany
26 Agosto 2010 - 2:30PM
Business Wire
Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) has approved a capital
investment plan to increase the company’s light-duty filter
capacity in Kaiserslautern, Germany. The $44 million investment
will be part of Corning’s previously announced 2010-2011 capital
expenditures. This expansion, which is expected to begin early
production in the second half of 2011, will increase the company’s
capacity to manufacture current and future generations of
light-duty diesel DuraTrap® AT filters.
“Tighter emissions regulations continue to drive demand for
diesel emissions control systems,” said Thomas R. Hinman, senior
vice president of Corning Environmental Technologies. “Currently,
more than 50 percent of the passenger cars in Europe are diesel. By
2011, all diesel passenger cars and light commercial vehicles will
be equipped with a filter. By expanding our light-duty diesel
capabilities, we will be better positioned to meet increased demand
from customers in Europe and around the world.”
In addition, the company recently announced it will expand its
Corning Shanghai Company Limited automotive substrate facility.
This expansion is expected to be operational in the second half of
2012. The Shanghai investment is part of the company’s previously
announced 2011 capital expenditures.
Corning diesel filters are used in emission control systems to
remove particulate matter (soot) from vehicle exhaust. These
wall-flow filters collect soot particles using a cellular ceramic
structure with alternating channels open at the inlet and plugged
on the outlet of the filter. Periodically the filter is regenerated
to consume the soot and clean the filter.
Corning is a leading supplier of advanced cellular ceramic
substrates and diesel particulate filters for the world's major
manufacturers of gasoline and diesel engines. The company invented
an economical, high-performance, cellular ceramic substrate in the
early 1970s that is now the standard for catalytic converters
worldwide. In 1978, Corning developed the cellular ceramic
particulate filter to remove soot from diesel emissions. Corning
continues to leverage its expertise in materials, processes and
manufacturing to develop advanced ceramic substrates and diesel
particulate filters that help meet demanding mobile emissions
requirements.
About Corning Incorporated
Corning Incorporated (www.corning.com) is the world leader in
specialty glass and ceramics. Drawing on more than 150 years of
materials science and process engineering knowledge, Corning
creates and makes keystone components that enable high-technology
systems for consumer electronics, mobile emissions control,
telecommunications and life sciences. Our products include glass
substrates for LCD televisions, computer monitors and laptops;
ceramic substrates and filters for mobile emission control systems;
optical fiber, cable, hardware & equipment for
telecommunications networks; optical biosensors for drug discovery;
and other advanced optics and specialty glass solutions for a
number of industries including semiconductor, aerospace, defense,
astronomy and metrology.
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