Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, a global leader in diversified chemicals, in collaboration with oil marketing company, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL), is to provide Technical Grade Urea (TGU) for the manufacture of DEF (Diesel Exhaust Fluid) or AUS-32 (Aqueous Urea Solution), which is used in diesel exhaust aftertreatment  systems to reduce nitrogen dioxide (NO2) emissions by over 70% and to comply with Bharat Stage VI (BS-VI) emissions in new vehicles.

Following an interview with Truck & Bus Builder, Gainsborough-based emissions solutions firm, Eminox Ltd (a subsidiary of Hexadex Group), has provided additional information on its recently announced joint venture in India with IP Rings Ltd (IPRL)1 - a subsidiary of Amalgamations Group and manufacturer of components for engines, gearboxes and turbochargers based in Chennai, India.

Emissions control specialist Eminox Ltd (a subsidiary of Hexadex Group), based in Gainsborough, UK, has announced plans to add a manufacturing facility in Slovakia alongside further investment at its headquarters in Gainsborough.

Jacobs Vehicle Systems, based in Bloomfield, Connecticut, and Tula Technology Inc of San Jose, California, have announced a cooperation agreement aimed at accelerating the development of Jacobs’ CDA cylinder deactivation technology in conjunction with Tula’s diesel Dynamic Skip Fire (dDSF) control algorithms.

The new facility at Millbrook Proving Ground provides expanded testing of the thermal stability and emissions of commercial vehicles.

The results come from two journeys which took the Starship 2.0 between California and Florida and on a shorter trip in North Carolina.

Cummins Filtration, the business unit which produces fuel filters for trucks as well as heavy machinery and power generation systems, may be spun off as an independent company.

The Department of Energy is funding research into batteries, autonomous vehicles, lightweight materials, and emissions reduction.

IP Rings has entered into an agreement with Eminox to set up a 50:50 joint venture in Chennai for the design, development and manufacture of full Exhaust Aftertreatment Systems to effectively meet the Indian BS/TREM V off-highway and BS VI Stage 2 on-highway emissions standards.

Alfdex AB has won a contract to supply crankcase gas separators for a new engine platform with a major domestic truck manufacturer in China. 

Results of the previously announced collaborative study on the effectiveness of Tula’s diesel Dynamic Skip Fire control software – an advanced cylinder deactivation control system - in reducing nitrogen oxides (NOx) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions on a Cummins X15 HD Efficiency Series diesel engine have been released at the Society of Automotive Engineers World Congress that took place in April in Detroit, by Cummins Inc of Columbus, Indiana and Tula Technology Inc, a specialist in propulsion efficiency, based in San Jose, California.

The National Association of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers of São Paulo, SP, which represents the vehicle manufacturing sector in Brazil, has asked the Brazilian government to postpone the implementation date of stricter Proconve 8 (Euro VI) emission rules from diesel engines in commercial vehicles, which were adopted in 2018 and are scheduled for implementation in 2022.