Diesel deal

ASIMCO Technologies, Phillips and Temro Industries are to establish a joint venture to design, manufacture and distribute electrical intake air heaters for the Chinese diesel engine market.

The company, named ASIMCO PTI Air Intake System (Yizheng), will be located in a new facility in Yizheng, Jiangsu Province, China where ASIMCO has three manufacturing plants.

ASIMCO said in a statement that intake air heaters provide improved combustion during cold start and initial engine warm-up, ensuring smoother and quicker start-to idle-operation. Intake air heaters also reduce white smoke emissions resulting from unburned fuel. Distribution of the China made intake air heaters to the domestic commercial vehicle market will begin in the fourth quarter of 2006.

PTI is a leader in cold start and emissions control products in the North American market and is recognized for its designs, engineering and manufacturing capabilities. ASIMCO has particular strength in China’s commercial diesel engine sector. The global quality intake air heater manufactured by the joint venture will be added to the wide range of products which ASIMCO supplies to China’s diesel engine assemblers.