Joint venture for exhaust after-treatment
GERMAN firms Robert Bosch GmbH, Deutz AG, and Eberspächer GmbH & Co. KG have signed an agreement to set up a joint venture in the area of diesel exhaust after-treatment.
Subject to the approval of the antitrust authorities, the joint venture is to be known as Bosch Emission Systems GmbH & Co. KG and will be headquartered in Stuttgart.
The objective of the joint-venture agreement is to utilize the core exhaust after-treatment competencies of the three companies to offer complete system solutions for construction and agricultural machinery, as well as for commercial vehicles.
These systems will include electronic control and, if required, optimized burner technology for the regeneration of diesel particulate filters.
‘As significantly stricter limits will apply to non-road and on-road vehicles in the future in Europe, North America and Japan, demand for exhaust after-treatment systems will increase strongly,’ said Dr Gerhard Turner, president of the Bosch Diesel Systems division.
‘We want to establish Bosch Emission Systems in the global market as a technologically leading supplier of complete diesel exhaust after-treatment systems.’
The target group is manufacturers of engines and machinery worldwide, with the product range tailored to suite mobile machinery such as excavators, wheel loaders and tractors, as well as commercial vehicles such as trucks and buses.
The new company is to start operations in January 2010, with series production expected to start in the third quarter of the year.
When the joint venture commences, around 100 associates from the companies involved will be employed at Bosch Emission Systems. The new company will operate totally independently of its parent companies.
Subject to the approval of the antitrust authorities, the joint venture is to be known as Bosch Emission Systems GmbH & Co. KG and will be headquartered in Stuttgart.
The objective of the joint-venture agreement is to utilize the core exhaust after-treatment competencies of the three companies to offer complete system solutions for construction and agricultural machinery, as well as for commercial vehicles.
These systems will include electronic control and, if required, optimized burner technology for the regeneration of diesel particulate filters.
‘As significantly stricter limits will apply to non-road and on-road vehicles in the future in Europe, North America and Japan, demand for exhaust after-treatment systems will increase strongly,’ said Dr Gerhard Turner, president of the Bosch Diesel Systems division.
‘We want to establish Bosch Emission Systems in the global market as a technologically leading supplier of complete diesel exhaust after-treatment systems.’
The target group is manufacturers of engines and machinery worldwide, with the product range tailored to suite mobile machinery such as excavators, wheel loaders and tractors, as well as commercial vehicles such as trucks and buses.
The new company is to start operations in January 2010, with series production expected to start in the third quarter of the year.
When the joint venture commences, around 100 associates from the companies involved will be employed at Bosch Emission Systems. The new company will operate totally independently of its parent companies.
