Volvo Powertrain Inc., the supplier of engines to Mack Trucks Inc. and Volvo Trucks North America, and Detroit Diesel Corp. (DDC) hosted the first meeting of the Urea Distribution Stakeholder Group, last week in Chicago.
Attending the meeting were more than two dozen representatives of urea producers, chemical distributors, truckstop operators, fuel refiner/distributors, fleet operators, selective catalytic reduction (SCR) component manufacturers and truck manufacturers.
The purpose of the meeting was to develop a better understanding of the key components of a new urea supply chain, and to brainstorm various scenarios for a distribution process sufficient to support SCR technology for potential application in heavy-duty diesel trucks.
Urea is an important ingredient of SCR emissions control technology
This meeting confirmed a high level of interest expressed in informal stakeholder conversations over the last several months, and further explored the means for developing an integrated urea distribution proposal for discussion with EPA.
DDC and Volvo Powertrain together represent nearly half of all Class 8 heavy-duty diesel engine production in North America. Each indicated they must decide soon the emission control technology pathway to pursue in order to meet the new, more stringent U.S. emissions standards scheduled to take effect in 2007.
Participants characterized the kick-off meeting as a useful and informative first step in a process intended to assure the EPA that a urea infrastructure could be in place by 2007.
For further information, contact Tom Freiwald, vice president of marketing for Detroit Diesel Corp. at (313) 592-5912, or John Walsh, manager of trade relations for Mack Trucks Inc. at (610) 709-2560.
Mack is a member of the Volvo Group, a publicly held company headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden. With annual sales of approximately $20 billion, Volvo business areas include heavy trucks, buses, construction equipment, marine and industrial drive systems, aerospace, and financial services.
Attending the meeting were more than two dozen representatives of urea producers, chemical distributors, truckstop operators, fuel refiner/distributors, fleet operators, selective catalytic reduction (SCR) component manufacturers and truck manufacturers.
The purpose of the meeting was to develop a better understanding of the key components of a new urea supply chain, and to brainstorm various scenarios for a distribution process sufficient to support SCR technology for potential application in heavy-duty diesel trucks.
Urea is an important ingredient of SCR emissions control technology
This meeting confirmed a high level of interest expressed in informal stakeholder conversations over the last several months, and further explored the means for developing an integrated urea distribution proposal for discussion with EPA.
DDC and Volvo Powertrain together represent nearly half of all Class 8 heavy-duty diesel engine production in North America. Each indicated they must decide soon the emission control technology pathway to pursue in order to meet the new, more stringent U.S. emissions standards scheduled to take effect in 2007.
Participants characterized the kick-off meeting as a useful and informative first step in a process intended to assure the EPA that a urea infrastructure could be in place by 2007.
For further information, contact Tom Freiwald, vice president of marketing for Detroit Diesel Corp. at (313) 592-5912, or John Walsh, manager of trade relations for Mack Trucks Inc. at (610) 709-2560.
Mack is a member of the Volvo Group, a publicly held company headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden. With annual sales of approximately $20 billion, Volvo business areas include heavy trucks, buses, construction equipment, marine and industrial drive systems, aerospace, and financial services.
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