Johnson Matthey has been at the
forefront of the development of products to deal with heavy duty
diesel pollution for many years and invented the Continuously
Regenerating Trap or CRT™. Launched in 1995, this is a novel
patented technology which removes over 95% of particulate from
exhaust. This year it achieved Millennium Product status. The
CRT™ already features in the R&D programmes of many
of the world's engine manufacturers.
"This new legislation should
boost interest in the range of solutions that we can offer to
help our customers make their engines cleaner and to achieve
this ahead of legislators' demands" commented Neil Carson, President
of Johnson Matthey's Catalytic Systems Division.
The CRT™ can also be retrofitted
to existing vehicles. Over 4000 lorries and buses are already
fitted with the device contributing to cleaner air in a number
of European cities. The UK is expected to adopt legislation in
early 1999 which will reward owners of heavy vehicles with reduced
taxes if they make their trucks or buses less polluting.
Pelham Hawker, Sales Director
of Catalytic Systems Division, commented that: "The CRT™ is
the most cost effective way for operators of heavy duty diesel
vehicles to achieve the government's Reduced Pollution Certificate
and thus qualify for reduced Vehicle Excise Duty. It enables
those familiar and comfortable with diesel as a fuel to carry
on using it secure in the knowledge that this remains a technology
with a future".
