Indian car maker Tata Motors will highlight its commitment to natural gas technology after selecting Omnitek Engineering Corporation to supply filters for its 2012 natural gas passenger vehicles.
The companies first established a supplier relationship back in 2009 and now this agreement will be furthered as Tata looks to rapidly expand its use of natural gas cars in its home market. It wants to shift from fuel injection systems with a coalescing filter to a compressed natural gas system that can provide 99.9 per cent protection from oil aerosols and solid particulate matter.
Werner Funk, the president and CEO of Omnitek, commented that the company’s high pressure natural gas filter has grown in popularity in the USA and abroad since receiving international certification in 2010.
He also believes there has been a general expansion in demand for natural gas engine conversions and industry sources now estimate that there are approximately 11.0million light and heavy duty vehicles operating on compressed natural gas throughout the world.
