Air Pollution is a Tough Problem

Transportation: According to the most recent statistics there are over 5.7 million gaseous fuel vehicles in use worldwide for personal mobility, fleet conveyance or public transportation. As the world's vehicle population increases from 800 million to over 1.3 billion by 2020 most of the growth will occur in developing countries within Asia, North Africa and areas of the Middle East. These regions currently have the lowest ratio of vehicles per one thousand people and are slated to grow rapidly over the next ten years as economic improvements stimulate personal vehicle ownership.

Interest in expanding the use of alternative fuels is mounting in many parts of the developed and developing world. Growth projections indicate that over two million additional alternative fuel vehicles will be introduced worldwide by 2010. In Europe, alternative fuel vehicles have rapidly penetrated the transportation market. The United Kingdom, Germany, France and Italy have all introduced incentives encouraging the use of gaseous fueled vehicles. The European Union has established a target to replace 20% of their liquid fueled vehicles with gaseous fuels by 2020. The Mexican Regulatory Commission of Energy estimates that Mexico will be able to increase the use of natural gas vehicles from 2,000 in the year 2000 to 100,000 by 2008.

The Asia region is emerging as a significant growth market for alternative fuel vehicles. China, already the world's second largest energy consumer will continue to grow in importance on world energy markets as strong economic growth drives up demand.

Industrial - Off Highway - Equipment such as forklifts, aerial platforms, sweepers, turf equipment, light-duty construction equipment, mobile wood processing equipment and other mobile industrial equipment have long been the workhorses of developing countries and are a significant portion of IMPCO's global activities. With developed countries such as the United States and the EU15 seeking broader incorporation of emission sources in an attempt to further reduce air pollution, many have and will legislate emission standards for this type of equipment. In the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency has enacted emission regulations for industrial off-highway equipment. In the United States the Environmental Protection Agency has enacted emission standards for industrial off-highway equipment starting in 2004 that follows suit with California's Large Spark Ignited mobile off-highway emission regulation initiated in 2001.

In North America alone there are more than 100,000 pieces of industrial equipment manufactured each year that use internal combustion engines. With new emission regulations being imposed, these OEM's will require advanced technologies that permit the use of gaseous fuels in order to satisfy not only the regulation, but also the customer's requirements for durability, performance and reliability. IMPCO has developed and is currently supplying a series of advanced technology fuel systems to the industrial OEM market under the brand name Spectrum. IMPCO and it's industrial brands focus on serving over 70% of the market with fuel systems, services and emission certified engine packages.

Expanding pollution and high prices for the traditional liquid fuels combine to ensure a steady and sustainable growth in the gaseous fuels industry around the world. In many countries the  combination of pollution, economics and a desire to be energy self sufficient have led to legislation being passed that mandates the use of clean burning gaseous fuels. IMPCO Technologies has the product and expertise to fill these needs now and is an acknowledged industry leader in every single market segment.

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