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An Overview and Our History |
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Teleflex Power Systems is part of the Commercial Division of Teleflex Inc., the largest of Teleflex’s three divisions: Commercial, Medical, and Aerospace. For more than 60 years, Teleflex has grown by providing its customers with high-quality, highly engineered products. Today, Teleflex has 2006 revenues of U.S. $2.6 billion, operations in 23 countries, with more than 19,000 employees. Teleflex is headquartered in Limerick, Pennsylvania.
With facilities in the United States, Canada, The Netherlands, France and Italy, Teleflex Power Systems serves key global markets through its three major business units:
- Idle Reduction and Power Management Solutions
- Rail Solutions
- Alternative Fuel Solutions (TeleflexGFI)
Teleflex Power Systems offers a wide range of technically sophisticated products, such as heavy-duty truck auxiliary power units (APUs) to reduce idling and emissions, a variety of heavy-duty diesel-fuelled mobile heating systems, and an extensive array of alternative fuel components and systems. Teleflex Power Systems is also the exclusive manufacturer of a sophisticated locomotive anti-idling solution.
Teleflex Power Systems began in 1990 with the purchase of an auxiliary heater business. Through extensive product enhancements, the Proheat family of products was born, which has since become a leading heavy-duty coolant/heater in truck, bus and coach markets in North America.
In 1997, the Proheat burner technology was adapted to produce Modern Burner Unit (MBU) to replace the United States Army's old M2 stoves used in their field kitchens. As of 2006, more than 50,000 MBU units have been delivered to the U.S. Army. This product has also received interest from other allied military forces.
In 1999, Teleflex further invested in technology acquisition and positioned itself for new growth opportunities in APUs and climate control systems for heavy-duty trucks, buses, and locomotives. APUs idle the main engine when the vehicles are stationary to provide auxiliary power, climate control, battery charging, and cooling or heating. Our APU and climate control solutions help customers reduce their operational cost for fuel and engine maintenance. They also help reduce harmful emissions.
Teleflex Power Systems has pioneered the truck APU market, and we have maintained our leadership position with substantial investments in product and technology development. Our leadership was enhanced further in February 2006 when we announced a partnership with Carrier Transicold, which became the exclusive distributor of our ComfortPro® APU. We expect that our truck APU technology, coupled with Carrier’s extensive global sales and support network, will help customers reduce fuel consumption and emissions during idling.
TeleflexGFI is the business unit within Power Systems responsible for fuel management and alternative fuel products. TeleflexGFI enhanced its capabilities and market position in recent years by acquiring complementary businesses in Europe. This provided us with a strong platform for technology development and growth in markets outside North America. Today, TeleflexGFI is a leading provider of high-quality alternative fuel components and systems in automotive and industrial markets.
With ever-increasing concerns over climate change and fuel cost, Teleflex Power Systems is devoting its resources to further strengthening its offerings of products, services, and solutions that allow our customers to reduce idling across different platforms, to reduce emissions, and to provide alternative fuel options.
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Power Systems Vision
To be the recognized leading global provider of anti-idling, climate control and comfort, and alternative fuel components and systems for selected mobile and stationary markets globally to help our customers to reduce fuel costs and minimize harmful emissions. We will achieve our vision through commitment to integrity, quality, innovation, and customer satisfaction. We will always strive to be the supplier of choice for our customers.
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Environment Around Us
Many scientists around the world believe that huge quantities of man-made carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere are causing extreme weather patterns and affecting the whole ecosystem. Carbon dioxide accounts for 80 percent of the total greenhouse gas emissions. When we burn fossil fuels (e.g., coal, oil, natural gas) in our homes, cars, factories, and power plants, we release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
The transportation sector in the United States receives nearly all of its energy from petroleum products and accounts for two-thirds of the country’s petroleum use, mainly in the form of gasoline and diesel fuel. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects that consumption of gasoline and diesel fuel will continue to rise because the expected increase in total miles traveled will outweigh improvements in the efficiency of fuel use per mile traveled. This is projected to lead to a one-third increase in imports of crude oil and a near doubling in imports of refined products over the next 25 years. As a result, we expect that energy efficiency and green technologies will receive significant attention in developed countries.
Transfer of goods and services across continents are at a record high, resulting in higher use of cargo and passenger planes, ships, railroads, trucks and buses, passenger cars, and other petroleum-fuelled vehicles. In addition, as developing countries become industrialized and urbanized, the numbers of vehicles in use in the world increases dramatically. We are witnessing new technologies, products and solutions that aim to reduce energy consumption and emissions.
Teleflex Power Systems takes global warming and its potential consequences very seriously. Teleflex Power Systems are proud of our employees and their contributions to help the environment with products that reduce fuel consumption, allow for cleaner fuels, and reduce emissions.
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Technology and Engineering
According to our research, anti-idling solutions will be more commonly used for class-1 line-haul and switcher locomotives, buses, Class 6 and 7 trucks, and military tactical vehicles. There will also be more hybrid-electric technology and electronics content in mobile platforms over the next decade. Advancements in computer control, intelligent I/O and sensors, peripheral communications, energy storage, power management, electronics, and packaging is expected to increase energy efficiency. Users will have more control over the generation and use of energy as intelligent systems will optimize the flow from multiple energy sources (e.g., main engine, auxiliary power unit, battery, external renewable energy), bidirectional energy conversion (DC to AC and AC to DC power), and energy storage (i.e., battery or fuel).
Gaseous fuels (LPG and CNG) as the energy source for the transportation industry will become more dominant in selected markets such as South and Central America, Europe, Asia, and Middle East. LPG and CNG retrofit engines emit less pollution than many carbon fuel-powered engines under the same operating conditions. Also, they provide significant fuel cost savings in some countries, depending upon the local tax and energy pricing policies. Electronic fuel-injection engines with the advanced emission control technologies are becoming more accepted.
We predict that the use of fuel cells and hydrogen, which are much cleaner fuel choices, will be more widespread within the next decade. And advanced storage technology in batteries and energy storage devices is expected to enable a much higher penetration of hybrid-electric solutions.
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Quality Manufacturing
Teleflex became the first British Columbia-based manufacturer to achieve the prestigious Ford Q-1 quality designation. Since then, we have achieved ISO 9001 quality certification at that location. Statistical Process Control (SPC) is routine, as is advanced quality planning and design for manufacturability.
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