Wednesday, June 9 Creating a Revolution in Transport NGV2010Roma in Italy The International Association for Natural Gas Vehicles Presents Landi Renzo USA Thinking about the U.S. market? Landi Renzo has decided ‘the time is now.’ Page 2 Czechs Forge Ahead Government resolve credited for CNG use that’s growing at better than 25% per year. Page 3 Volvo Blesses Bi-Fuels V70 Upfits with Xperion Alpha CNG cylinders are being done by Volvo veterans in a Volvo plant. Page 4 S Sw wa a g ge e l l o o k k B Bu u y y s s R R H HP PS S U.S. high-end fittings and couplings leader Swagelok has acquired The Netherlands’ RHPS. RHPS has more than 20 years’ experience designing and manufacturing a range of relief valves, back-pressure, and pressure reducing regulators,” Swagelok says. “The RHPS acquisition allows us to offer a more robust regulator portfolio,“ said Swagelok president and CEO Arthur Anton. Swagelok is at Stands B14 and (for Swagelok RHPS) F20. I I A A N N G G V V A A d d o o p p t t s s N N G G V V G G l l o o b b a a l l B B r r a a n n d d A A s s G G o o z z z z i i I I s s V V o o t t e e d d i i n n a a s s C C h h a a i i r r m m a a n n The International Association for Natural Gas Vehicles has confirmed Gabriele Gozzi of Consorzio NGV System Italia and Italy’s Idromeccanica as its new chairman, effective for two years with the closing of the NGV2010 Roma conference and expo on Thursday. Also on Monday, IANGV decided to adopt NGV Global as its new brand. The successful NGV Global online news service will be known as NGV Global News. Along with these changes, the association voted in significant amendments to its rules. “Over the past 12 months we’ve identified some weaknesses in the structure of the organization and have addressed them,” executive director Brett Jarman told F&F. “One key change is we’ve made it easier for national and regional associ- ations to belong. And, we’ve more clearly defined the functions of the board of directors [formerly the executive committee] and the general assembly” (formerly the council). A conference committee also has been formed, “to provide a framework for continued conference and event improvement,” Jarman said. Outgoing IANGV (and NGVAmerica) president Rich Kolodziej noted at Tuesday’s opening session that the presence of more than 41 countries at this week’s event (a number expected to grow) was the best possible indication of the strong growth of NGVs “all over the world.” “I urge all of you to take advantage of the expertise that’s here to grow your own NGV market,” Kolodziej said. “Expand the use of NGVs for your company and your country.” After a delay in the opening session yesterday, Kolodziej also commented, “This is the first con- ference that anyone has attended that started with the coffee break.” NGV2010Roma is sponsored by Eni and hosted by NGV System Italia Gabriele Gozzi at Idromeccanica Stand B2 Italy’s Eni is the main sponsor of NGV2010Roma Stand D10 LNG, says Peter Hendrickx of Rolande, is ‘Durable for the road.’ Page 3
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Wednesday, June 9
Creating a Revolution in Transport NGV2010Roma in Italy
The International Association for Natural Gas Vehicles Presents
Landi Renzo USAThinking about the U.S. market?Landi Renzo has decided ‘thetime is now.’ Page 2
Czechs Forge AheadGovernment resolve credited forCNG use that’s growing at betterthan 25% per year. Page 3
Volvo Blesses Bi-FuelsV70 Upfits with Xperion AlphaCNG cylinders are being done byVolvo veterans in a Volvo plant.
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SSwwaaggeellookk BBuuyyss RRHHPPSSU.S. high-end fittings and couplingsleader Swagelok has acquired TheNetherlands’ RHPS. RHPS has morethan 20 years’ experience designingand manufacturing a range of reliefvalves, back-pressure, and pressurereducing regulators,” Swagelok says.
“The RHPS acquisition allows us tooffer a more robust regulator portfolio,“said Swagelok president and CEOArthur Anton.
Swagelok is at Stands B14 and(for Swagelok RHPS) F20.
The International Association for Natural GasVehicles has confirmed Gabriele Gozzi ofConsorzio NGV System Italia and Italy’sIdromeccanica as its new chairman, effectivefor two years with the closing of the NGV2010Roma conference and expo on Thursday.
Also on Monday, IANGV decided to adoptNGV Global as its new brand. The successfulNGV Global online news service will be knownas NGV Global News.
Along with these changes, the association voted in significantamendments to its rules. “Over the past 12 months we’ve identifiedsome weaknesses in the structure of the organization and haveaddressed them,” executive director Brett Jarman told F&F. “Onekey change is we’ve made it easier for national and regional associ-ations to belong. And, we’ve more clearly defined the functions ofthe board of directors [formerly the executive committee] and thegeneral assembly” (formerly the council).
A conference committee also has been formed, “to provide a framework forcontinued conference and event improvement,” Jarman said.
Outgoing IANGV (and NGVAmerica) president Rich Kolodziej noted atTuesday’s opening session that the presence of more than 41 countries at thisweek’s event (a number expected to grow) was the best possible indication of thestrong growth of NGVs “all over the world.”
“I urge all of you to take advantage of the expertise that’s here to grow yourown NGV market,” Kolodziej said. “Expand the use of NGVs for your company and
your country.”
After a delay inthe opening sessionyesterday, Kolodziejalso commented,“This is the first con-ference that anyonehas attended thatstarted with the coffeebreak.”
NGV2010Roma is sponsored by Eni and hosted by NGV System Italia
Gabriele Gozzi at Idromeccanica Stand B2
Italy’s Eni is themain sponsor ofNGV2010Roma
Stand D10
LNG, says Peter Hendrickx of Rolande, is ‘Durable for the road.’ Page 3
Seeing a confluence of opportunities andthe ability to bring both technical knowhowand economies of scale — with reducedcosts — world gaseous fuel vehiclesequipment leader Landi Renzo early this
year established LandiRenzo USA as its ninthsubsidiary company outsideof Italy.
“We believe we canoffer an important contribu-tion by giving the United
States the chance to take practical andeconomical benefits,” said Andrea Landi,president of Landi Renzo USA.
Andrea Landi is the son of parentcompany president Stefano Landi, who ishimself the son of founder Renzo Landi.
He has established the new companyin Torrance (Los Angeles), in a 22,000square-foot (2,040 square-meter) facility,nearly three quarters of which is dedicatedto the installation of alternative fuelsystems on site.
Although most of Landi Renzo’s worldbusiness is in bi-fuel vehicles, Landi RenzoUSA will accommodate market demandwith dedicated-CNG offerings, AndreaLandi says. He expects prices to comedown (American aftermarket conversionsare thought to be the world’s costliest) with
increased volumes, he told F&F. “We’re going to bring the economies
of scale” necessary to make gaseous fuelvehicles more economical, Landi RenzoUSA sales and marketing VP Matt Weisssaid in Las Vegas last month.
There the company unveiled avariable-PSI electronic regulator for CNG,and indicated that its first U.S. offeringcould be a fuel system for a cargo van.
American interest in clean fuels, “par-
ticularly natural gas,” is at an all-time high,said Landi Renzo CEO Claudio Carnevale.
“As in other cases, our group decidedto play a key role,” Carnevale said.
“The time is now,” says Weiss. Landi Renzo’s other international
subsidiaries are located in India, Poland,Holland, Brazil, China, Pakistan, Rumania,and Venezuela.
In addition to Fiat’s many models,including the Doblo here, Landi Renzo’slist of OEM customers for NGVs andpropane-LPG vehicle includes Chery(China), General Motors, Hyundai, Nissan,Peugeot-Citröen, Renault, Suzuki, Toyota-Daihatsu, and Volkswagen.
And, since the last world show,NGV2008 in Rio de Janeiro, Landi Renzoacquired Italy’sLovato, theworld’s numberthree player, bringing a strong position inareas including the former Soviet Union.
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Italy’s Landi Renzo is showing a CNG-dieseldual-fuel Fiat Doblo at Stand C10.
Creating a Revolution in Transport NGV2010Roma in Italy
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Landi Renzo USA president Andrea Landi withRainer Zietlow in Torrance as the round-the-world CNG driver passed through Californiaon his recent EcoFuel TransAmerica tour.
CCaannaaddaa EEmmeerrggeessCanada, known for exports ofNGV equipment, may emerge asa bigger buyer of NGVs as thefederal government gets interest-ed in vehicles as an outlet fordomestic natural gas, andutilities and truckers commencedeploying vehicles.
Signs of life were seen as ahigh-level mid-March meeting wascoordinated between officials ofNatural Resources Canada andvehicle suppliers by the Ottawa-based Canadian Natural GasVehicle Alliance.
Toronto’s Enbridge Gas hasdeployed a pair of CNG NavistarInternational 4400s (above) anda 4300, and has ordered twoDaimler-Freightliner M2 112 trucks.
In Quebec, Claude Robert of1,000-vehicle Transport Robert istalking up a $20 million projectto deploy a reported 130 LNGPaccar-Kenworth trucks and buildthree fueling stations withMontreal’s Gaz Métro utility.
Canadian exhibitors hereinclude IMW (for compressors,Stand A20) and Xebec (for gaspurification, Stand C9).
Mike Gallagher of Vancouver-based Westport Innovations willdiscuss The Next 10 Years –
Strategies and Tactics toBuild the Industry to Scaleat the Strategic ThinkingPlenary session this morning.
BBRRCC FFuueellMMaakkeerrMTM/BRC comes to NGV2010Roma aspart of a far bigger entity, as its parentFuel Systems Solutions has purchasedCanada’s FuelMaker after also acquiringTomasetto Achille of Argentina. And, theLos Angeles-based Impco Technologiesunit of FSS is again promoting, and assid-uously certifying, gaseous fuel systems forvehicles in the U.S.
The BRC FuelMaker name is nowbeing applied across a range of compres-sors from Phill home fuelers for singlevehicles to vehicle refueling appliances(VRAs) to fully accessorized, transit fleet-capable units.
Production, including the small com-pressors formerly made in Canada, isbeing shifted to a new plant in Cherasco,in northwest Italy, with new productionlines to be up and running January 2011,says sales director Mario Pirraglia.
Another BRC goal? “Make Phill more
affordable and available to all who desirehome refueling.” New parts suppliers arepart of the equation, Pirraglia says.
BRC FuelMaker has also beefed upservice, with small compressors supportedby Impco in Santa Ana (Los Angeles),California.
GESI, California’s Gas EquipmentSystems, Inc. has been named the
exclusive U.S. distributor of large BRCFuelMaker compressors. TomasettoAchille is handling South America sales.
BRC FuelMaker is at Stands A2 andE18. Parent FSS also owns Italy’s Zavoli(Stand E8).
Pirraglia will detail the evolution ofFuelMaker to BRC FuelMaker at theFueling Infrastructure session Thursday.
RRoollaannddee LLNNGG –– BBiioo!!Rolande LNG is here from Hollandshowing factory CNG Iveco Stralis truckthat it’s converted to LNG operation using270- and 538-liter (71 and 142 U.S. gallons)cryogenic fuel tanks from Chart-NexGen ofthe U.S. The truck is fueled with “LBG” –liquid biogas. According to a letter ofintent, fuel is to be acquired from Gasrecof the UK, Rolande commercial directorPeter Hendrickx told F&F here Tuesday.
The truck is owned by Chr. VermeerTransport of Dongen, The Netherlands,which Rolande says stepped up as the first“to collect experience with a truck runningon LBG in the daily transport service.”
The LBG vehicle can run more than1,200 kilometers – 745 miles – on a singlefill. “We managed to overcome the typicalproblem [range] when using CNG astransport fuel in trucks,” Rolande says.
CCAAPP ffoorr HHAAMM VVoollvvoossFollowing tests on a Mercedes Axor enginelasting a year, the UK’s Clean Air Poweron Monday reported a £200,000 deal tosupply its Genesis Edge brand dual-fuel
systems for ten LNG-fueled Volvo FM13tractors operated bySpanish LNG distrib-utor HAM. Savingscould amount to£1,000 per monthper truck, CAP said.
CCzzeecchh RReeppuubblliicc FFoorrggeess AAhheeaaddThere were some 1,800 NGVs in the Czech Republic at the end of2009, including 270 buses, and 23 public CNG fueling stations, upfrom nine public stations supporting just 250 NGVs in 2004, reportsPavel Novák, NGV manager with the Czech Gas Association. The biggestjump, 600 vehicles including 55 buses, took place from 2008 to 2009.
“Over the past five years, the averageannual growth in CNG consumption in theCzech Republic has been 25.1%,” Novaktold F&F. He credits a 2005 governmentresolution which “helped to professional-ize the approaches taken.”
The Czech Gas Association is preparing the fourth edition of theProspects for the Development and Use of CNG in Transport annualinternational conference, aka Czech NGV 2011, to be held in PragueFebruary 9-10, 2011. Besides CzGA (Stand F31), Czech exhibitors hereinclude Vítkovice Cylinders (B24), which is part of a 30-company industri-al group, and Chart Ferox (E27), for LNG systems.
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The BRC FuelMaker name is now beingapplied across a full range of compressors.President Larry Ozier (left) of California’sGas Equipment Systems, Inc. shakes on thedeal with BRC FuelMaker GM Max Fissore tobe sole U.S. distributor of large BRC machines.
CAP CEO John Pettittmade the rounds ofNGV2010Roma onTuesday.
VVeerrssuuss GGaassPoland’s Versus Gas is at Stand F24promoting a line of sequential gasinjection hardware for natural gas andpropane-LPG vehicles. Thecompany began assembly of gassystems, using mostly Italian compo-
Products today range from EC110R-approved engine control units to
wiring harnesses and fuses. Versus, which is a member
of IANGV, is promoting a newtechnical support service too.
Stako Enters CNGLongtime propane-LPG fuel tank supplierStako, of Slupsk, Poland is at its customerBRC’s Stand A2 promoting a new line oflightweight CNG cylinders. Stako has 200-bar/3,000-psi Type III and Type IV tanks,carbon fiber-wrapped, which it is offering tovehicle upfitters.
BRC is an obvious target, as arecurrent propane fuel container customersLandi Renzo (C10) and Tartarini (C18),says commercial director Arek Kubasik.
“We make everything from scratch,”he says of the new CNG cylinders,including aluminum liners (from tubestock)for the Stako Type III and HDPE plasticliners for the Stako Type IV tanks.
The lightweight fuel vessels are alsoaimed at bus manufacturers. Poland is thelargest busbuilder in Europe, Kubasiksays, producing some 4,500 vehicles lastyear. As interest in CNG grows, “we are ina good place with this product,” he told F&F.
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XXppeerriioonn AAllpphhaa ffoorr AAFFVV VVoollvvoossXperion Alpha is providing Type IV fuelcylinders for Volvo V70 cars convertedto CNG on Volvo factory premises inTorslanda (Gothenburg) by AlternativeFuel Vehicles (www.afv.nu; Swedishlanguage website). AFV’s technicalproject manager is Anders Johansson, former tech manager for bi-fuelmodels at Volvo Cars. Thomas Andersson is president and CEO.
Engine systems for the bi-fuel natural gas-gasoline Volvo cars areprovided by Prins Autogassytemen, of The Netherlands.
Prins supplies its VSI-CNG vapor sequential injection kit, with amaster-slave architecture making it com-patible with the OEM car, including on-board diagnostics (OBD).
AFV prices its bi-fuel V70s at319,900 Swedish kronor – approximate-ly 33,400 euros or $40,700 U.S.
Kassel, Germany-based XperionAlpha is at Stand D26.
Creating a Revolution in Transport NGV2010Roma in Italy
Sean Ellen of Xperion Alpha (left) withPrins managing director Bart van Aerleand marketing chief John Wouters.
Xperion Alpha Type IVs in an AFV V70Stako’s Arek Kubasik with new CNG tanks.
