Alfdex

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Alfdex AB
Type Public company - AB
Industry Automotive industry
Founded2002
Headquarters Landskrona & Tumba, Sweden
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Mats Ekeroth - Managing Director
ProductsCrankcase gas cleaning separators
Number of employees
Increase2.svg 100 (2011)

Alfdex AB is a Swedish company that develops and produces separators for cleaning of crankcase gases in diesel truck engines. [1]

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Alfdex is owned by the two public companies Alfa Laval and Concentric who are quoted on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.

Company history

Alfdex was founded in 2002 as a joint venture by the two Swedish companies Alfa Laval and Haldex, [2] therefore the name Alfdex. Alfa Laval had a separating technology which was first tested on marine diesel engines.[ citation needed ] Alfa Laval started to investigate the possibilities of creating a similar product for truck engines. Alfa Laval and Haldex became partners and the result was the founding of the co-joint trademark Alfdex in 2002.

In 2004 the first Alfdex separators were sold to Volvo Diesel Truck Engines in South Korea. [3]

Haldex Concentric won the 2009 Supplier Innovation Award from Deere & Company for its Alfdex separator technology. [4]

In 2010 Alfdex initiated its deliveries to John Deere.[ citation needed ]

In 2011 Concentric took over Haldex's share of the Alfdex shares. [5]

Alfdex has about 100 employees in Sweden, in Tumba and Landskrona.

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References

  1. "Alfdex – the ultimate solution in crankcase ventilation" (PDF). Alfa Laval. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2011-12-05.
  2. "New milestones for crankcase gas cleaning technology" (PDF). Alfa Laval. Retrieved 2011-12-05.
  3. "Success of Alfdex leads Haldex to new emissions technology: development of Varivent system next, promising EGR control, variability and pressure recovery". Diesel Progress North American Edition. February 1, 2008. Archived from the original on April 6, 2016. Retrieved 2011-12-05.
  4. "Concentric: Diesel engine application, diesel engine oil pumps, diesel engine water pumps, diesel engine fuel transfer pumps, diesel engine components, diesel engine systems, transmission pumps, compressor pumps". Concentricab.com. Retrieved 2011-12-05.
  5. "Concentric: Diesel engine application, diesel engine oil pumps, diesel engine water pumps, diesel engine fuel transfer pumps, diesel engine components, diesel engine systems, transmission pumps, compressor pumps". Concentricab.com. Retrieved 2011-12-05.