EDANA, the global association serving the nonwovens and related industries, launched an automotive filtration infographic, delivered as part of its study into durable nonwoven applications.
 
The infographic can be found at the EDANA website: http://www.edana.org/discover-nonwovens/products-applications/filtration.
 
With 13 million new cars registered in the European Union each year, nonwoven filters enable savings of 2.6 million tons of CO2 equivalents per year. This saving equals the reduction of 800,000 passenger cars on the road, or driving 12 billion kilometers in a medium-sized passenger car.
 
According to EDANA, nonwoven filter media provide a huge benefit for vehicles, thanks to their ability to deliver smaller, lighter and more efficient filtration of cabin air, fuel, motor oil and engine air. In addition, nonwoven filter media perform more effectively for a longer time, making every kilometer driven more efficient.
 
“Without high performance nonwovens, many recent innovations to make cars cleaner and more efficient would not have been possible,” says Pierre Wiertz, general manager of EDANA. “Thanks to nonwovens, today’s efficient motor technology means more fuel saved and less pollution, which in turn means cleaner air and better health for all people.”
 
By using nonwoven filter media, each vehicle can deliver environmental benefits that are six times higher than the impact required to both produce and dispose of the products, making them an essential part of a modern, efficient and responsible automotive industry.