Crop nutrition company Yara has awarded Wrexham, UK-based AST a contract for the production of the 10 litre jerrycans it supplies its AdBlue diesel exhaust fluid in.
AdBlue is used to reduce harmful nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions from diesel vehicles.
A leading producer of, among other things, fertiliser, Yara , headquartered in Norway, developed and launched its AdBlue technology 15 years ago. Urea is one of the main ingredients of mineral fertilizer. AdBlue is a 32,5 % solution of high-purity, synthetically manufactured urea in de-mineralized water. Urea is produced synthetically from ammonia and carbon dioxide, from which Yara's AdBlue is extracted directly as "hot melt" urea.
Emissions legislation has led to improvements in vehicle technology, such as the development of selective catalytic reduction systems in truck, car and van engines that use diesel exhaust fluids like AdBlue to prevent harmful exhaust gases being released into the atmosphere.
“Diesel cars emit less CO2 than petrol cars. Cleaned with AdBlue, they are the most sustainable bridge to zero emissions mobility”, said Paul Norman, Yara’s Business Manager in the UK.
AdBlue is needed for any commercial vehicle equipped with selective catalytic reduction (SCR) technology to comply with emission standards Euro IV, V and VI in Europe. And according to Matthias Hochholzer, UK managing director of AST Plastic Containers, it is ‘fast becoming an essential fluid to enable diesel drivers to use their vehicles whilst adhering to the Government’s emissions regulations’.
AST’s 10 litre jerrycans are designed for convenient use, with an integrated flexible spout contained within the side wall of the container enabling easy topping up of a vehicle’s AdBlue tank.