Filters for a cleaner future
Saint-Gobain’s cutting-edge particulate filters are packed with the expertise that it has acquired by breaking new ground in the ceramics industry. Ceraclean® processes 99% of the harmful particles that diesel engines release.
Human activity can, unfortunately, jeopardise the planet’s balance. We all know about that, and about the greenhouse gases that are exacerbating climate change and threatening public health. Cars are one of the main causes behind the greenhouse effect, and release very dangerous particles. There are 600 million of them, plus 200 million vans, on the road today (and those figures are expected to spend the next 30 years on an upward trend).
Curbing car pollution
Governments, it follows, need dependable solutions to stem car pollution. Legislation has gradually tightened over the years. It started with petrol vehicles and then moved on to diesel vehicles. The number of diesel vehicles is growing in spite of two major disadvantages: they release large amounts of nitrogen oxides and large amounts of particles (some of which are small may wind their way into and clog lung alveoli).
Saint-Gobain was keen to play its part, and carved out its niche in this forward-looking market with Ceraclean®, a robust and durable high-tech particulate filter, making it Saint-Gobain’s contribution to curbing car pollution.
Greenhouse effect: a natural process whereby greenhouse gases in the atmosphere (steam, carbon dioxide and methane) are increasing the earth’s temperature.
This phenomenon was named after greenhouses (which let the sun rays in but do not let the heat out).
