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Purolator

Purolator
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An air and oil filter brand founded in 1923 as Motor Improvements, Incorporated and currently owned by Mann + Hummel.

In 1967 the company acquired Trans Canada Couriers and renamed it Purolator, and in 1987 sold the Purolator trucking company back to Canadian ownership where it retained the Purolator name as a separate entity.

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History

The following section is an excerpt from Wikipedia's Purolator Filters page on 3 August 2020, text available via the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

Purolator Filters (Purolator Filters LLC) is an American manufacturer of oil and air filters, based in Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States. Recently though the HVAC residential filters are now labeled as being manufactured in China under DuPont Purolator

The company was founded in 1923 as Motor Improvements, Incorporated in New York City and later took on the Purolator name as a short form of their filtration process called pure oil later.

The company acquired Canadian courier Trans Canada Couriers, Limited in 1967, which later became Purolator Inc. The Canadian courier company and parent parted ways in 1987 when the former was sold and now owned mainly (91%) by Canada Post Corporation.

Mann+Hummel and Bosch set up a joint venture in 2006 to purchase Purolator Filters from ArvinMeritor.

Mann+Hummel bought out Bosch's 50% share of their joint venture in Purolator Filters in 2012. Mann+Hummel now has full ownership of Purolator.

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Documents

Date	Document Name & Details	Documents
3 March 2008	NHTSA Recall 08E019000 Intercontinental Auto Parts ALG 44/1, Purolator F10024, 1978-1980 Ford Bronco, 1977 Ford Country Squire, 1977-1980 Ford E-Series, 1978-1982 Ford F-Series, 1980 Ford Fairmont, 1979-1980 Ford Granada, 1977, 1979-1980 Ford LTD, 1980 Ford Mustang, 1975 Ford Pinto 1979 Ford Ranchero, 1977-1980 Ford Thunderbird, 1980 Lincoln Versailles, 1975 Mercury Bobcat, 1977, 1979-1980 Mercury Capri, 1977, 1979-1980 Mercury Colony Park, 1977-1980 Mercury Cougar, 1977, 1979-1980 Mercury Grand Marquis, 1979-1980 Mercury Monarch, 1980 Mercury Zephyr FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP National Highway Traffic Safety Administration	Recall Page - 1 page

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