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Purolator Filters (Purolator Filters LLC) is an American manufacturer of oil and air filters, based in Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States.

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.[1]

The company acquired Canadian courier Trans Canada Couriers, Limited in 1967, which later became Purolator Inc..[2] The Canadian courier company and parent parted ways in 1987 when the former was sold and now owned mainly (91%) by Canada Post Corporation.

Products

Current range of Purolator products:

  • Oil filters
  • Air Filters
  • Air Cabin Filters
  • Fuel Filters
  • Transmission Filters
  • Breathers
  • PCV Lines
  • special high performance filters for ATV, motorcycles, watercraft, snowmobile

Awards

Between 1998 and 2010, recognized 10 times as a top quality supplier by Toyota.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Purolator History". Purolatorautofilters.net. Retrieved 2015-05-14.
  2. ^ "Purolator - History". Purolator.com. Retrieved 2015-05-14.
  3. ^ "Purolator meets the gold standard". Moderntiredealer.com. Retrieved 2015-05-14.