FPT Industrial is committed to investing in innovative technology to build a sustainable future. All FPT Industrial Tier 4 Final and Stage V engines are fully compatible with diesel and paraffinic/renewable fuels, such as HVOs. In combination with FPT Industrial’s patented ATS technology, customers get the perfect low-emission and sustainable solution, reducing CO2 impact by up to 90 percent, the company says.
With more than 20 years of experience and more than 80,000 units sold globally, FPT industrial is introducing natural gas and methane technology in on-road and off-road segment applications. The company is driving innovations in new technologies to maximize powertrain efficiency using cleaner fuels. As of October 2022, FPT began producing epowertrains and battery packs used in multiple applications. With Prinoth, FPT is field testing a 13-liter hydrogen engine in a snow groomer, as it continues its commitment to building a more sustainable world.
Michael Roth has covered the equipment rental industry full time for RER since 1989 and has served as the magazine’s editor in chief since 1994. He has nearly 30 years experience as a professional journalist. Roth has visited hundreds of rental centers and industry manufacturers, written hundreds of feature stories for RER and thousands of news stories for the magazine and its electronic newsletter RER Reports. Roth has interviewed leading executives for most of the industry’s largest rental companies and manufacturers as well as hundreds of smaller independent companies. He has visited with and reported on rental companies and manufacturers in Europe, Central America and Asia as well as Mexico, Canada and the United States. Roth was co-founder of RER Reports, the industry’s first weekly newsletter, which began as a fax newsletter in 1996, and later became an online newsletter. Roth has spoken at conventions sponsored by the American Rental Association, Associated Equipment Distributors, California Rental Association and other industry events and has spoken before industry groups in several countries. He lives and works in Los Angeles when he’s not traveling to cover industry events.
