Client Overview- Kuss Filteration

Kuss Filteration, based in Findlay, OH, has been making filters since 1949. The company is owned by Fleetguard that employs 325 workers. Many of its’ products are used worldwide and is globally recognized as a leader in filter development. This company has received numerous awards for it’s’ products and design innovation. When Kuss released its first automotive product in 1951, it earned a place in a variety of automotive products. Some of the systems include fuel, ABS, power steering, lubrication, fluid reservoir, transmissions and drive train. Kuss also provides in-line fuel filters, gas filled shock absorber bag, and other filters for other industries The key product Kuss makes is the molded in tank fuel filters which are in 80% of US cars and trucks. This company also provides five different types of filter designs; miniature, band, basket, pleated paper, and panel, along with complete service that ranges from initial design and modeling, to performance testing and production. Kuss Filteration uses a variety of materials in their products including resins, nylon, polyester, polypropylene, felt, and hydrophilic and hydrophobic material. Kuss stands behind their filters and their product and offers comprehensive testing services in the industry. By working with a team approach, from the start of a new product to sales, Kuss works with their clients in relations to their concerns in the filtration process. The team closely monitors each phase of the filters of it’s’ process to its’ highest quality and efficiency. With five years of experience in the industry, Kuss works with today’s changing industrial society to provide the most efficient process available. Kuss Filteration engineers are among the best in the world. They hire only the most qualified individuals to maintain their reputation as the producer of the world’s best filters. The engineers are trained on the most up to date technology and the filtration laboratories are equipped with the latest commercial training equipment.
Since 1986, Kuss is been owned by a company named Fleetguard, who are world leaders’ in filtration and exhaust products for heavy duty diesel engines. Fleetguard employees over 6000 people in six different continents, which also has three strategic base units. Fleetguard currently holds over 200 patents for global technology and the company has also won many awards and recognitions. Fleetguard currently owns the largest global product coverage in the industry. Fleetguards main issue today is with environmental safety, they are currently working on exhaust after-treatment solutions to minimize diesel exhaust pollution globally. The future plans of Fleetguard are to continually develop improving technologies to both help the environment and the efficiency of their products. They hope to stay ahead of the industry with new never before seen products and innovation.