WPRT Westport Innovations Inc gains 50% Sep 21, 2017
Westport Fuel Systems Inc. provides low-emission engine and fuel system technologies utilizing gaseous fuels. The company's technology and products enable light, medium, heavy-duty, and high horsepower petroleum-based fuel engines and vehicles to use primarily natural gas and alternative fuels. It designs, manufactures, and sells compressed natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, and liquefied natural gas (LNG) components and systems to original equipment manufacturers and aftermarket customers. The company also designs and manufactures a range of components, such as pressure regulators, injectors, electronic control units, valves, and filters; sells monofuel, bi-fuel, and dual-fuel diesel blend conversion kits; and offers engine management systems and solutions. In addition, it provides natural gas and propane vehicle conversions through the Ford's qualified vehicle modifier program for Ford vehicles comprising transit, cargo shuttle, and taxi vehicles; and aftermarket conversion products, alternative fuel systems, and application engineering services. Further, the company offers Volvo car bi-fuel systems; Westport JumpStart mobile fuel services; tank systems for spark-ignited engines; LNG tender products for the rail market; and industrial engines for forklift and oilfield applications. Additionally, it provides engines for use in transit, school and shuttle buses, conventional trucks and tractors, and refuse collection trucks, as well as specialty vehicles, such as short-haul port drayage trucks and street sweepers; and develops, manufactures, and sells alternative fuel engines and parts that are used in city bus, coach, and heavy-duty truck applications. The company was formerly known as Westport Innovations Inc. and changed its name to Westport Fuel Systems Inc. in June 2016. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. http://www.priceseries.com/trade/WPRT-Westport-Innovations-Inc-stock-gains-50-percent-a-Trade-Record-by-priceSeries-2017081120170921.html