The DL - Episode 8 - Diesel Emissions Service

In the latest episode of The DL, host Tyler Robertson is joined by Steve Jr. Stratton from Diesel Emissions Service (DES). DES is a family-owned company that specializes in Diesel Particulate Filters, retrofitting, and DPF Cleaning. DES has several locations in California, including Ontario, Redding, Sacramento, and San Loredo. They also have facilities in Portland, OR and Vancouver, BC. Their brands include Filtertherm, Redline Emissions Products, and FilterTrack.

Jr. started with the company in 2004 in the truck shop, working on trucks. In 2008 the company shifted to emissions for retrofit, prompting him to change focus to aftertreatment as that was where the industry was headed.

Now Jr. is part of the product development team and is the Warranty and Training Manager for DES. He trains on DPFs, including how they work, what they do, and why they do what they do, and how to make them work with the engines. This training is essential because ...in terms of Aftermarket, it's tricky getting an engine that's not used to having a DPF near it to make it work properly with an engine.

In 2020 he will be traveling to India for trade shows as DES continues their growth in foreign markets. India's market is enormous and moving to low sulfur fuel, so it's an obvious fit for their company.