All the brands

[Mike_dup1]

I was looking up a cross reference for a relative car, AC Delco A1615C and was amazed at all the brands that cross to it. It was from a 2003 Hasting master filter catalog.

Here a most of them.

Parts Master
Auto Express
Wix
Napa Gold
Rockhill
Yale & Towne (Eaton)
Carquest
Big A
Econo Lube N Time
Purolator
Flagship
Mighty
Deutsch
Goodyear
Carcare
Champion Spark Plug
Fleetguard
Grand Prix
Trust
Precision Tune
Parts Plus
Minit Lube
Master Parts
Lee
Warner & Swasey
Champion Labs + their other brands, Ace. Luber-finer, Master Parts, Salem
Cam2
Bowes
Kendall
Facet
Baldwin
Phillips 66
QAP Filters
Professionals Choice
Quaker State
Evergard
Powerflo
Service Pro
Shell
Texaco
Havoline
Sears Roebuck
TVI
Group 7
Valvoline
Woodgate
Autobahn
Fram

and I know I missed some. And before you respond, I know they are not all manf. Its obvious by the parts numbers who makes certain ones.

 

[TR3-2001SE]

Must be good money made selling air filters. Thought I had checked all manufactures before I purchased the NAPA GOLD but I guess I was wrong.
Its good to have lots of choices!

 

[pgtr]

Aren't those mostly brands and not manufacturers. Some may even be regional brands not available nationally and others may be defunct brands at that.

Like oil filters there's a small # of actual makers and many brands out there.

I suspect there is decent money in filters. I think they are relatively easy to mass produce. But filter prices seem to be disproportionately higher than say oil filters and I don't see anything that would suggest they cost notably more to manufacture. In many cases I would think it's a simple matter of pleated paper w/ molded foam-rubber surround cast around it.