First Brands (Fram) bankruptcy
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Purolator may be ending the September quarter getting rid of inventory, so books brighten up. $8 for Boss on Amazon, others discounted too. That price seals it for me as long as louvers are good. Putting prices to $15 or more did hurt sales I’m sure.
That’s a good price. Those that run OEM efficiency filters may want to consider stocking up.
Sure and sometimes the value of company is sucked dry and manipulated to nil for devouring.
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I think you are on to something. One could not even find them here locally for a long time. Now, all of a sudden just in the last two weeks, my local Walmart shelves are filled with Purolator filters. I did wonder about that when they just showed up again like that. Duh Duh Duh.
Another conspiracy cracked!
Not aimed at you. Just a lot of us. 
No doubt but I am tired of big corporate and finance only wanting to privatize profits but subsidize losses. They need to fail for the financial manipulation.
If First brands had disclosed the off balance sheet stuff up front there would be nothing to short. First brands is the only one that did anything immoral. There was no value to drive down - thats the point. If first brands could pay the note this would not be a story at all.
Apollo did a public service. Now suppliers know to stop extending more credit. Workers can look for another job before their laid off without notice.
Canadian Tire now also has Purolator Oil Filters available for order in store from their Montreal depot. They're listed primary line too, not secondary like Wix. Alot of the parts sold in these stores are first brand labels currently, (Carlston, Centric, Raybestos, Cardone, FRAM) etc. It'll be interesting to see what happens.I think you are on to something. One could not even find them here locally for a long time. Now, all of a sudden just in the last two weeks, my local Walmart shelves are filled with Purolator filters. I did wonder about that when they just showed up again like that. Duh Duh Duh.
Another conspiracy cracked!
I think First Brands should think of selling off some of their companies. Buying up Champion Laboratories and FRAM likely led to their predicament.
There selling their first brand's bonds to their prop desk clients.
Walmart dot com is at Amazon price----I think Walmart dot com started the current price war first last week. So if anyone can't find their size at Amazon, check Walmart
So do we like the Pure One filters here now - or not so much?
$5.50 for mine. 99%@20um, silicon ADBV? If there constructed OK thats a good price?
$5.50 for mine. 99%@20um, silicon ADBV? If there constructed OK thats a good price?
If you can find the Korean made Pure One’s they have excellent quality. The US ones have run the gamut of M+H issues.
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Steel ADBV?
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Except synthetic media flows better than a cellulose/blend media, so you don't need as much of it to reduce Delta-P.
They've owned Champ and Fram for a very long time....that is the least of their problems. The reckless acquisitions over the last 5 years without retaining any knowledgeable management, or having done it on purpose with malicious intent is what sank them IMO
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I wonder if this is something Donaldson or Fleetguard would consider as an acquisition? Not for the technology (though the OG Ultra media might be worth it for Donaldson, I think Nanonet is even more advanced at this point than anything else, based on what I've seen from Fleetguard), but perhaps for the OE contracts. They already make some cans for passenger car/light truck applications, so it would be an expansion in that space with a brand people know. And Fleetguard appears to know how to make quality louvers.
