Pratt & Whitney EcoPower(R) Engine Wash Service Receives Frost & Sullivan MRO Best Practice Award

Sept. 23, 2009
Pratt & Whitney's EcoPower engine wash service has been recognized with the 2009 North American Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul (MRO) Product Innovation of the Year Award from Frost & Sullivan.

HAMBURG, Sept. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MRO EUROPE -- Pratt & Whitney's EcoPower engine wash service has been recognized with the 2009 North American Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul (MRO) Product Innovation of the Year Award from Frost & Sullivan. The award, presented at Frost & Sullivan's Growth Excellence Awards Banquet, recognizes EcoPower engine wash as an industry best practice. Pratt & Whitney is a division of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX).

"EcoPower engine wash utilizes a unique, patented engine washing technology that sets new standards in the airline industry by revolutionizing the entire approach toward engine washing," said Nathan Smith, aerospace industry analyst, Frost & Sullivan. "With significant benefits such as cost-effectiveness, reduction in fuel consumption, improvement in engine performance and contributions toward environmental sustainability, EcoPower has created a milestone in the MRO industry."

"When we first started our EcoPower engine wash service, our vision was to offer an environmentally friendly solution to help aircraft operators save money and improve engine performance while decreasing their carbon footprint. We have realized this vision using our patented technology and global network," said Anupam Bhargava, general manager, Pratt & Whitney Line Maintenance Services. "We are proud to receive this award and accept it with a commitment to continue to offer innovative, green MRO solutions to our commercial and military customers."

Frost & Sullivan is a research and consulting firm that covers 10 industries and 31 markets, and maintains 40 offices with more than 1,700 industry analysts and consultants, market research analysts, technology analysts and economists globally. The Frost & Sullivan Best Practice Awards are unique in that they are awarded by a company dedicated to the analysis and forecasting of high-tech markets since the firm's inception in 1961. Frost & Sullivan's analysts conduct a rigorous selection methodology unmatched by any other firm.

Pratt & Whitney's patented EcoPower engine wash system reduces fuel burn by as much as 1.2 percent, eliminating approximately three pounds of carbon dioxide emissions for every pound of fuel saved, while decreasing engine gas temperature and increasing the amount of time an engine can stay on wing. The EcoPower engine wash system, offered through the Pratt & Whitney Global Service Partners network, uses a closed-loop system with pure, atomized water to wash aircraft engines, avoiding potential contaminant runoff. The system is more effective and much faster than traditional engine washing processes.

Pratt & Whitney is a world leader in the design, manufacture and service of aircraft engines, space propulsion systems and industrial gas turbines. United Technologies, based in Hartford, Conn., is a diversified company providing high technology products and services to the global aerospace and commercial building industries.

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