Best Oil/Fuel Filters

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What company makes what filters?

Fram
Honda OEM
Chrysler line up except for the Cummins
Penzoil
All Fram models

Champion Labs

Bosch
Car and Driver
Deutsch
Mobil 1
STP
SuperTech
K&N
Luberfiner
Trust


Wix
Carquest blue
Carquest red
Napa Gold
Napa Silver


Purolator
Purolator premium plus
Purolator Pure One
Havoline
Maxlife Valvoline (some)
Group7
Pro Line
MotorCraft
Superflo
Valvoline filters

Denso
Toyota
Mann+Hummel
Mann
Volvo


Clarcor
Hastings
Amsoil
Casite

Cummins makes Fleetguard

Baldwin makes Baldwin

Donaldson makes Donaldson

Fram (Honeywell) makes some Honda OE filters. So does Filtech. Filtech is a US division of Toyo Roki in Japan. Toyo Roki also makes the Subaru WRX and STi (turbos) filters.

JHF FILTERS Korean

Fil filters (Korea) (Label says Toyota)

OKIYA filters (CHINA)

Sakura filters (Japan)

Ryco (Austraila)

VIC (Japan)

Ginza (Japan)

Power Long (Korea)

Your oil is only as good as the filter your using.

Oh don't forget WIX is the O.E. manufacturer of filters of the following car manufacturers.

WIX filters is an O.E. supplier to car manufacturers such as:

Alfa Romeo
Aston Martin
Audi
BMW
Citroen
Ford
Holden
Jaguar
Land Rover
Mercedez-Benz
Nissan
Porsche
Renault
Rolls Royce
Seat
Skoda
Tesla
Vauxhall
Volkswagen
Volvo

Big bike manufacturer
Harley-Davidson

They also manufacture and supply air filters to Motorcraft & etc...

WIX filters is a company that is owned by the same company that owns the Purolator company, which is the one and only Mann+Hummel the biggest filtration company in the world and headquartered in Germany.

Purolator is the one that invented the oil filter cotton weave type element.

WIX filters the the invented and patented the very first spin-on can oil filter.

Mann+Hummel is a large German company that is the biggest filtration manufacturer that not only supplies automotive and industrial vehicles but also hydro electric dams, trains, large ships, military equipment & etc...



WIX Filters History

L.G. Alexander, the first president of WIX, once said, “A look back is helpful – if it helps us look ahead.” His sentiment is just as applicable today as WIX begins its 75th year.

Our focus today is the same as it was when we were founded in 1939 – to provide our customers with premium quality filters designed to exceed their performance demands. We are proud of our nearly eight decades of growth and innovation, and our focus on product development has made the name ‘WIX Filters’ synonymous with a rich tradition of excellence.

With 11 facilities in eight countries, WIX manufacturers more than 210 million filters annually and has customers in over 80 countries. We also have more than 3,500 employees globally, including 1,500 in the greater Gastonia area, and their daily passion and personal dedication help us make the best filter in the world.

But how did it all begin?

WIX Filters was founded in an old cotton mill in Gastonia by Jack Wicks and his business partner, Paul Crenshaw, who needed an inexhaustible supply of pure white cotton thread waste for the filtering media of their new company. At the time, Gastonia and Gaston County produced more combed cotton yarn than anywhere else in the world.

Wicks and Crenshaw soon saw a need for filter replacements that would simplify the filter changing process and, within 15 years, they turned the filter market upside down with the invention and patent of a spin-on oil filter design – known at the time as “twist of the wrist” – that quickly became the industry standard.

The spin-on filter was among a small handful of parts in our company’s early years. Today, WIX leads the industry in filtration product line breadth, including:

More than 12,000 unique products numbers, offering the aftermarket’s widest array of domestic and foreign nameplate oil, air, fuel, coolant, cabin air, hydraulic, and transmission filters.
The WIX industrial filter line, with more than 8,000 product numbers available for hydraulic and fluid power system applications.
The launch of a new line of heavy-duty filters in 2011; and
Just last year, the launch of our high performance XP synthetic filter.

In addition, for more than 50 years the WIX name has become well-known among the generations of motorsports champions who have driven to the winner’s circle with WIX Filters. We are the No. 1 filter in motorsports, and our engineers will be working alongside Richard Childress Racing this season, applying their research in the ultra-competitive world of racing to the everyday demands of light- and heavy-duty consumer and commercial usage.

For more than 75 years, WIX has revolutionized the filtration industry our way – with quality and innovation. And, we’re still just as busy as ever applying for patents that will shape the history of filtration.

As a company we’ve come a long way since our humble beginning in an old cotton mill, but looking ahead, it’s easy to see that we’re just getting started.