Johnson Matthey's Heavy Duty Diesel CRT(R) Filter 'Stars' on Country Music Television's (CMT) 'Trick My Truck' Series on Friday, Feb. 23 at 8:30 p.m.

MALVERN, Pa., Feb. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Johnson Matthey's Heavy Duty Diesel (HDD) award-winning CRT(R) particulate filter "stars" on Country Music Television's (CMT) hit big-rig makeover "Trick My Truck" series on Friday, Feb.

23 at 8:30 p.m. The cast of "Trick My Truck" features truck mechanics who "hijack" the rigs of lucky truck drivers and customize them, turning the drivers' dreams into reality.

The episode, "Ken England's: Ken's Drive-In," incorporates a CRT (Continuously Regenerating Technology) particulate filter as part of the "facelift" of a unique "diner" rig. The episode will also air at 2:30 p.m.

on Sunday, Feb. 25; at 6:30 p.m.

on Tuesday, Feb. 27; and at 12:30 a.m.

on Wednesday, Feb. 28.
"Trick My Truck" is highly popular with many over-the-road drivers and teams with, among others, the U.

S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) SmartWay Transport Partnership, a voluntary collaboration between the EPA and America's freight industry designed to increase energy efficiency, while significantly reducing greenhouse gases and air pollution.
The SmartWay program places major emphasis on emissions controls, including leading-edge technology like Johnson Matthey's CRT particulate filter, which is why it is being featured on "Trick My Truck.

" And, in keeping with the flashiness of the makeovers, the CRT filter used for Ken's Drive-In was specially fabricated and "super-chromed" by Johnson Matthey's engineers and technicians.
Johnson Matthey's CRT particulate filter is the most widely used filter for controlling particulate matter (PM) from heavy-duty diesel engines with over 120,000 in use worldwide and more than a billion miles of service. The EPA recently adjusted its verification of JM's CRT diesel particulate filter to the real world PM reduction of 90 percent.

The market leader in reducing diesel emissions with new and retrofit installations, the CRT particulate filter removes virtually all PM from a wide range of diesel engines. Johnson Matthey's CRT was the first filter to be verified by the EPA's voluntary retrofit program. Through the patented combination of a platinum-based pre-catalyst and a filter element, the CRT reduces PM, as well as carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrocarbons (including toxics), by more than 90 percent for hundreds of thousands of miles, proving itself to be the most durable filter available.

Traded on the London Stock Exchange (symbol: JMAT), Johnson Matthey is a specialty chemicals company focused on its core skills in catalysts, precious metals and specialty chemicals. The $9.3 billion company is 190 years old and employs almost 7,500 people in 34 countries.

As part of Johnson Matthey's Catalysts Division, the world's largest supplier of catalysts for the automotive industry, Environmental Catalysts and Technologies has been providing cost-effective catalytic solutions for the worldwide light- and heavy-duty diesel markets for more than 30 years.
For more information about Johnson Matthey Heavy Duty Diesel (HDD) applications, contact Marty Lassen, Director of Commercial Development and Marketing, Johnson Matthey, 380 Lapp Road, Malvern, PA 19355, Tel: 610-971- 3112, Fax: 610-971-3116, E-mail: lassem@jmusa.com, Website: .