Top 5 Industrial Disributor Stocks To Invest In Right Now

Top 5 Industrial Disributor Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Westport Innovations Inc(WPRT)

Westport Innovations Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of low-emission engine and fuel system technologies that enable light, medium, heavy-duty, and high-horsepower petroleum-based fuel engines to use natural gas and alternative fuels. The company designs, produces, and sells alternative fuel engines, systems, and components for automotive and industrial markets. It also designs, engineers, and produces natural gas engines for the urban buses, refuse collection trucks, and conventional trucks and tractors, as well as for specialty vehicles. In addition, the company offers 15 litre natural gas engines for the heavy-duty trucking market, as well as is involved in the engineering, design, and marketing of natural gas-enabling technology for the heavy-duty diesel engine and truck market. Westport Innovations Inc. was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Taylor Muckerman and Joel South]

  For more information on these two sectors, as well as Wesport Innovations' (NASDAQ: WPRT  ) foray into the use of natural gas in marine engines, tune in to the following video, where Fool.com contributor Tyler Crowe teams up with analysts Joel South and Taylor Muckerman to give you all of the details.

• [By Arjun Sreekumar]

  Meanwhile, companies such as Westport Innovations (NASDAQ: WPRT  ) are working with auto manufacturers to develop more advanced bi-fuel technologies for passenger vehicles. In February, Westport announced that its Westport WiNG Power system, a CNG bi-fuel system, will be available on the Ford F-450 and F-550 Super Duty Chassis Cab trucks starting April 1.

• [By Neha Chamaria]

  Natural gas and international markets
  PACCAR already dominates the natural-gas-powered heavy-duty truck market in the U.S. with a 40% share, thanks to it! s long-standing relationship with Cummins and Westport Innovations (NASDAQ: WPRT  ) . As one of Cummins' prominent customers, PACCAR is one of the first to adopt Cummins-Westport engines for its truck models. So any rise in Westport's engine shipments means increasing demand for natural-gas vehicles, which bodes well for PACCAR.

• [By Brian Pacampara]

  Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, alternative fuel technologist Westport Innovations (NASDAQ: WPRT  ) has earned a coveted five-star ranking.

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