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Black History Month, celebrated annually in the United States and Canada throughout the month of February, is a time for recognizing the central role of African-Americans in history. At Cummins, it's also about highlighting the significance of diversity and inclusion in the workplace. In honor of Black History month, several Cummins employees were invited to share their personal stories on the
On Jan. 27, 2015, Chongqing Cummins Engine Company (CCEC), a joint venture between Cummins and Chongqing Machinery and Electric Co., Ltd, broke ground on its new plant in Chongqing, China. Covering approximately 66 acres, the new facility will include a tech center dedicated to High Horsepower (HHP) engine engineering, as well as a new engine manufacturing plant. Construction on the tech center
Cummins executive Pamela Carter, the first woman to lead one of the company's four main business units, will retire as president of the Distribution Business effective April 1, 2015. Carter joined Cummins in 1997, initially serving as the company's Vice President - General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Prior to joining Cummins, she served as the state of Indiana's first African American woma
Stand NCS3, Big Bang Fair 2013, 14-17 March 2013 Seven challenges have been set, all relating to different divisions within Cummins (including Cummins Engine Business, Cummins Turbo Technologies, Cummins Emission Solutions and Cummins Power Generation). From assembling a fuel system to learning how a turbocharger works, students visiting the stand will see first-hand how the tasks - which show
For the eighth year in a row, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has awarded Cummins a perfect score in the 2013 Corporate Equality Index as part of its Best Places to Work initiative. This is a big recognition for Cummins, a company that prides itself on diversity. Our CEO Tom Linebarger had this to say about the award: "Cummins is honored to be recognized by the Human Rights Campaign for the
Recently, Cummins honored seven of its employees with the Company's highest technical award for their work on two inventions. Mark D. Akins, Bryan W. Milburn, Dennis M. King and Greg M. Pataky were recognized for their work to improve turbocharger technology on Cummins' midrange engines. Steven M. Bellinger, Brian C. Tyler and John F. Kalill received the 2012 Perr Award for developing a system and
On Nov. 15, Cummins officially opened its Cummins Angola operations. The project is a joint venture partnership with Angolan Project Net, which is led by CEO Jorge Jover. Located in Viana Industrial Park outside the capital city Luanda, Cummins Angola currently occupies 1,000-square meters of office and parts outlet space, as well as 1,750-square meters of warehousing. Cummins is working cl
Cummins Power Generation's manufacturing facility in Fridley, Minn., is returning parts of its grounds to their native prairie state, potentially reducing water and fertilizer use. A grass burning took place in July in space that will become a small prairie as part of a pilot project at the site. Another area by a new test cell will also be seeded with prairie grass this fall. Fridley Plant
Indiana's largest beer and wine distributor has announced it will convert 85 percent of its heavy duty truck fleet to Cummins Westport engines fueled by compressed natural gas. The Monarch Beverage Company is partnering with Cummins and several other companies on the project, which will include an on-site compressed natural gas fueling station to be completed by March, 2013. "As a family-own
Ten years in the making, Cummins Emission Solutions is demonstrating that a company can be green and profitable at the same time. Sales for the exhaust after-treatment maker have gone from nothing in 2002 to $1.2 billion in 2011 while Cummins Emission Solutions' workforce has grown from just 11 employees to more than 1,400 today. "This is all about green jobs," says Srikanth Padmanabhan, Vic
Cummins South Africa employees decided it was not enough to merely increase recycling in Alexandra Township, an informal settlement of Johannesburg, South Africa, near the Company's offices in Kelvin. To really address Alexandra's problems, they had to look for ways to reduce the area's population of rats - some the size of small cats. And the best way to control the rat population, they con
Passengers traveling between the borough of Hackney and historic Victoria Station have been given a glimpse of the greener future of London's iconic bus system. A new bus inspired by the original double-decker Routemasters and powered by a Cummins ISBe 4.5 litre engine, carried locals and visitors using state-of-the-art hybrid technology. Cummins engineers worked closely with Wrightbus in