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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
For much of the past year, workers on the second shift at Tata Cummins Limited Plant 2 in Phaltan have witnessed something rarely seen on a shop floor in India after 7 p.m. Women. Women are now working from 2 to 10 p.m. in the plant at Cummins’ Megasite, about two hours southeast of Pune. They normally are not allowed to work past 7 p.m. but Tata Cummins is one of a select number of manufact
At certain times, the donations of clothing and household goods would come in so fast to the Sans Souci community thrift store in Columbus, Ind. that stacks of bags and boxes would extend nearly to the ceiling of the shop's warehouse. "We would get hit with a lot of donations and we couldn't process them fast enough," said Sheryl Adams, executive director of the not-for-profit. "It was like a b
When Cummins decided to expand its operations in Africa in 2010, it made sure Corporate Responsibility was included in the planning. The results are already paying off. Over the past year, Cummins employees helped a leprosarium in Ghana. In South Africa, they revitalized parklands in Johannesburg, cleaned beaches in Cape Town and sponsored a blood drive in Kelvin. And in South Africa and Kenya,
Three key questions for safety Adam Tucker, the Distribution Business Unit's Health, Safety and Environmental Director said the "Time Out for Safety" initiative gathered critical insights into important safety projects for the Distribution Business Unit in 2012. Distribution employees in their meetings after the video discussed three key questions: What hazards are most likely to be in
At the height of Super Storm Sandy, Cummins Power Systems' Steve Philips went 21 hours without sleep, his phone ringing 40 or 50 times per hour until he finally nodded off at his New Jersey home, his computer and cell phone in his lap. Three hours later, he was back working the phone again, trying to find generators for desperate customers in New York and New Jersey left powerless by the mammot
Kent Roberts has a very personal connection to preserving a 5-acre parcel of oak trees and other vegetation in Mineral Point, Wis. where the Community Involvement Team at Cummins Emission Solutions has been working for the past three years. The park-like area, known as an oak savanna, is named for his former teacher who started the preservation effort. "My former teacher Don Hawkins, who the
Cummins employees, led by workers at the Columbus Engine Plant (CEP), are making a huge difference in the lives of some southern Indiana tornado victims. More than 250 employees from Columbus, Walesboro and Seymour in southern Indiana are providing a big share of the muscle behind Habitat for Humanity's campaign to build 10 homes for families in Henryville, Ind. by the end of December. The c
Former Cummins executive retiring from post with Save the Children Given his upbringing, it's perhaps no surprise Rick Stoner would end up bringing the business skills he learned at Cummins to Save the Children, the global charity dedicated to helping children in need. Stoner will retire as Save the Children's SVP International Programs and Chief Operating Officer on Oct. 1. He is the son of
The Cummins High Mileage Club for Turbo Diesel owners recognizes our customers for all the miles they have driven with their Cummins Turbo Diesels. This quarter, we recognize Jeff Doster from Hampstead, Md. When Jeff bought his 1996 3500 RAM dually, it had been used and abused. The interior and exterior needed a lot of work, but the Cummins Turbo Diesel was running well. So Jeff fixed up t
Embree has worked in Cummins Turbo Technologies as General Manager - Asia, since July 2011. She replaces Jim Lyons, who was named the Company's Vice President and Chief Manufacturing Officer in November. Embree took over Cummins Turbo Technologies leadership Jan. 1, 2012. "During her time in Cummins Turbo Technologies, Tracy has continued to drive our growth and success in India and China, buil