Cummins

This article is about the diesel engine manufacturer. For other uses, see Cummins (disambiguation).

Cummins Inc.

Type	Public
Traded as	NYSE: CMI S&P 500 Component
Industry	Heavy equipment
Founded	1919
Founder(s)	Clessie Lyle Cummins
Headquarters	Cummins Corporate Office Building 500 Jackson Street Columbus, Indiana, U.S.
Key people	Tom Linebarger, Chairman & CEO Pat Ward, Vice President & CFO
Products	Engines, Filtration, Power Generation, Turbo Technologies
Revenue	$18.00 billion USD (2011)
Net income	$1.75 billion USD (2011)
Total assets	$10.4 billion USD (2010)
Total equity	$4.67 billion USD (2010)
Employees	46,000
Website	www.cummins.com

Cummins Inc. is a Fortune 500 corporation that designs, manufactures, distributes and services engines and related technologies, including fuel systems, controls, air handling, filtration, emission control and electrical power generation systems. Headquartered in Columbus, Indiana, United States, Cummins sells in approximately 190 countries and territories through a network of more than 600 company-owned and independent distributors and approximately 6,000 dealers. Cummins reported net income of $1.75 billion on sales of $18.00 billion in 2011.

Cummins is the largest producer of diesel technology.

History

An early Cummins diesel in a 1950 Indianapolis 500 roadster

Founded in Columbus, Indiana, in 1919 as Cummins Engine Company, for its namesake Clessie Lyle Cummins, the fledgling firm was among the first to see the commercial potential of the engine technology invented two decades earlier by Rudolf Diesel.

After a decade of fits and starts, in 1933, the company released the Model H, a powerful engine for transportation that launched the company's most successful engine family. J. Irwin Miller became general manager in 1934 and went on to lead the company to international prominence over the next four decades. By marketing high-quality products through a unique nationwide service organization, the Company earned its first profit in 1937. Three years later, Cummins offered the industry's first 100,000-mile warranty.

By the 1950s, the US had embarked on a massive interstate highway construction program, with Cummins engines powering much of the equipment that built the roads and thousands of the trucks that traversed them. Truckers demanded economy, power, reliability, and durability, and Cummins responded. By the late 1950s, Cummins had sales of over $100 million and a commanding lead in the market for heavy truck diesels.

As Cummins continued to grow its business in the US, the Company began looking beyond its traditional borders. Cummins opened its first foreign manufacturing facility in Shotts, Scotland, in 1956 and by the end of the 1960s, Cummins had expanded its sales and service network to 2,500 dealers in 98 countries. Today, Cummins has more than 5,000 facilities in 197 countries and territories.

Cummins, led by J. Irwin Miller, forged ties to emerging countries such as China, India and Brazil, where Cummins had a major presence before most other US multinational companies. Cummins has grown into one of the largest engine makers in both China and India, and for the past three years approximately half of the Company’s sales have been generated outside the US.

Cummins was the only company in the industry to meet the 2010 Environmental Protection Agency standards for NOx emissions with the release in early spring of 2007 with its new 6.7-litre turbo diesel for the Dodge Ram Heavy Duty pickup truck, available with 3/4 and 1 ton chassis.

In 2008, Cummins was a named defendant in a class action suit relating 1998-2001 model year Chrysler Dodge Ram trucks, model 2500 or 3500, originally equipped with a Cummins ISB 5.9 liter, diesel engine built using a pattern 53 Block. The case has been settled, but some qualified Chrysler owners may receive $500 for repairs to the block, which was alleged to crack and create a coolant leak.

Business Units

Cummins Engine Business

Manufactures and markets a complete line of diesel and natural gas-powered engines for on-highway and off-highway use. Its markets include heavy-and medium-duty truck, bus, recreational vehicle (RV), light-duty automotive and a number of industrial uses including agricultural, construction, mining marine, oil and gas and military equipment.

For the general public, the most visible Cummins product may be the 5.9-liter in-line six-cylinder engine used in the Dodge Ram light duty pickups starting in 1989.

In 2007, a 6.7-liter version of the Cummins straight six engine became optional on the Dodge Ram pickup (standard with the class 4 and class 5 chassis).

In April, 2013 Cummins using technology developed by Westport Innovations began shipping large natural gas fueled engines to truck manufacturers in the United States as trucking companies began converting portions of their fleets to natural gas and and the natural gas distribution network in the United States began to expand.

Cummins Power Generation Business (formerly Onan)

Global provider of power generation systems, components and services in standby power, distributed power generation, as well as auxiliary power in mobile applications to meet the needs of a diversified customer base.

A Cummins generator at the base of a radio mast

Cummins Filtration (Fleetguard)

Designs, manufactures and distributes heavy-duty air, fuel, hydraulic and lube filtration, chemicals and exhaust system technology products for diesel and gas-powered equipment.

Cummins Turbo Technologies (Holset)

Designs and manufactures turbochargers and related products, on a global scale, for diesel engines above 3 liters.

Cummins Emission Solutions

Develops and supplies catalytic exhaust systems and related products to the medium-and heavy-duty commercial diesel engine markets.

Cummins Distribution Business Unit (DBU)

The DBU consists of 17 Cummins owned distributors and 10 joint ventures, covering 90 countries and territories through 233 locations.

Worldwide Distributors North America Distributors

Subsidiaries

Holset turbocharger (x2), on 450 hp (340 kW) V12 Kromhout diesel engine

Cummins Turbo Technologies

The Holset Engineering Co. was a British company that produced turbochargers, primarily for diesel and heavy duty applications

In 1973 the company was purchased by Cummins after briefly being owned by the Hanson Trust. Holset now operates facilities in China, India, Brazil, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

In 2006, the division officially changed its name to Cummins Turbo Technologies to be identified more closely with its parent company. The turbocharger products still use the Holset brand name.

Cummins Power Generation

In 1986, Cummins began acquisition of Onan and completed it in 1992. Since then, Onan has evolved into Cummins Power Generation, a division of Cummins. The Onan name continues to be used for modern versions of their traditional engine-driven generators for RV, marine, commercial mobility, home standby, and portable use.

Cummins Emission Solutions

Exhaust and emissions after-treatment company Nelson Industries was purchased in 1999, due to the increasing importance of exhaust after-treatment systems for meeting future emissions standards. The division officially changed its name to Cummins Emission Solutions, in order to be identified more closely with their parent company.

Products

High-horsepower (larger than 19 liters displacement) engines are manufactured in Seymour, Indiana, Daventry, England, and Pune, India. Heavy duty (10–19-liter displacement) M and X series engines are manufactured in Jamestown, New York. The B, C and L series engines are manufactured in numerous plants across the world.

Operations	Location	Products
BMC Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.	Izmir, Turkey	B3.9/5.9 C8.3
Charleston Turbo Plant	Ladson, South Carolina	MR and HD Turbochargers
Guangxi Cummins Industrial Power Co., Ltd., LiuGong	Liuzhou, China	Tier 2 and Tier 3 emissions All Engines
Columbus Engine Plant	Columbus, Indiana	ISX Cylinder Blocks and heads; Light-Duty Diesel engine
Columbus MidRange Engine Plant	Columbus, Indiana	ISB
Rocky Mount Engine Plant (formerly Consolidated Diesel Company)	Rocky Mount, North Carolina	B3.9/4.5/5.9 C8.3 ISB ISC QSB ISL QSC QSL
Cummins Filtracion, S. De R.L. De C.V.	San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí	Filters
Cummins Generator Technologies Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V.	San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí	Generator Sets
Cummins, S. De R.L. de C.V.	San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí	Engines
Cummins Juarez Fuel Systems	Juárez, México	Pumps and Injectors
Cummins Beijing Co. Ltd.	Beijing, China	Generator Sets
Cummins Brasil Ltda.	São Paulo, Brazil	B3.9/5.9 C8.3 NT/N14 ISB ISC QSB QSC ISM Generator Sets
Cummins Generator Technologies.	Stamford, England	4 & 6-pole low voltage AC generators between 7.5 kVA to 2,750 kVA.
Cummins India Ltd.	Pune, India	N14/NT K19 V28 K38/50 QSK60 Generator Sets
Cummins India Ltd.	Daman, India	Generator sets and natural gas engines
Cummins Industrial Center	Seymour, Indiana	K19 V903 QSK19, (Future) QSK71 QSK95 QSK120
Cummins Komatsu Engine Co.	Seymour, Indiana	QST30
Cummins Marine Charleston	North Charleston, South Carolina	Marine propulsion K19 to QSK 60, marine auxiliary engines B3.9 to QSK 60
Cummins MerCruiser Diesel	North Charleston, South Carolina	B3.9/5.9 C8.3 QSB5.9 QSC8.3 QSL9 QSM11 Sterndrives
Cummins Natural Gas Engines, Inc.	Clovis, New Mexico	G/GTA5.9, 8.3 and 855 GTA14, 19, 28, 38, and 50
Cummins Power Generation	Fridley, Minnesota	Generator sets and electronic controls
Cummins Power Generation	Singapore	Generator sets and electronic controls
Cummins Power Generation	Ramsgate, England	Generator sets and electronic controls
Cummins Scania Fuel Systems	Columbus, Indiana	HPI fuel systems
Cummins Scania Fuel Systems	Columbus, Indiana	XPI fuel systems
Cummins Westport Inc.	Vancouver, Canada	Natural gas engines
Darlington Engine Plant	Darlington, England	B3.9/5.9 B4.5/6/7 C8.3 ISB ISC ISL QSB QSC
Daventry Engine Plant	Daventry, England	K38/50 QSK45/60 QSK78 WSVs81/91 QSK19 rail power packs
Dongfeng Cummins Engine Co. Ltd.	Xiangfan, China	B3.9/5.9 C8.3
Jamestown Engine Plant	Jamestown, New York	ISM 11.0 ISX 15.0 11.9
Komatsu Cummins Engine Company Ltd.	Oyama, Japan	B3.3 B3.9/5.9 C8.3
Tata Cummins Limited	Jamshedpur, India	B3.9/5.9 ISBe ISLe
Xi’an Cummins Engine Company	Shaanxi Province, China	ISM
Cummins Emission Solutions	Stoughton, Wisconsin	Exhaust After-treatment Systems
Cummins Kama Joint Venture	Naberzhnye Chelny, Russia	Diesel Engines

Vehicles powered by Cummins

• Autosan buses
• Alexander Dennis
• LiuGong
• AMW Trucks
• BelAZ
• Case IH
• DAF trucks
• Dodge Ram
• Ford F-650
• Ford Cargo South America
• Foton Truck
• Freightliner
• GAZelle
• Hyundai Construction
• IVECO ACCO
• JAC Truck
• KamAZ
• Kenworth
• King Long buses
• Mack Trucks Australia
• Motor Coach Industries motorcoaches
• Navistar International
• New Flyer buses
• Orion buses
• PAZ
• Peterbilt
• Solaris Bus & Coach
• SportChassis
• TATA Buses & Trucks
• TATA Daewoo Trucks
• TEMSA buses
• Terex
• Van Hool motorcoaches
• Vityaz (Витязь)
• VDL Ambassador/Citea
• Volvo Trucks North America
• Western Star Trucks
• SNVI

Competitors

• Caterpillar Inc.
• Deere & Company
• Detroit Diesel
• Deutz AG
• Perkins Engines
• Generac Power Systems
• Kohler Company
• Liebherr Group
• Navistar
• DMAX (engines) (maker of Duramax V8 engines & Isuzu 6H Engines)
• IVECO—Fiat Powertrain Technologies
• [[Kirloskar Oil

Engines Limited]]

• APR Energy formerly Alstom Power Rentals
• VM Motori

See also

• Cummins Corporate Office Building
• Cummins UK
• LiuGong Guangxi Cummins Industrial Power Co., Ltd.
• Tata Motors
• Dongfeng Automobile Company Limited
• Komatsu
• J. Irwin Miller
• Central Japan Railway Company

External links

• Media related to Cummins at Wikimedia Commons
• Cummins Corporate Web Site