Cummins Inc. is counting on fuel-efficient technology to be a major driver of its future growth. While the company is keeping
its new diesel-engine prototypes under wraps, it is open about its strategy of urging environmental regulators to roll out
increasingly strict standards.
J. Irwin Miller’s two sons have been battling for years over who should have paid expenses on the wealthy Columbus family’s
homes and businesses, but their fight isn’t about the money—especially after they inherited at least $20 million
apiece.
Event will bring together a delegation of Chinese automakers and Indiana manufacturers to explore business opportunities relating
to hybrid and electric vehicles.
The Columbus-based engine maker sees sales increase in developing countries such as China, India and Brazil.
Columbus-based engine maker Cummins trimmed Solso’s total compensation by $2.3 million last year; remainder of management
team took
similar pay cuts.
Columbus-based Cummins Inc., North America’s largest maker of heavy-duty diesel truck engines, expects pretax profit
to increase 10 percent a year and sales to grow 13 percent annually over the next five years.
Brightpoint, WellPoint and Cummins are recognized by Fortune magazine as being among the best in their industries.
The Columbus-based company said Tuesday that the 194 layoffs will take place after Friday, cutting the plant’s employment
to about 400 and paring its two shifts to one.
Diesel engine maker Cummins Inc. has agreed to pay a $2.1 million penalty and recall 405 heavy-duty engines for alleged Clean
Air Act violations.
Columbus-based diesel engine maker Cummins Inc. posted its most profitable fourth quarter in company history, thanks to a
rush on engines that won’t have to conform to new emission standards.
Converting the U.S. trucking industry to natural gas will benefit manufacturers including Columbus-based Cummins Inc., T. Boone Pickens says.
Columbus engine
maker Cummins Inc. will receive nearly $54M in federal funding as part of a program designed to significantly
increase fuel efficiency in heavy trucks and passenger vehicles, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced Monday.
Engine maker Cummins Inc. said the head of its engine business is leaving his role in March to pursue other projects at
the company. Jim Kelly joined the company in 1976 and was promoted to president of the engine business in
2005.
Cummins Engine Co. will idle 195 workers at its fuel systems plant in Columbus; another 22 workers will take voluntary leave.
Columbus engine maker Cummins Inc. will idle at least 400 workers at a manufacturing facility in Jamestown, N.Y., because
of a change in emission standards that will cut production from 500 engines a day to 100.
Cummins Inc. said profit for its fiscal third quarter fell 59 percent and sales dropped by 31 percent compared to the same
period last year, though the company said its profitability and cash position improved from the second quarter.
Enginemaker Cummins Inc. is temporarily adding a second production shift at its MidRange Engine Plant south of Columbus, recalling
as many as 270 workers who had been laid off or transferred to other facilities when it was idled in May.
Columbus-based Cummins Inc. is recalling 438 hourly workers, including 340 at its Midrange Engine Plant in Walesboro.
Cummins Inc.’s stock jumped more than 6 percent in morning trading after its quarterly results
beat analyst estimates.
Cummins Inc. is battling its insurers in court, saying they’re refusing to pay
most of the company’s $381 million in claims stemming from the flood that immersed its southern Indiana
facilities a year ago.
