Cummins
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| Cummins Inc.
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| Type | Public (NYSE: CMI) |
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| Founded | 1919
<tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Founder</th><td> Clessie Lyle Cummins</td></tr> |
| Headquarters | Columbus, Indiana, USA
<tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Key people</th><td>Theodore "Tim" Solso, Chairman & CEO |
- For other uses, see Cummins (disambiguation).
Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI) is a maker of diesel and natural gas engines whose corporate headquarters are located in Columbus, Indiana. Its CEO is Theodore "Tim" Solso, its President and COO is Joseph Loughrey, and its CFO is Jean Blackwell.
From the Cummins Inc. website (www.cummins.com): , a global power leader, is a corporation of complementary business units that design, manufacture, distribute and service engines and related technologies, including fuel systems, controls, air handling, filtration, emission solutions and electrical power generation systems. Headquartered in Columbus, Indiana, (USA) Cummins serves customers in more than 160 countries and territories through its network of 550 Company-owned and independent distributor locations and more than 5,000 dealer locations. With more than 33,000 employees worldwide in February 2006, Cummins is growing. Sales in 2004 were $8.4 billion, and slightly greater than $9.9 billion in 2005. Net income for 2005 was $560 million.
Today more than 51% of Cummins' business comes from operations outside of the United States. Part of Cummins model is to create partnerships with key players in foreign markets and they have done so recently in China and India.
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[edit] History
Cummins is named after inventor-mechanic Clessie Cummins, who was one of the key players in the founding of the company. He was financially backed by investor William Irwin, starting in 1919, as he improved on existing diesel engine designs.
The Holset Engineering Co. was the name of a British company that produces turbochargers, primarily for diesel and heavy duty applications. They company has its roots in 1948, when W. C. Holmes became interested in Louis Croset's flexible coupler design. The company was started when Paul Croset was convinced to start up and manage the venture, which was based in Huddersfield. Holset as we know it came into existence in 1952 as a limited corporation, with the name coming from the first half of Holmes and the last half of Croset.
In 1973 the company was purchased by Cummins and continued to expand for the next thirty years. They now operate in China, India, Brazil, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States. Recently, in 2006, the company has officially changed its name to Cummins Turbo Technologies to be identified as closer to their parent company.
[edit] Distribution Network
Cummins has an extensive manufacturing, distributor and dealer network that provides expert sales, service and support for it's products worldwide.
- U.S. and Canada
- Cummins Atlantic
- Cummins Bridgeway, LLC
- Cummins Cal Pacific, LLC
- Cummins Central Power, LLC
- Cummins Crosspoint, LLC
- Cummins Eastern Canada
- Cummins Metro Power
- Cummins Mid-South, LLC
- Cummins Northeast, Inc.
- Cummins Northwest, Inc.
- Cummins NPower, LLC
- Cummins Power Systems, Inc.
- Cummins Power South
- Cummins Rocky Mountain, LLC
- Cummins Southern Plains, LTD
- Cummins West, Inc.
- Cummins Western Canada
- Latin America
- Brazil
- Europe
- Cummins Adriatic (Croatia)
- Cummins Austria GmbH
- Cummins Belgium
- Cummins Czech Republic
- Cummins Diesel Deutschland GmbH
- Cummins Diesel UK
- Cummins Diesel SA (France)
- Cummins Diesel Sales & Service A/S (Denmark)
- Cummins Hungary
- Cummins Italia S.p.A.
- Cummins Norway A.S.
- Cummins Ventas y Servico S. A. (Spain)
- Machinery OY Ltd. (Finland)
- Africa
- Cummins South Africa
- Middle East
- East Asia
- India
- Cummins India Ltd. (CIL)
- Northeast/Southeast Asia
- Cummins Japan
- Cummins Diesel Sales & Service Korea Ltd.
- Cummins Philippines
- South Pacific
[edit] Cummins Products
Cummins is reportedly working on a 4.2 L V6 and 5.6 L V6 for use in Dodge trucks in the 2010 timeframe<ref>Dodge may offer more Cummins diesels in light duty trucks. AutoWeek. Retrieved on August 3, 2006.</ref>. This future engine family uses an aluminum head with 4-valves per cylinder and overhead cams on a thin-wall iron block. High-tech variable-nozzle turbochargers and Piezo-electric direct injection will also be used. The V6 is specified at 190 hp (142 kW) and 455 ft·lbf (617 N·m) and will compete with Ford's 4.4 L AJD-V8, while the V8 produces 260 hp (194 kW) and 597 ft·lbf (809 N·m) and will take on the current Ford Power Stroke and GM Duramax V8s.
The 5.9-liter B-series used in the Dodge Ram has proven to be very popular, disproving the myth that diesel engines are not popular with American auto consumers. The high-horsepower (larger than 15 liters displacement) engines are manufactured in Seymour (Indiana, USA), Daventry (England) and Pune (India). The Heavy duty (10-15 liter displacement) M and X series engines are manufactured in Jamestown, NY. The B, C and L series engines are manufactured in numerous plants across the world.
[edit] Engines
- A Series
- B Series/ISB
- I4 - 3.3/3.9 L
- I6 - 5.9/6.7 L (used in Dodge Ram and Dennis Dart)
- C Series/ISC
- I6 - 8.3 L (Used in Dennis Trident 2)
- L Series/ISL
- M Series/ISM
- I6 - 10.8 L (Used in Dennis Trident 3)
- N Series
- I6 - 12.2/14.0 L (Used in British Rail Sprinters)
- X Series/ISX
- I6 - 14.9 L
- K Series/QSK
- I6 - 19 L
- V/VT Series
[edit] Power Generation
[edit] Filtration
[edit] Turbo Technologies
- Holset e Range
- Holset x Range
[edit] Chief Competitors
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Cummins Corporate Web Site
- Cummins Power Generation - Industrial Generators, Transfer Switches, Rental
- Cummins Turbo Technologies - Mid-range and Heavy-duty Turbochargers
- Cummins Onan Generators - RV, Marine, Home, Commercial Mobile, Portable, APU
- Cummins QuickServe Online - Cummins Parts and Service Information
- Cummins Filtration - Oil, Air, and Fuel Filters
