Cummins-Meritor Forest City Plant employees working on the line
Over a century of serving our customers

In August 2022, Cummins Inc. acquired Meritor, Inc. Since then, the integration of Meritor's people, technology and capabilities positions Cummins as one of the few companies offering fully integrated powertrain solutions. Now a business unit within the Components segment, Cummins Drivetrain and Braking Systems continues to offer Meritor branded solutions across combustion and electric power applications.

Dependable drivetrain solutions
As North America’s leading source of aftermarket parts for commercial vehicles, our Aftermarket group takes after-the-sale support as very serious business. 
Our extensive axle portfolio includes front-drive and non-drive axles as well as single, tandem and tridem rear-axles for markets in North and South America, Europe and Asia Pacific.
We are the global braking leader both in size and capability for the commercial vehicle industry, supplying braking systems for trucks, trailers, buses and coaches.
Carriers are the heart of every Cummins-Meritor axle. Suitable for axles with a gross axle weight from 3-18 tons and gross combination weight from 9-100 tons, each carrier is fabricated in-house. 
Moving past your competition is the power Cummins-Meritor offers. Our drivelines are a perfect example of the edge customers get with our products. These drivelines link transmissions and drive axles for trouble-free driving.
Cummins-Meritor gearboxes, split-shaft power take-off units, creeper drives and power dividers are especially suited for severe-duty, high-mobility, high-torque, all-wheel drive configurations for a broad range of applications.
Cummins-Meritor is a global leader in the design and manufacture of precision-forged gears. We offer gear solutions used in a majority of Class 5-8 commercial vehicles manufactured in North America and worldwide.
Our suspension systems use advanced technology to set new standards in ride, handling and tire life. The heavy-duty suspension family boasts a durable design to meet the needs of the most demanding vocations.
Equipped on more than 1 million trailers, the Meritor® Tire Inflation System (MTIS™) helps keep tires properly inflated to reduce wear and increase fuel economy.
Our transfer cases offer excellent durability and fit for multiple applications, including medium- and heavy-duty trucks for off- and on-highway, agricultural machinery, mining equipment and defense platforms.
Extreme-duty vocational vehicles need an auxiliary transmission suited for a variety of on- and off-highway applications, including logging, mining, heavy haul, oil field and military.

A Heritage of Innovation

  • Timken Axles from 1909
    1909

    Timken Detroit Axle launches in Detroit, Michigan

  • 1919

    Colonel Willard F. Rockwell purchases Wisconsin Parts Co. to produce an improved axle

    Rockwell
  • 1929

    Timken-Detroit Axle and Wisconsin Axle formed

    Timken Detroit Axle acquires Wisconsin Parts to form Timken-Detroit Axle and Wisconsin Axle.

    Timken Detroit Axle
  • Rockwell Spring and Axle logo
    1953

    Rockwell Spring and Axle Company formed

    Merger of Standard Steel and Spring, Timken Detroit Axle and Wisconsin Parts.

  • 1958

    Rockwell Standard Corp established

    Rockwell Spring becomes Pittsburgh-based Rockwell Standard Corp.

    Rockwell Standard logo
  • 1967

    North American Rockwell established

    Rockwell Standard acquires North American Aviation after the Apollo space capsule disaster of January 1967.

    Apollo
  • Collins Logo
    1973

    Rockwell Collins established

    North American Rockwell acquires Collins Radio Company, which designed and built the Apollo moon landing radios.

  • 1973

    North American Rockwell merges with Rockwell Manufacturing Co. to form Rockwell International

  • 1975 Headquarters Building in Troy, MI
    1975

    Rockwell International automotive headquarters established in Troy, Michigan

  • 1993

    Rockwell designs first permanently-lubricated universal joints

    lubricated universal joints
  • 1996

    Rockwell Automotive introduces revolutionary Engine Synchro Shift transmission

    Syncro
  • Meritor Logo
    1997

    Rockwell International spins off its automotive business, creating Meritor Automotive

  • 1998

    Meritor acquires heavy vehicle manufacturing and aftermarket parts operations from Volvo Trucks and Euclid Industries respectively

    Lindesberg logo
  • 1998

    Meritor acquires LucasVarity’s heavy vehicle braking systems division

  • 2000

    ArvinMeritor, Inc. established

    Meritor Automotive and Arvin Industries merge to form ArvinMeritor, Inc.

    ArvinMeritor Logo
  • 2007

    Meritor 17X axle introduced in Europe

    17x axle
  • Hybrid Drivetrain
    2009

    ArvinMeritor launches its first hybrid drivetrain system specifically designed for linehaul trucks

  • 2010

    Meritor 14X™ tandem drive axle unveiled

    Tandem axle
  • NYSE Meritor announcement
    2011

    ArvinMeritor divests light vehicle business and changes name back to Meritor

  • 2017

    Meritor acquires the product portfolio and related technologies of Fabco Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries

  • EX
    2019

    Meritor announces the launch of the EX+™ LS air disc brake

  • 2019

    Meritor acquires AxleTech

    Adding a full line of independent suspensions, axles, braking solutions and drivetrain components.

  • 2020

    Meritor acquires TransPower to further position the company as a premier supplier of electrification and next-generation technologies for commercial vehicles

  • 2020

    Meritor Aftermarket produces its 100-millionth brake shoe

    Display sign celebrating 100 Million Meritor brake shoes produced
  • 2021

    The York, South Carolina facility produces its one millionth air disc brake

    Promotional image reading "One million - York, South Carolina" in celebration of one million air disc brakes produced
  • 2022

    Cummins Inc. acquires Meritor, Inc. forming a new business unit called Cummins-Meritor

    Positions Cummins as a leading provider of integrated powertrain solutions.

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