Consider it a professional hazard, but Bob Rother, manager of the Corporate Measurement Center of Excellence at Cummins’ Columbus Engine Plant (CEP), can tell you precisely how small a micron is. “A micron is almost indescribably small – it’s a millionth of a meter,” he says, holding his hands about shoulder-width apart. “So if I were to take a meter, which is about this far, and divide it into
Mike Pritchard knows first-hand the value of vocational education. Growing up in a working-class neighborhood in London’s East End, he entered a technical education and apprenticeship program at 16, figuring he’d follow in the footsteps of his father and uncle who worked at an automobile factory in Essex. Today, Pritchard is the Director General at the Cummins Filtration Plant in San Luis Potos
Combine the talents of a self-described “eco-child” with a cost conscious facilities leader and an engaged and committed group of employees and you get Cummins Turbo Technologies (CTT) in Huddersfield, U.K., one of the Company’s leading facilities for energy conservation and other green practices. Jennifer Hirst, an Energy Engineer at CTT Huddersfield, and Richard Keane, CTT’s Facilities Manage
The future of trucking could well be unfolding this fall along U.S. Route 287 in north central Texas. After months of testing concepts in trucks around the country, Cummins engineers and their colleagues in a public-private partnership will pull together the best of what they’ve learned and apply it to a single tractor-trailer. With an aerodynamic exterior, an engine that captures waste