Cummins and other employers around the world are experiencing critical shortages of skilled technical workers. Today, young people in our communities lack employable skills, including technical and language skills, as well as problem solving, analysis and the proper attitudes for success. At the same time, unskilled jobs are disappearing and rising levels of unemployment and poverty are causing
Cummins Power Generation in South Africa has partnered with a school in the disadvantaged Ivory Park area of Johannesburg to deliver a Careers Day for 370 students. A team of 25 Cummins personnel, led by Alok Joshi, Director of Power Generation Business, Africa, presented career options in engineering, science, human resources, law, logistics, marketing, education, basic skills, finance, engineeri
76,558 miles. 1,475 hours. 114 days. 33 city stops. 5 trucks. 9 professional drivers. When I woke up in Nashville, Tennessee on Saturday, October 3rd, there was only 1 day, 287 miles and 5 hours to go. Departing Columbus, Indiana on June 12th, this fleet of five Cummins-powered tractors with trailers have spent the summer and early-fall traveling across North America, showcasing Cummins industr
*Note: Srikanth Padmanabhan is the President, Engine Business at Cummins Inc. In 2015 he joined a fleet of five Cummins-powered tractor trailers on the last leg of the Cummins North American REDefining Tour. The following is a first person account of the sights and sounds he experienced along the way. 76,558 miles. 1,475 hours. 114 days. 33 city stops. 5 trucks. 9 professional d
Cummins strives to become an integral part of each community that it resides in. One way it accomplishes this is through the countless hours of community service and involvement their employees log each year. Here is one example of how Cummins employees have gone above and beyond in their community: Every year, United Way of Elkhart County (Indiana, USA) recognizes those volunteers who go ab
Mark Levett, Vice President of Corporate Responsibility and CEO of the Cummins Foundation, will retire Nov. 30 after serving in a variety of key leadership positions during his 42 years with the company. After joining Cummins as an entry level analyst in 1973, Levett used his business expertise, his strong work ethic and his skills to quickly rise through the company and by 1981, Levett had alr
For Jeff Michaels his work and passion for racing are inseparable. Jeff, is a Regional Sales Manager of commercial mobile generator sets for Onan. Majority of his time is spent in the office at Onan, working with distributors and factories to ensure the appropriate solutions are being used for RVs, yachts, truck conversions and more. During his free time you can see him at a track either racing or
The Cummins Northeast team was excited to have the Cummins Redefining Tour come to New England for stops in Boston, MA and upstate NY. And I was especially thrilled to learn that I would have the opportunity ride along in the trucks to experience the new technology. For those who don’t know my background, I spent a large portion of my Cummins career as a Territory Manager and Distribu
Cummins employees find innovative way to safely dissolve plaster of Paris idols. Engineers from Cummins India have developed a sustainable and eco-friendly way to dissolve the plaster of Paris idols commonly immersed in water during a major Hindu festival. The Ganesh Festival is celebrated by Hindus around the world in honor of Lord Ganesha (the elephant headed deity), one of the most worshi
Cummins Power Generation Partners with Schools on Unique Outdoor Classroom Nestled between the Cummins Power Generation facilities in Fridley and Shoreview, Minnesota are 2,400 acres of an old army ammunition plant. This old army ammunition plant was constructed in 1941 to make ammunition for World War II. During that time the plant had 26,000 employees at peak production, more than half
The Cummins ISX15-powered Redefining Tour fleet has accumulated over 60,000 miles over the last fifteen weeks since the Tour kickoff in mid-June. After a successful event in Omaha earlier this week, the Tour fleet set out for the longest single leg of the 2015 Tour, and today has just over 200 miles to go of a three-day run. The fleet will arrive in Englishtown, New Jersey, to get ready for w
This is it! My first time riding in a truck outside of a small test track on the west side of Columbus, Indiana. After standing for eight hours in 90-degree, 90% humidity heat, riding in a truck with air conditioning for eight hours seemed like a vacation. Except in order to make it to Atlanta on time, the trip started out at six o'clock in the morning. I had the plea