Welcome to the era of smarter, cleaner power

COVID-19 restrictions are beginning to loosen up in different parts of the world, as more people are becoming fully vaccinated. Cummins began offering COVID-19 vaccines for its workforce and their dependents through mobile on-site clinics on April 1. The first mobile on-site clinic and vaccination was in Columbus, Indiana; now in just three months the company has administered its 15,000th COVID

What compelled you to work for New Power when you were so close to retirement? I’ve been an engineer for over 30 years and worked at Cummins for over nine. I was ready to retire in the summer of 2019 and go explore the U.K. with my husband. We had it all planned out, but then I met Kendra Eads, New Power’s Americas and Europe Engineer Lead. She knocked on that figurative door I was about to wal

This year, we’re recognizing Kristen Bridgeman, Cummins Product Development Excellence Director, and Niyati Tamaskar, Cummins Electrical and Computer Engineer, who were recently named as “Women Engineers You Should Know” by the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) for 2021. Excerpts from the Spring 2021 issue of SWE Magazine appear below, with permission from SWE.  Aspiring the next gener

As an advocate of diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I), Antonio Leitao, Vice President, Europe ABO, shares his perspective on Cummins commitment to helping to make the workplace an inclusive environment for all employees.   I have always known the value of diversity and inclusion, even from a young age. I was born in Portugal, and as a child I moved to France, where I grew up. I love

The ranking in Sagacious IP’s GREEN100 Index follows Cummins’ record year for global patents of all types in 2020. The company received 312 global patents that year, topping its previous record of 287 reached in 2017. That’s a nearly 9% improvement over Cummins’ previous record and a more than 12% increase over 2019.  “The GREEN100 Index is an annual feature to recognize organizations who

Imagine hiring a personal chef to cook your meals at home. Would you rather have a new chef every time you need dinner made? Sure, maybe this provides the benefit of flexibility and variety. But would it be more valuable to hire the same chef to cook all your meals? This person will know where you live, what time you eat dinner, where you store your pots and pans and even how you like your steak c

 “The world is your oyster.” That’s how Jeet Roy describes his time at Cummins so far. “The company truly supports you on your career journey – opening you up to all these opportunities to grow both personally and professionally.” Jeet points to his recent career move from IT to HR as a great example of what he means. “I found myself in IT doing a lot of reporting and data analysis. So, wh

A team of 20 ambitious students of various disciplinary backgrounds came together to form the TU Delft Solar Team 2021 and enter uncharted waters with Hydro Motion, a boat that not only sails, but flies on hydrogen. After 15 years of building boats successfully powered by sunlight, the 2021 team decided it was time to swap solar panels for a fuel cell to take the next step towards a more sustainab

Cummins Inc. has been at the forefront of environmental sustainability for decades. As one of the first in the industry to publish a sustainability report and the first to embrace more stringent emissions standards in the U.S., as well as help countries across the globe achieve similar, more stringent standards, Cummins’ commitment to the environment is unwavering. For several years, Cummins ha

Standing firm on its value of caring, Cummins’ goal is to get as many of its workforce and their dependents vaccinated and protected from COVID-19 as possible. The company continues working with local governments and health care providers to make approved vaccines available to all employees, contingent workers, and their eligible dependents. The company has now had mobile on-site clinics in Col

COVID-19, for all its negative impact, sped up the utilization of advanced technologies to do our jobs, to communicate, and to do things we used to do physically and in-person prior to the pandemic.  In the Cummins spirit of turning challenges into opportunities, the company installed more than 80 collaborative robots at its global manufacturing sites, is using augmented/hands-free re

With an obligation to our customers and our planet to change how we view energy, we released our PLANET 2050 sustainability strategy. This strategy aims to reduce greenhouse gas and air emissions in line with experts' recommendations, use natural resources in the most sustainable way possible and help communities address major environmental challenges.   With the addition of fuel cell and

Cummins is locating one of the world’s largest electrolyzer plants for the production of green hydrogen in Spain. The 22,000-square meter facility will produce the world’s largest electrolyzer systems, with an initial production capacity of 500 MW/year and is scalable to more than 1 GW/year. A site selection search is underway within Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, with the facility expected to open

The world is racing to drastically lower greenhouse gas emissions and limit the earth's warming to 1.5 degrees from pre-industrial levels. To reach this goal, 189 parties, representing the producers of 83 percent of global emissions, have ratified the Paris Climate Agreement. In addition, 66 countries have now stated their intentions to be carbon neutral by 2050, with several passing these targets

The company’s TCFD report joins Cummins reports aligned to the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), and the CDP (formerly Carbon Disclosure Project) in addition to Cummins' Sustainability Progress Reports. The company has been reporting annually on its sustainability work since 2003. NEW REPORT'S ROOTS Cummins’ 27-page TCFD report deta

While battery electric vehicles get a lot of press in driving a zero-emissions future, fuel cell vehicles are proving to be a strong part of the mix required to electrify transportation at a mass scale worldwide. This is especially true in markets that require long-range and demanding duty cycles with minimum downtime, like trains, buses and trucks. At just a fraction of a battery’s weight, hydrog

Cummins has expanded their Tier 4 Final solutions for the oil and gas market while reaffirming a commitment to sustainable environmental practices through the release of four new drilling power module (DPM) ratings.  Decreasing emissions, increasing uptime  Adhering to stringent measures introduced by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Cummins has introduced four QSK50

In this article, the focus is another important aspect of the mining industry: capital expenditure (CapEx). CapEx is the mining companies’ investments in the products and technologies as part of their operations. It includes facility improvements, new mining equipment, and beyond. The annual capital expenditure (CapEx) of the world’s top 40 mining companies is $78 billion1. This is about the sa