Welcome to the era of smarter, cleaner power

In her latest blog post for Cummins, Donna shares her top six weekend getaways for baby boomers, that could easily turn into a week-long vacation. The interest-based suggestions take travelers from pampering at a luxurious natural spa in Alaska; to the Pacific Coast to explore the Oregon coastline; further east to star-gaze and camp in Utah or discover the backroads of the Colorado mountains by fo

There, in the corner of the lobby of the Tech Center office building, amid the models of classic Cummins engines through the years, Blanz saw a small piece of equipment on a work bench that he hadn’t noticed before. The machine was just a little bit bigger than what you might see in a hobbyist’s home workshop today. It was the lathe Cummins founder Clessie Cummins used at his California home to

Maui Brewing Co. was established in 2005 with the goal of brewing authentic, local Hawaiian craft beer. Or as the company's website describes their product, they make beers "crafted with passion from the heart of paradise." Less than 15 years later, Maui Brewing Co. is now the largest craft brewer in the state, producing more than 53,000 barrels of beer annually.  Be

Joseph Collins came to Cummins nearly a year ago after experiencing firsthand the power of its "legendary culture." Collins' uncle had worked for Cummins for close to thirty years beginning in the 1960s, and he always spoke fondly of the men and women he worked alongside.  It was those same co-workers who traveled across state lines years later to celebrate his uncle's life when he passed

Not only that, the Niger International Airport represents a major gateway into the country, expanding Niger’s global connection by servicing both domestic and international routes from its capital, Niamey.  The terminal configuration is a double-sided pier, allowing gates and aircraft parking on both sides, with 16 contact stands and six remote stands. With an area of 120,000 squ

  Autonomous operation combined with diesel-power and a U-shaped design allow Dot to carry, rather than tow, a multitude of implements. Norbert Beaujot, President & Owner, Dot Technology tells us more about this unique application: “Initially I was designing Dot to be a seeding unit.  But when I came up with the idea of an open-U platform that could lift and lower a multitu

Preventing power outages caused by severe weather. Keeping the lights on. Keeping our critical facilities up and running when the most severe weather strikes. These challenges are not unique to one region of the U.S. Weather events, disasters and power outages occur in your state too.  Changing and unpredictable weather patterns create several severe weather events. These include hurricane

In a 2003 Ted Talk, Jeff Bezos, Chairman, CEO and President of Amazon, reflected back to what he called the "golden age" of the electric revolution. It was a time when customers’ key need from electricity was simply reliability - for the lights to turn on and appliances to run whenever the customers needed them.  "The killer app that got the world ready for appliances was the lig

Tony Satterthwaite, President of the Distribution segment at the company, said a diversity of fuels, including diesel, natural gas, electrified power and developing technologies such as hydrogen fuel cells, give customers the chance to pick what works best for their circumstances (you can watch Tony's testimony here). “As we look to the future of the heavy-duty transportation sector, we se

Fineti "Fin" Kumbula has over 24 years of experience in the electric battery industry. Originally from Mozambique, Fin moved to neighboring country Zimbabwe to pursue a degree in Mining and Extractive Metallurgy. "It's chemistry," explains Fin. "You take raw materials through a reduction process to refine them." It's from these refined materials that you get the building blocks of batteries: lithi

Last summer, the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) and Cummins Inc. teamed up to launch the Summer Engineering Experience for Kids (SEEK) program in the Greater Twin Cities area of Minnesota. The program was a success, as the inaugural summer helped students realize significant gains in math and science when analyzing data from pre to post-test. The students' scores increased by 10% in ma

After such a catastrophic wildfire, changes were made in the state of California. Regulators now allow utility companies to turn off power to thousands of homes when the wildfire risk is high. Beginning this summer, California utility companies are implementing a wildfire prevention plan that will leave 5.4 million Northern Californians without power for an undetermined amount of time whenever the

One month into summer 2019, and the mercury is rising. A heat wave will impact half of the U.S. over the coming week with temperatures in the 3-digits in some parts of the country. Heat waves of this magnitude are not just an inconvenience, they can be dangerous, even life-threatening, if proper precautions aren’t taken. There were 108 heat-related fatalities in 2018 according to NOAA. Of all n

On Fortune’s list of the 500 largest U.S. companies ranked by total revenue, Cummins rose from No. 149 in 2018 to No. 128 in 2019, an increase of 21 places. In Forbes magazine’s Global 2000 ranking of the world’s largest public companies, Cummins saw an increase from No. 604 to No. 485, a jump of 119 places. In 2009, Cummins was No. 181 in the Fortune 500. The company finished higher than No. 5

Cummins’ headquarters in India is in Maharashtra, a state that’s no stranger to water scarcity. Inadequate and unreliable monsoons have resulted in successive droughts, with devastating consequences for poorer communities, and especially, farmers.  The unequal distribution of rain has led has contributed to tens of thousands farmer suicides, three million villagers seeking work, and, crop

The award is presented to an organization or corporation fostering equal opportunity as well as exhibiting outstanding commitment to diversity. In winning the award, Cummins joins an illustrious group, including Eli Lilly and Company, Coca-Cola, the Arizona Diamondbacks Major League Baseball team and Oklahoma State University. Kelley Bertoux Creveling of Cummins accepted the award during the AA

Each day, Shivani Khosla has the challenge of telling a story through big data. Khosla's career at Cummins began 8 years ago as a supplier in the Electronic Tools department. The experience that Shivani Khosla gained early on in her career has directly impacted her success in one of Cummins newest departments, Cummins Digital Accelerator.  Now, as a Data Engineering Technical Speciali

At Cummins, we spend a lot of time listening to our customers in the health care industry, where our power solutions help to keep health care facilities around the globe Always On. Through these interactions, we have identified four trends transforming the health care industry that are contributing to these changes. Trend No. 1: Consumers access health care differently and expect more I