Cummins (China) Investment Co., Ltd. Wuhan Branch

Cummins - * engine manufacturer
Cummins is the world's * largest independent engine manufacturer, with a product line that includes diesel and alternative fuel engines, key engine components (fuel systems, control systems, air handling, filtration systems and exhaust aftertreatment systems), and power generation systems.
Cummins was founded in February 1919 and is headquartered in Columbus, Indiana, USA. Through more than 600 distributors and more than 6,000 dealer outlets in more than 190 countries and regions worldwide, the company provides services to customers. Cummins has more than 40,000 employees worldwide, achieved sales of US$13.23 billion in 2010, and net income of US$1.04 billion.
Cummins is a Fortune 500 company in the United States and was selected by Fortune as one of the 2011 "World's Most Admired Companies," the only diesel engine company on the list.
In 2010, with its outstanding performance in economic development, environmental protection and social responsibility, Cummins was included in the Dow Jones Global Sustainability Index for the sixth consecutive year. Among the world's 2,500 largest companies, only those ranking in the top 10% on key sustainability indicators can be included in the list.
Cummins' vision
Building a better life with Cummins power
Adhering to the business philosophy of "Building a better life with Cummins power," Cummins is committed to creating the best value for stakeholders including shareholders, customers, employees, communities and the environment.
Cummins' core values
● Integrity and honesty: We adhere to principles and match our actions to our words
● Continuous innovation: With an innovative spirit, do better, faster and always stay ahead
● Creating outstanding results: Always exceed customer expectations
● Corporate responsibility: Serve and improve the communities where we operate
● Diversity: Embrace all cultures and uphold people's dignity
● Global participation: Think globally and operate across borders
Cummins consists of four mutually independent and complementary business units

Engine Business Unit
The Engine Business Unit manufactures and distributes a wide power range of diesel and natural gas engines and related component products for automotive, industrial and power generation equipment applications. Cummins engines range from 2.8 to 91 liters displacement, with power coverage from 60 to 3,500 horsepower, and are widely used in on-highway vehicles such as heavy-duty trucks, medium-duty trucks, buses, RVs, light commercial vehicles and pickup trucks, as well as off-highway fields such as construction machinery, mining equipment, agricultural machinery, marine and railway.
Cummins engines are not only renowned in the industry for first-class reliability, durability and fuel economy, but have also maintained an industry-leading position in the intense competition to meet increasingly stringent automotive emissions standards (U.S. EPA 2010, Euro IV and V), off-highway mobile equipment emissions (Tier 4 interim/Stage IIIB) and marine engine emissions (International Maritime Organization IMO standards).
Since the late 1990s, the power range of Cummins engine products has expanded substantially, and the number of product platforms has doubled.
Cummins Engine Model Chart

Of Cummins' 18 engine series, 11 are already localized for production in China
Power Generation Business Unit


The Cummins Power Generation Business Unit is a leading global supplier of power generation systems and related component products and services. Its products are used for backup power, distributed generation and auxiliary power on mobile equipment, and can meet customers' diverse power needs. The unit also provides comprehensive services and power solutions including long-term operation and maintenance agreements, turnkey projects and temporary power.
The Power Generation Business Unit's product line includes diesel and alternative fuel generator sets (2.5 kW to 2.7 MW), alternators (0.6 KVA to 30,000 KVA), engines for generator sets, control systems, transfer switches (40 amps to 3,000 amps) and switchgear, and is widely used in office buildings, hospitals, factories, municipalities, power plants, universities, recreational vehicles, yachts and home power supplies.
Distribution Business Unit
The Distribution Business Unit consists of 17 Cummins wholly owned distributors and 15 joint venture distributors, with a network covering more than 300 locations in more than 70 countries and regions worldwide, providing Cummins products, parts and after-sales service to customers around the world.
Through Cummins' global distribution service system, specially trained Cummins service personnel provide customers with comprehensive parts and service support.
Cummins' wholly owned distribution network covers major key markets worldwide, including China, India, Japan, Australia, Europe, the Middle East and South Africa. The system also supports 5,200 Cummins dealer outlets around the world.
Components Business Unit
The following four business divisions make up the Cummins Components Business Unit.
Cummins Filtration (formerly Fleetguard)
Air, fuel, hydraulic oil and lubricating oil filters for diesel and gas engines, as well as various chemical additives.
Cummins Turbo Technologies (formerly Holset)
Full range of turbochargers and related products for diesel and natural gas engines above three liters, mainly used in global commercial vehicle and industrial markets.
Cummins Emission Solutions
Exhaust catalytic purification systems and related products for medium- and heavy-duty diesel engines. Its business mainly includes supporting new models for OEMs and retrofitting in-use vehicles. Its main products include integrated catalytic purification systems, special components for aftertreatment systems, and system integration services for engine manufacturers.
Cummins Fuel Systems
Diesel engine fuel systems ranging from 8 liters to 78 liters displacement.
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Rooted in China, creating brilliance together
The historical connection between Cummins and China can be traced back more than half a century to the 1940s. On March 11, 1941, U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Lend-Lease Act, providing wartime aid to 38 countries including China. Among the U.S. military aid materials to China under the Lend-Lease Act were river patrol boats and trucks equipped with Cummins engines.
In late 1944, a Chongqing enterprise wrote to Cummins seeking to establish business contact and carry out localized production of Cummins engines in China. Elvin Miller, then general manager of Cummins Engine Company, expressed strong interest in his reply and hoped that Cummins could build a plant in China after the Sino-Japanese War ended. Due to well-known reasons, Mr. Miller's idea could only be expected to become reality in the 1970s, thirty years later, along with the gradual easing of China-U.S. relations.
Cummins and its affiliated subsidiaries have invested more than US$1 billion in China in total. As the largest foreign investor in China's diesel engine industry, Cummins' business ties with China began in 1975, when then Cummins Chairman Elvin Miller first visited Beijing, becoming one of the earliest American entrepreneurs to seek business cooperation in China. In 1979, when China and the United States established diplomatic relations and China began opening up, Cummins' first China office was established in Beijing.
Cummins was one of the earliest Western diesel engine companies to carry out localized engine production in China. In 1981, the Chongqing Engine Plant began licensed production of Cummins engines, and in 1995 Cummins' first joint venture engine plant in China was established. To date, Cummins has established a total of 26 institutions in China, including 15 wholly owned and joint venture enterprises, with more than 9,000 employees, producing products such as engines, generator sets, alternators, filtration systems, turbocharging systems, aftertreatment and fuel systems, and has a service network composed of 12 regional service centers, more than 30 customer support platforms and more than 300 authorized dealers.
Cummins has long insisted on forming strategic alliances with large Chinese enterprises to achieve common development. As one of the earliest foreign-funded diesel engine enterprises to carry out localized production in China, over more than thirty years Cummins has established four engine joint ventures with leading Chinese commercial vehicle enterprises including Dongfeng Motor, Shaanxi Automobile Group and Foton Motor. Of Cummins' 18 engine series, 11 are already produced locally in China.
Cummins was the first foreign-funded diesel engine company to establish an R&D center in China. In August 2006, the engine technology R&D center jointly established by Cummins and Dongfeng Motor was officially opened in Wuhan, Hubei.
In 2010, Cummins' sales in China exceeded US$3.1 billion, and the China region has become Cummins' largest and fastest-growing overseas market globally.
After more than thirty years of development, Cummins has become an organic part of China's engine industry and, through joint venture/wholly owned production and technology transfer, has made its own contribution to the modernization of China's engine industry.
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