MEXICO - In 2010, Hellion Zambrano Medical Center will be opened. This technological project in Monterrey will supply highly specialized medical services, ongoing education and research, to offer groundbreaking medical services to Mexico and, also, to the world. This great project is supported by the local Cummins Power Generation distributor, Megamak, responsible for ensuring the safety of the medical center with reliable, seamless energy. Four Cummins Generator Sets models 450DFEJ, 750DFHA, 1000DFHD and C1500D6 will be supplied.

Construction started earlier this summer on a first of its kind project for Cummins that will use landfill gas and the Company’s combined heat and power (CHP) systems to provide industrial customers in Delaware with a clean, sustainable source of energy. The first recipient will be Croda Inc.’s Atlas Point chemical manufacturing plant in New Castle, Del. Croda, a global company with operations in 33 countries, estimates the project will provide enough energy to cover about 55 percent of its operations at Atlas Point.

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 heat and converts it to energy, and much more, their vision of the SuperTruck will officially hit the road.

When Tina Vujovich was asked to sponsor Cummins’ first Women’s Affinity Group in 2001, she wasn’t quite sure what to expect. “I found several women who were dedicated to helping one another,” said Vujovich, retired Vice President of Marketing and Environmental Policy at the Company. “We put together a team that instinctively set about surveying the broad population of women at Cummins to learn what it was that they were looking for from the affinity group. Suddenly, we knew what we needed to do.”

A chance meeting at a promotional event has led to a partnership between Cummins and professional storm chaser Sean Casey. Cummins took Casey’s Tornado Intercept Vehicle (TIV) 2 in for repairs in April, helping to get his engine back to factory specifications in addition to cleaning up some wiring, the turbocharger and more. “In the field, we don’t have the time and proper tools to correct issues,” Casey said. “We use a lot of Band-Aids, and it’s caught up to us. I am glad I can depend on Cummins.”

The news is good from Padarwadi, but there have been some difficult times, too. It’s been more than two years since the tiny village in India, accessible only by foot, received a generator converted by engineers at Cummins India to run on oil from a local seed. The generator powered a small mill to husk the rice that village residents grew so they didn’t have to make hundreds of trips to the nearest town. That town is more than seven miles away round-trip, through mountainous terrain.

Since January 2011, the Cummins Darlington (U.K.) Engine Plant hasn’t sent any waste to a landfill. That’s nothing in more than 16 months. Zero. Nada. And on top of that, the plant has reduced associated annual operating costs by $159,000. Darlington achieved its “zero landfill” status by making waste reduction a plant priority, and then using processes, tools and resources – most notably its employees and suppliers – to provide a structured program that delivers results.

A diverse and inclusive work environment helps all employees work more effectively and efficiently, both with their local teams and with colleagues around the world. This ability to work locally and globally allows Cummins to focus on leveraging the full power of the Company for its customers no matter where they are located.

Mark Levett, Cummins Vice President and General Manager – High Horsepower Business, talks about the QSK95 engine at its unveiling in Seymour, Ind. It’s hard to imagine something eight feet tall, 14 feet long and capable of producing 4,000 horsepower could ever be considered “green.” But Cummins’ new 16 cylinder QSK95 engine, the largest high-speed diesel engine the Company has ever built, has a number of environmentally friendly qualities.

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 Manager, are the leaders of Huddersfield’s energy conservation efforts. The facility has consistently ranked at the top of Cummins’ Energy Champions program since the initiative began in 2008.