Cummins built its 2-millionth pickup truck engine for the Chrysler Group LLC in December, the latest development in a more than 25-year partnership between the two companies. “This milestone build is a significant achievement for Cummins and our employees, and is an accomplishment of which we are immensely proud,” said Wayne Ripberger, General Manager – Pickup and Light Commercial Vehicle Operations. “At Cummins, we take great pride in each and every engine we build – whether it’s the first or the 2-millionth.”

Cummins plans to invest more than $200 million to expand its Seymour, Ind., campus and add 290 jobs to support the Company’s global high horsepower business. As part of the project, the state, the city of Seymour and Cummins have agreed to focus on improving education in Seymour and Jackson County in the expansion efforts. Investments in educational programs will not only help ensure a pipeline of skilled workers for Cummins and other companies in the region, but also provide opportunities for residents and local communities.

Two years into its partnership with Cummins’ employees, the Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation (BCSC) in Columbus, Ind. accomplished what some thought impossible: produce major environmental benefits while saving money. The school corporation worked with members of the Cummins Distribution Business Unit and students to significantly reduce energy waste. The project is now expected to save BCSC more than $7 million over the next 10 years.

Consider it a professional hazard, but Bob Rother, manager of the Corporate Measurement Center of Excellence at Cummins’ Columbus Engine Plant (CEP), can tell you precisely how small a micron is. “A micron is almost indescribably small – it’s a millionth of a meter,” he says, holding his hands about shoulder-width apart. “So if I were to take a meter, which is about this far, and divide it into a million pieces, one piece would be a micron.

Cummins employees significantly increased their participation in community involvement activities in 2012, recording a more than 60 percent increase in both employee participation and hours invested. “Corporate Responsibility is one of our company's core values,” said Gwen Langley, Director – Global Community Engagement. “Cummins is committed to serving and improving the communities in which we live, so it's extremely gratifying to see our employees living this core value in such a meaningful way around the world."

Cummins has been recognized as one of America’s most community-minded companies in The Civic 50 – the first scientific evaluation of companies that best use their time, talent and resources to improve the quality of life where they do business. Cummins ranked 25th on the list of Fortune 500 companies that were surveyed by the National Conference on Citizenship (NCoC) and Points of Light, one of leading advocates of volunteerism and civic engagement based in the United States. The results were published in the Nov.  9 issue of Bloomberg Businessweek.

Cummins employees, led by workers at the Columbus Engine Plant (CEP), are making a huge difference in the lives of some southern Indiana tornado victims. More than 250 employees from Columbus, Walesboro and Seymour in southern Indiana are providing a big share of the muscle behind Habitat for Humanity’s campaign to build 10 homes for families in Henryville, Ind. by the end of December. The community, tucked along Interstate 65 about 20 miles north of Louisville, Ky., was hard hit by tornados that devastated parts of the state last March.

Former Cummins executive retiring from post with Save the Children Given his upbringing, it’s perhaps no surprise Rick Stoner would end up bringing the business skills he learned at Cummins to Save the Children, the global charity dedicated to helping children in need. Stoner will retire as Save the Children’s SVP International Programs and Chief Operating Officer on Oct. 1. He is the son of Richard B. Stoner, Vice Chairman of the Cummins Board of Directors for 20 years and a close associate of visionary Cummins’ Chairman and CEO J. Irwin Miller.

The smooth transition to Tom Linebarger as the new leader of Cummins in January may be one of Tim Solso’s most satisfying accomplishments. Solso, the Company’s chairman and chief executive officer from 2000 to 2011, has long said one of his greatest sustainability challenges was finding and developing the next generation of leaders at Cummins.

Cummins India employees in Pune are well aware of the congestion along Karve Road. It’s one of the main approaches to the Cummins India facilities in the city and can be jammed with cars, buses, trucks, motorcycles, motorized rickshaws and bicycles, too. But employees didn’t just complain about the 148,000 vehicles that pass along the road each day. They put their data analysis and problem solving skills to work to make life better in Pune and their project was one of 15 winners recently announced in Cummins’ 2012 Environmental Challenge.