The Institute for Defense and Government Advancement (IDGA) hosted the 11th annual Operational Energy Summit from January 29-31, in Washington, D.C. This summit brings together the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) warfighters, industry partners and energy professionals to help achieve national, strategic and organizational energy goals of the DOD.

The 320 students at the Victor Civita school in Guarulhos Brazil will now have a lot more room to learn. That’s because the school for children ages 5- to 11-years-old has more than doubled in size after a grant from the Cummins Foundation to expand and modernize the building.

How do they differ? 1. Location, location, location. 

Tuesday was our first day out on the trails in Moab for Easter Jeep Safari 2018. Bright and early, the Cummins Repower team met up with some friends/fellow Cummins employees in their personal Jeeps and headed towards the Top of the World. A 30 mile drive out to the trail head allowed us to take in some awesome scenery winding along the Colorado River, and off in the distance we could see our final destination.

Day two out in Moab for Easter Jeep Safari led us to Kane’s Creek trail with Ian Johnson from Digital Lug. Ian graciously let our misfit band of R2.8 powered vehicles crash his planned ride and even let us lead the way!

Cummins engineers and scientists received a record 287 patents in 2017 from the U.S. and countries around the world, about an 11 percent increase over 2016. “It can take several years to acquire a patent, so comparing numbers on a year-to-year basis is not a perfect measure,” said Wayne Eckerle, Vice President of Research and Technology at Cummins. “But we’ve seen a pretty consistent increase since 2013 as our engineering teams live the company’s vision of ‘innovating for our customers to power their success.’”

Check out these 10 tips from Cummins disaster prep expert and meteorologist Cheryl Nelson. 1. Have a shed or other secure storage location close by to store lightweight deck furniture in the event of high winds.  2. Make sure you have a backup plan for outdoor animals, including a way to trap and transport them if you have to evacuate. 3. Identify a place high off the ground and away from your home where you can store chemicals or potentially explosive objects like propane tanks or fertilizers.

The most widely consumed vegetable oil in the world is palm oil. Ice cream, toothpaste, shampoo, detergent and biodiesel are just some of the consumer products that make use of the oil, produced from the palm trees that grow in the hot, wet environment 10 degrees either side of the equator. In 2015, 62.2 million tons of palm oil were produced worldwide, around 90% of it in Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia.

With the devastation a natural disaster can bring, making sure you are equipped with the proper materials and supplies is essential before a hurricane strikes. Purchasing a home generator is one of the most important ways you can prepare your home and family for hurricanes.

Turkey’s TÜMAD Mining is licensed to undertake exploration and development of the country’s substantial mineral resources, typically through large scale commercial projects, executed to the highest environmental standards. A new project for a gold and silver mine at Lapseki in the northwestern province of Çanakkale required standby power, and Cummins Turkey was selected to provide the solution.