DRVC Travelore Winter 2019

Into the Next Century
Cummins Completes 100th Year
On February 3, 1919, Clessie Cummins, a business part- ner, and two employees started building diesel engines
in a garage in Columbus, Indiana. In June of this year, Cummins officially celebrated the 100th anniversary at its modern facility in its hometown of Columbus. Though limited to employees, retirees and, their family members, 13,000 were expected to attend.
Though Cummins began with the idea of building diesel engines, in the USA, diesel engines were considered as groundbreaking technology and not well accepted. Today, 100 years later, the company employees 58,000 employees
spread across Brazil, China, India, and the United King- dom. With a worldwide presence, Cummins is now a leader in providing power systems and has branched out into alternative fuel sources such as natural gas and electric power. The ability to “transition with the times” has kept Cummins at the forefront of power generation.
Today, the company is recognized as offering diesel
engine options as motive power for a wide range of larger vehicles, including RVs. Additionally, the company also is well-known in the industry for its Onan generator product
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