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- William Glanton Irwin: Founder
- Clessie Cummins: FounderPast Role: Cummins, Co-Founder
Cummins roots are planted in soil nourished by innovation, persistence and a commitment to community. Founded in Columbus, Indiana, in 1919 as Cummins Engine Company, for its namesake Clessie Lyle Cummins, the fledgling firm was among the first to see the commercial potential of an unproven engine technology invented two decades earlier by Rudolph
Diesel.
Cummins is organized around four business segments - Engine, Power Generation, Components Business and Distribution – and provides products and service to customers in more than 150 countries.
Cummins is a technology leader in the diesel engine market, with their employees working relentlessly to provide cutting-edge solutions to the increasingly difficult challenge of producing cleaner-running engines. For example, Cummins was the only company in the industry to meet the 2010 EPA standards for NOx emissions with the release in early 2007 of its new 6.7-liter turbo diesel for the Dodge Ram Heavy Duty pickup.
