Cummins Inc. has announced that it will change shift patterns and reduce hours for employees at three local manufacturing facilities starting Monday largely due to Gov. Eric Holcomb’s statewide stay-at-home order.
The impacted facilities include Cummins Fuel Systems Plant and Cummins Engine Plant in Columbus and the Cummins’ Seymour Engine Plant, said President and Chief Operating Officer Tony Satterthwaite.
At the Seymour Engine Plant, the company will be spreading out the work over seven days to reduce the number of people that are on site at any given time, said company spokesman Jon Mills.
At the Columbus Engine Plant, the heavy-duty machining business will alternate manufacturing lines on a weekly basis to reduce the number of employees in the facility at one time. The two teams that run LDD lines also will alternate work weeks.
At the Columbus Fuel Systems Plant, the company will reduce the workforce present on site at one time by about 50%, Mills said.
Cummins has also reduced workforce hours or shifts at its technical centers, warehouses and service locations.
Cummins is not laying off employees locally at this time, Mills said.
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