Cummins announces production milestones

Cummins Inc. has announced that it has reached production milestones at facilities in North Carolina and New York.

The Columbus-based company said Monday that its Rocky Mount Engine Plant in North Carolina has produced its 5 millionth engine and has now produced more than 1 million more engines than any other Cummins engine facility.

The 5 millionth engine was a B6.7, which will be received by Daimler, who will provide it to Penske.

At the same time, a Cummins facility in Jamestown, New York, celebrated its 2.5 millionth engine, which was an X15, a new 15-liter natural gas product. Kenworth will be the recipient of the milestone engine, who will install it in the iconic Legacy W900 truck and provide the truck to Palmer Kenworth.

Additionally, Cummins said it is investing $452 million into the 998,000-square-foot Jamestown facility to produce the what the company has described as the industry’s first fuel-agnostic internal combustion engine platform that leverages a range of lower carbon fuel types, including natural gas.

The new fuel-agnostic engine platforms feature a series of engine versions that are derived from a common base engine, which means they have a high degree of parts commonality. Below the head gasket of each engine will largely have similar components and above the head gasket will have different components for different fuel types.

“Our employees are innovating to find new ways of working that use fewer of the world’s resources, and the Engine Business is at the center of this exciting innovation,” said Srikanth Padmanabhan, vice president and president of Cummins’ engine business, in a press release. “Our fuel agnostic platform builds on decades of experience manufacturing industry-leading products. It is essential to our commitment to help customers reduce greenhouse gas emissions.”