Foton President JinYu Wang and Steve Chapman, Cummins Group vice president in China and Russia, sign an agreement to continue working toward meeting Euro 6 Emissions Standards on April 8, 2014, at the Cummins Technical Center in Columbus.
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2014
An expanded partnership between Cummins Inc. and Beiqi Foton Motor Co. was announced in a spectacular way: a bright red tractor carrying officials from both companies rumbled into a smoke-filled room of the Cummins Technical Center. The new Cummins ISG engine model, manufactured in Beijing, would power the Foton Aumon GTL trucks.
1999
Spring break for 26 Columbus North High School students was spent in a small village in Calnali, Mexico, working and helping others. The annual trip was coordinated by North foreign language department chairman Gene Foldenauer and Joanna Watson of Columbus, whose parents lived in the village.
1974
Mike Andress, star of the Columbus North High School football team, was selected to participate in the annual North-South All-Star football game in Bloomington. Andress was the second member of his family to be selected as a member of the South team, after his older brother, Tom.
