Cummins Engine Company

Cummins was founded in 1919, by Clessie Cummins and W.G. Irwin, aiming at manufacturing diesel engines for trucks and buses, which would be more economic and more resistant than the gas-powered engines available at that time.

A small factory was installed in Columbus, Indiana ( USA), starting the production of stationary engines for agricultural use. At the beginning, the company faced several difficulties and underwent a long period of losses. However, during World War II, when Cummins Engine Co. started supplying engines to the American army in Europe, their engines conquered space in the international market. Cummins started going worldwide, installing 80 factories to produce engines, generators and components and 5 thousand services points in 197 countries. Today, it is the biggest independent diesel engines manufacturer in the world. Quality, innovation and high technology continue to be the main characteristics of Cummins products, which equip trucks, buses, boats, tractors, harvesters, trains and stationary motors.

CUMMINS IN BRAZIL

In the beginning of the 70’s, following the trajectory of some of their huge worldwide clients, Komatsu and Ford among them, the American Cummins Engine Company was established in Brazil, attracted by new opportunities in the Brazilian marketplace. The Brazilian subsidiary was legally established in 1971, under the corporate name of "Cummins Brasil".

In 1974, they started their industrial activities in Guarulhos (SP). Manufacturing a wide range of motors, the company supplies several segments of the marketplace, among them: trucks of all sizes, pickups, buses, stationary applications, construction machines, agricultural equipment, machines for mining and marine applications.

In September 2000, Cummins also started acting in the manufacturing, sales and rental of power generators, by means of their authorized collaborators.

Guarulhos Factory, with 60 thousand m² of gross area, located next to Presidente Dutra Highway, in an area of 138 thousand m², presently has capacity to produce over 70 thousand engines per year. The company owns a network of 32 dealers in Latin America - three of them are owned by Cummins: São Paulo, Buenos Aires and Santiago, besides hundreds of spare parts sale points and technical assistance within the 22 countries that are covered by the Brazilian factory.