Cummins, the leading manufacturer of engines, generators and related
components and technologies, completed 50 years of its operations in
India on April 11.
From a humble beginning in 1962, when it started as a joint venture in
India operating one manufacturing plant in Pune, in its 50th year,
Cummins has grown to incorporate eight legal entities (including those
affiliated) which collectively operate 20 manufacturing facilities and
employ close to 14,000 individuals across as many as 200 locations in
the country. These eight entities are Cummins India Ltd., Cummins
Generator Technologies India Ltd., Cummins Technologies India Ltd.,
Cummins Research & Technology India Ltd., Fleetguard Filters Pvt.
Ltd., Tata Cummins Ltd., Valvoline Cummins Ltd., and KPIT Cummins
Infosystems Ltd.
Mr. Anant J. Talaulicar, Managing Director, Cummins Group in India,
said: “Completing fifty glorious years evokes a great sense of pride
for not only all of us in India but also the larger Cummins family
across the world. With combined sales of $2.3 billion in 2011, our
businesses in India continue to grow profitably at double-digit rates.
Cummins in India is the sub-continent’s largest diesel and natural gas
engine and generator manufacturer, and with the megasite project fully
underway at Phaltan, we are strongly positioned to achieve our future
growth targets of becoming a $7 billion group in five years. With a
collective base of 14,000 employees in four wholly or majority-owned
and four joint venture entities, we are privileged to have grown
significantly as an employer of choice in our sector in the country.”
In keeping with Cummins’ philosophy of diversity in the workplace, the
company has also endeavored to realize a greater representation of
women in its overall employee strength and has catapulted the
percentage of women employees across its product businesses from five
per cent in 2005 to 25 per cent in 2011. Cummins aims to further grow
this number to 30 per cent by the end of this year and to 50 per cent
by 2015.
Over the last five decades, Cummins has not only expanded its business
but also played a significant role in corporate responsibility. The
Cummins India Foundation (CIF), incorporated in 1990, channelizes the
company’s CR initiatives towards serving and improving the communities
in which its businesses are located. It focuses on higher education,
energy and environment and local community infrastructure development.
Cummins has emerged as a key player in supporting technical education
in the country. It helped set up the Cummins College of Engineering
for Women (CCEW) in Pune and Nagpur and partners with various ITIs. At
CCEW, the Mechanical Engineering course for women is the first and
only one of its kind in India. Over the last two decades the college
has established itself as a strong brand.
“We are very committed to our vision of ‘making people’s lives better
by unleashing the Power of Cummins’. We have been and aim to be a good
citizen of India. We look forward to strengthening our partners and
communities and continue to grow from strength to strength while
staying rooted to the company’s vision, mission and six core values of
integrity, innovation, delivering superior results, diversity, global
involvement and corporate responsibility,” added Mr. Talaulicar.
Cummins in India, a power leader, is a group of complementary business
units that design, manufacture, distribute and service engines and
related technologies, including fuel systems, air handling,
filtration, emission solutions and electrical power generation
systems. Its technology and pioneering initiatives are bringing
innovative solutions and dependable services at the best possible
value to users across the country. Its high performance outlook is
based on customer focus, integrity and capability of its people.
Part of the $18.05 billion Cummins Inc., Cummins in India is a group
of eight legal entities across 200 locations in the country with a
combined turnover of Rs. 10,500 crores in 2011 and employing close to
14,000 persons.