Cummins Expands Indiana Facility, Creates Jobs

Press Release
Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Cummins expands Seymour, Ind., High-Horsepower Campus with new construction and addition of 290 Jobs

Cummins Inc. has announceda significant expansion of its Seymour campus that includes investing $219million in new construction and the addition of 290 jobs to support the company’s global high-horsepower engine business.

Cummins Chairman and CEO Tom Linebarger was joined by Indiana Gov. MitchDaniels (R), U.S. Rep. Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Seymour Mayor Craig
Luedeman at an event that was attended by the 525 employees of the Seymour Engine Plant.

This is the third major announcement in Seymour in two years, and in that time the company has added new engineering and production test cells, constructed a new shipping-and-receiving dock, enlarged the energy center and begun work on the QSK95 and the QSK120, the most powerful high-speed diesel engines in the world.

As part of the expansion announced today, Cummins is adding new warehouses, more engineering and production test cells, a new office building that
will house up to 500 people, a cylinder block line, and parking for the new employees. Included is a new manufacturing facility for aftertreatment components for high-horsepower engines.

The new jobs are engineering and advanced manufacturing positions that will support the company’s global high-horsepower business.

 

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