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Daimler cozy up to Cummins

Fallout from the Caterpillar/Navistar deal continues with an announcement by Freightliner concerning the return of Cummins as an engine supplier in the US. Freightliner have only offered Detroit or Cat in heavy duty for the last five years on their domestic market.

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June 24, 2008 Posted by tim giles | Cummins, Freightliner News | , , , | No Comments

Caterpillar consequences for Cummins

The fallout from Caterpillar’s decision to get out of the highway truck engine market in the US after 2010 has started to reverberate around the North American truck engine makers world.

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June 23, 2008 Posted by tim giles | Cummins, International News | , , , | No Comments

LNG engines taking off

Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) engines made by Westport, as seen at the recent Melbourne Truck Show in the Innovation Kenworth, are starting to make progress in the US market with a sale of 20 HPDI LNG engines to a single customer in California.

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June 10, 2008 Posted by tim giles | Cummins, Kenworth News | , , , | No Comments

~ Cummins set record year globally

Cummins is on pace to report a fifth consecutive year of record sales and profits in 2008, and is poised for significant further growth over the next several years, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Tim Solso told shareholders at the Company’s annual meeting in the US. Read more »

May 17, 2008 Posted by tgiles | Cummins | | No Comments