Cummins Inc. 2007 Sustainability Report

The Cummins
Science and
Technology
Advisory Council
members
regularly discuss
the future of
the internal
combustion
engine and the
use of alternative
power sources.
Public Transit in 2005. This summer, 2,750
transit buses in China’s Capital City will be
powered by Cummins Euro IV diesels and
will be in use for transportation related to
the Olympic Games.
Although China does not currently have a
nationwide emission standard for off-road
equipment, Cummins has been working
closely with local OEMs to introduce
emission-compliant industrial engines at
the same time as the European and U.S.
markets. All of the imported engines we sell
for China’s construction market are either
Tier 2 or 3 compliant, with local production
presently moving to Tier 2.
At the 2008 ConExpo in Las Vegas,
Cummins formed strategic alliances with
leading Chinese construction OEMs to
power their export equipment with Cummins
Tier 4 interim/Stage IIIB low emission offroad
diesel engines. In addition, Cummins’
Chinese engineers helped the local EPA
draft the first generation of China’s off-road
emission standards.
Counsel in Developing Products
and Meeting Standards
In developing products to meet various
standards, as well as the demands of its
customers, Cummins seeks advice and
counsel from its Science and
Technology Advisory Council and the
Technology and Environment Committee
of its Board of Directors.
Cummins Science and Technology
Advisory Council, formed in 1993, has
given the Company access to some of the
country’s leading scientific thinkers and
policymakers from the worlds of academia,
industry and government.
54 Cummins Inc. 2007 Sustainability Report
The Cummins Science and Technology
Advisory Council members regularly discuss
the future of the internal combustion
engine and the use of alternative power
sources. As an example, Cummins already
has pursued alternative energy options,
including clean natural gas bus engines and
power generation units that harness waste
gases such as methane available in landfills.
The Cummins Science and Technology
Advisory Council members are:
Frank S. Bates
Chairman, Chemical Engineering and
Materials Science Department,
University of Minnesota.
Dr. Harold Brown, Counselor
Center for Strategic and International
Studies, retired Cummins Director,
former Secretary of Defense and
President of CalTech.
Phil Sharp
President of Resource for the Future,
Washington, D.C.
Dr. Sophie V. Vandebroek
Chief Technical Officer and President, Xerox
Innovation Group for Xerox Corporation,
Stamford, Connecticut. Fellow of the
Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers
and served as an elected member on the
IEEE Administrative Committee. Fulbright
Fellow and a Fellow of the Belgian-
American Educational Foundation.
Dr. George M. Whitesides
Mallinckrodt Professor of Chemistry at
Harvard University.