Cummins Filtration President Pamela Carter to Assume New Role as Leader of Cummins Distribution Business
NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI) announces that Pamela Carter, President - Cummins Filtration, has been promoted to the role of President - Cummins Distribution Business, effective today.
She succeeds Rich Freeland, who was named President of Cummins' Components group following the recently announced retirement of Rick Mills. In her new role, Carter will oversee the Company's global distribution network which is the primary path to market of Cummins products and consists of 500 distributors and more than 5,000 dealers in over 160 countries.
"We're very excited to have someone as experienced and talented as Pamela step into the leadership role of our Distribution Business," said Cummins President and Chief Operating Officer Joe Loughrey. "Distribution is a critical part of our strategy going forward, and we are counting on Pamela to make this business even more successful in the future."
Carter, 58, joined Cummins in 1997 as Vice President and General Counsel, after a distinguished legal and political career that included a term as Indiana Attorney General, becoming the first elected African-American female Attorney General in U.S. history. She joined the leadership team of Cummins Filtration residing in Belgium in 2000 and assumed her current position in 2005 in Nashville, which is Cummins Filtration's global headquarters.
Cummins Filtration is the largest and most profitable business in the Company's Components segment and employs approximately 5600 people worldwide.
"Cummins is poised to continue its strong growth around the world, and I am honored to be given the responsibility to build on the good work Rich has done in the Distribution business," said Carter, who will relocate to Cummins' headquarters in Columbus, Ind. "I am proud of the work the Cummins Filtration team has done in the past several years to create a business that is a leader in nearly every market it serves, and am confident that such success will continue."
A successor to Carter at Cummins Filtration is expected to be named in the near future.
About Cummins
Cummins Inc., a global power leader, is a corporation of complementary business units that design, manufacture, distribute and service engines and related technologies, including fuel systems, controls, air handling, filtration, emission solutions and electrical power generation systems. Headquartered in Columbus, Indiana, (USA) Cummins serves customers in more than 160 countries through its network of 550 Company-owned and independent distributor facilities and more than 5,000 dealer locations. Cummins reported net income of $739 million on sales of $13.0 billion in 2007. Press releases can be found on the Web at www.cummins.com.
Information provided in this release that is not purely historical are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding the company's expectations, hopes, beliefs and intentions on strategies regarding the future. It is important to note that the company's actual future results could differ materially from those projected in such forward-looking statements because of a number of factors, including, but not limited to, general economic, business and financing conditions, labor relations, governmental action, competitor pricing activity, expense volatility and other risks detailed from time to time in Cummins Securities and Exchange Commission filings.
Source: Cummins Inc.
Released February 1, 2008