Cummins Salutes Diverse Suppliers; Encourages Them to Seize "Opportunities" to Grow with the Company

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COLUMBUS, Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Five companies, including three from Indiana have been named as Cummins Inc.'s first Diverse Suppliers of the Year.

The companies were honored at a recent dinner and trade show attended by top Cummins officials including Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Tim Solso, Vice Chairman Joe Loughrey and President and Chief Operating Officer Tom Linebarger.

Solso said Cummins is poised for rapid growth over the next five years, entering new markets and developing new products.

"That means a lot of opportunities for our supply base," said Solso, who earlier this year doubled Cummins' goal to $1 billion in spending with minority-owned businesses by 2012. "We are very serious about what we are doing."

Four different Cummins businesses and the Company's indirect purchasing organization named diverse suppliers of the year. The suppliers were chosen for their high quality goods and services, dedication to efficiency and cost cutting, and their commitment to public service.

    The winning companies are:

    --  Turbocam International of Barrington, N.H. Turbocam, which
        provides Cummins with a variety of machining products, was
        named Diverse Supplier of the Year by Cummins Turbo
        Technologies.

    --  Columbus, Ind.-based LHP Software LLC. LHP was named Diverse
        Supplier of the Year by Indirect Purchasing. LHP has been a
        key partner as Cummins has increased the use of electronic
        controls in its engines.

    --  Beachwood, Ohio-based MCM Industries Inc. MCM was named
        Cummins Filtration's Diverse Supplier of the Year. The company
        offers a number of products including bearings, roller chains,
        castings and springs.

    --  Telamon Corporation of Carmel, Ind. Telamon was named Cummins
        Engine Business Diverse Supplier of the Year. The company
        provides Cummins with kitting, subassemblies and inventory
        management. It also is involved in a logistics contract that
        is helping Cummins obtain significant savings in currency
        exchange and inventory related costs.

    --  Columbus Components Group (CCG). Columbus, Ind.-based CCG was
        named as Cummins Emission Solutions Diverse Supplier of the
        Year. CCG provides Cummins with complex stampings and welded
        assemblies.

    Cummins embraces supplier diversity for two primary reasons:

    --  Helping diverse suppliers develop leads to greater competition
        for the Company's business and ultimately lower prices and
        better service.

    --  In addition, the initiative is designed to help build wealth
        throughout the communities where Cummins' employees live and
        work.

Cummins Director of Diversity Procurement Gordon F. Fykes called the dinner and trade show a rousing success.

"A lot of our top diverse suppliers got the chance to meet people from throughout the Company," Fykes said. "I'm confident that will lead to good things in the future."

About Cummins

Cummins Inc. (NYSE:CMI), 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 approximately 190 countries and territories through a network of more than 500 company-owned and independent distributor locations and approximately 5,200 dealer locations. Cummins reported net income of $739 million on sales of $13.05 billion in 2007. Press releases can be found on the Web at www.cummins.com.

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Released October 22, 2008