Joseph Saoud Named to Head Cummins Filtration

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

Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI) announced today that Joseph Saoud, Managing Director, Middle East Distribution, has been named Vice President and President of Cummins Filtration. Saoud will assume his new role on April 1.

"The Filtration Business is a major part of our strategy to meet the growing market for emissions control products. Joseph has had extensive experience in this business and possesses the broad skills needed to take this organization to even greater levels of performance," said Rich Freeland, President of the Components Group, which includes Cummins' filtration, turbocharger, emission solutions and fuel systems businesses.

Saoud joined Cummins in June 1995 in the parts and services organization, working in the Company's Memphis, Juarez and El Paso operations. He moved to Fuel Systems as Director - Materials in 2000 and subsequently accepted an assignment with the Emission Solutions business as Director - Manufacturing, Finance and Supply Chain. In recent years, he held leadership roles in the exhaust operations and served as General Manager of Cummins Filtration in Mexico and in Cookeville, Tennessee.

Prior to joining Cummins, Saoud received an MBA from the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University and a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University of Southern Mississippi.

"Joseph has done an excellent job managing our growing operations in the Middle East," said Pamela Carter, who recently left the role of Filtration President to lead Cummins Distribution. "I believe his background and enthusiasm for the job make him an excellent choice for this key role."

Cummins Filtration, based in Nashville, Tenn., is the largest business in the Cummins Components Group, which reported nearly $3 billion in sales in 2007.

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 $13.05 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 March 3, 2008