2021 SUSTAINABILITY PROGRESS REPORT | Cummins Inc. 17 Cummins begins operations in India, first as a joint venture with one plant in Pune. Today, the company owns all or part of 20 manufacturing facilities in the country and employs nearly 14,000 people. 1962 1940 FUTURE FOCUSED For more than 100 years Cummins has been at the forefront of new ideas. Here’s a brief look at the company’s remarkable history. Cummins earns its first profit. 1937 Miller becomes Chairman of the Cummins Board. 1951 1910 1950 1920 1960 1990 1930 1970 2000 1980 Miller lays out his thinking on Corporate Responsibility in Cummins’ 1972 Annual Report. “While some still argue that business has no social responsibility, we believe that our survival in the very long run is as dependent upon responsible citizenship in our communities and in the society as it is on responsible technological, financial and production performance.” 1972 J. Irwin Miller, great-nephew of W.G. Irwin, becomes general manager of Cummins at the age of 24. 1934 President and Chief Operating Officer Tom Linebarger succeeds Tim Solso as Chairman and CEO on Jan. 1. 2012 Miller helps Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with some of the organizing behind the 1963 March on Washington. Miller was acting as leader of the National Council of Churches. 1963 Cummins purchases 86% of the Onan Corporation in suburban Minneapolis, Minnesota (U.S.), which would become the basis for its Power Systems Business. 1986 Miller becomes Executive Vice President of Cummins. 1944 Clessie Cummins creates the Cummins Engine Company based in Columbus, Indiana (U.S.). William G. Irwin, who employed Cummins as a driver, supplies nearly all of the $50,000 in startup capital. 1919 Cummins takes Irwin for a ride in a used Packard limousine that he equipped with a diesel engine on Christmas Day, convincing Irwin of the engine’s potential. Irwin invests a much-needed infusion of cash. 1929 Miller retires as Chairman of the Board, although he remains active with the company until his death in 2004. 1977 Cummins enters China as part of a deal involving heavy construction equipment with Cummins engines. 1975 Cummins barnstorms across the country, demonstrating the power and fuel efficiency of the diesel engine in his Coast to Coast Cummins Diesel Test Bus. 1932 Cummins establishes its Electrified Power business segment, renaming it New Power in 2019 to reflect investments in hydrogen generation and hydrogen fuel cells. 2018 Cummins celebrates 100 years in business. Cummins unveils PLANET 2050 strategy to further reduce its carbon footprint and address climate change. 2019 Cummins announces it will build one of the largest electrolyzer manufacturing plants in Spain and partner on major hydrogen production projects in Spain and Portugal. 2021 A global pandemic closes most Cummins locations for at least several weeks, but the company learns to safely reopen and support customers performing essential work. 2020 HISTORY //