COLUMBUS, Ind., Jan 11, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Cummins (NYSE: CMI) is a charter member of the newly launched Save Energy Now LEADER program with the U.S. Department of Energy, pledging to reduce energy intensity by 25 percent by 2015. Dr. John Wall, Vice President and Chief Technical Officer, officially signed the pledge at a ceremony hosted by Assistant Secretary of Energy Cathy Zoi at the U.S. Capitol last month.

"The Save Energy Now program fits well with Cummins' energy efficiency initiative and sets a complementary goal to our EPA Climate Leaders Partners commitment for greenhouse gas reduction," Wall said. This partnership pledge offers Cummins an opportunity to work even more closely with DOE staff on energy efficient technologies.

Save Energy Now LEADER is an ambitious national public-private initiative to drive significant energy intensity and carbon emission reductions across the U.S. industrial sector. Through partnerships with states, local entities, utilities, associations and end-users, industry can leverage resources to increase energy efficiency and save energy and money. The DOE's Industrial Technology Program Manager Douglas Kaempf recognized the participating companies as having "distinguished themselves as energy-management champions among their industry peers."

"Our systematic approach to energy efficiency, along with our internal Energy Champions program, are industry best practices instrumental to meeting our commitment to the EPA and now to the Save Energy Now program," said Mike Molnar, Director of Sustainable Development for Cummins. Cummins has now completed more than 200 energy efficiency projects, saving nearly $11 million annually.

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 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 $755 million on sales of $14.3 billion in 2008.