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Cummins in China

Yale SOM | Case Study Research & Development | December 21, 2017

"...We’re as local as a foreign company can possibly get." – Steve Chapman (SOM '85), Group VP China and Russia for Cummins Engine

Engines move through the production line at the Cummins factory in Dong Feng, China.
Engines move through the production line at the Cummins factory in Dong Feng

Steve Chapman (SOM '85), Group VP China and Russia for Cummins Engine, summarized Cummins’ position as a major manufacturer of clean diesel engines for China:

“While we’re still considered somewhat different from other local – truly local – Chinese engine manufacturers, we’re as local as a foreign company can possibly get.”

- From Yale School of Management Case Study #16-011, “Cummins in China.”