With an investment of €1.59m (US$1.7m), Cummins has established a new 500m2 pilot facility at its site in Marktheidenfeld, Germany, specializing in vehicle and machinery in-use emissions compliance testing and product development.
The Pilot Installation Centre augments the company’s customer support and vehicle testing capabilities across mainland Europe. It will also support development of Cummins’s internal combustion engine technology, including advanced diesel engines and aftertreatment systems to the latest emissions stipulations. It expands Cummins’ portable emissions measurement system testing, field trial support and re-power capabilities.
Helen Carr, Pilot Centre group leader at Cummins, said, “We are delighted to open this new center to meet the growing requirement for in-use emissions testing as we work toward future emissions standards. This strategic investment will deliver an expanded service to our customers, as well as support Cummins’s existing technical operations functions in Europe. Its central location enables greater connectivity with partners throughout the region, and we’re looking forward to supporting both current and new customers from this site.”
Equipped to re-power both on and off-highway applications, such as trucks, buses, excavators and wheel loaders, with current and new Cummins engines, the facility provides the capability and capacity to work on multiple vehicles simultaneously. The location, meanwhile, enables Cummins to make the most of nearby legislator approved test sites, proving grounds and road routes for testing to Euro VI and Stage V regulations.
Robert Cochanski Rodriguez, executive MD at Cummins emission solutions EMEA, added, “Cummins has developed and manufactured innovative dosing technology at Marktheindenfeld for more than 10 years and we are proud to be a key contributor to our local economy. We are thrilled to extend the site to include a new Pilot Installation Centre – together the facilities will be home to more than 390 employees across a range of production and business-support roles. Our investment highlights Cummins’s ongoing commitment to our customers, the wider community and to continued technical innovation in sustainable power products.”
Sabine Sitter, head of Main-Spessart County, Germany, said, “Since 2012, Cummins has continuously expanded the site in Marktheidenfeld, including a new building for production and development in the Schlossfeld industrial area. This means that Cummins is now one of the key companies in the Main-Spessart district. A real success story, to which a new chapter has now been added with the inauguration of the Pilot Centre and for which I hope that more will follow. We as the district office are happy to support this.”