Dongfeng Cummins Engine Co., Ltd.: A Journey Through Innovation and Growth
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Update time : 2024-07-02 12:07:29
The development history of Dongfeng Cummins Engine Co., Ltd. is as follows:
1. In November 1986, Dongfeng Motor Corporation and Cummins signed the license contract for the B series engine in the Great Hall of the People.
2. In May 1988, the predecessor of Dongfeng Cummins, Dongfeng Diesel Engine Factory, broke ground.
3. In October 1990, the offline ceremony of "Eight-Flat Diesel" was held.
4. In June 1996, the construction of the 6CT8.3-liter series engine plant began, and Dongfeng Cummins Engine Co., Ltd. was officially established, with a registered capital of over 100 million US dollars and a floor area of 270,000 square meters.
5. In May 1999, then President Jiang Zemin inspected the predecessor of Dongfeng Cummins, Dongfeng Diesel Engine Factory.
6. In October 1999, more than one-third of the vehicles in the parade fleet for the 50th anniversary of the National Day were equipped with Dongfeng Cummins engines.
7. In February 2003, Cummins and Dongfeng Motor signed the Dongfeng Cummins expansion cooperation agreement in the Great Hall of the People.
8. In August 2005, then President Hu Jintao inspected Dongfeng Cummins.
9. In October 2005, the project of the ISZ13-liter heavy-duty engine with independent intellectual property rights jointly developed by Dongfeng and Cummins was launched.
10. In August 2006, the Cummins East Asia Research and Development Center jointly established by Cummins and Dongfeng Cummins was officially put into use.
11. In May 2007, the one millionth engine of Dongfeng Cummins rolled off the production line.
12. In August 2008, during the 28th Beijing Olympics, Beijing buses equipped with Dongfeng Cummins engines participated in the service work throughout the event.
13. In October 2009, the Dongfeng series vehicles, national emblem vehicles, float vehicles, etc. in the 60th anniversary celebration of the National Day were equipped with Dongfeng Cummins engines.
14. In 2010, it achieved the annual production and sales of 220,000 engines for the first time.
15. In March 2013, the equipment equipped with Dongfeng Cummins engines successfully landed at Zhongshan Station in Antarctica to assist in polar scientific research.
16. In April 2013, the Tianlong Flagship equipped with the Dongfeng Cummins ISZ13-liter engine was officially released at the Shanghai International Auto Show; in the same month, the two millionth engine of Dongfeng Cummins rolled off the production line.
17. In January 2014, two Genaf race cars equipped with Dongfeng Cummins ISZ series engines broke into the top ten in the Dakar Rally.
18. In 2018, the company was rated as a "Green Factory" by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
19. In 2022, it became the first batch of Grade A enterprises for heavy pollution weather in Hubei Province.
20. On May 30, 2023, its new intelligent heavy-horsepower factory was officially completed and put into production, and the first Legend engine rolled off the production line. The new heavy-horsepower production line has an annual production capacity of 80,000 units, and at the same time, it reserves a capacity upgrade space of 20,000 units.
21. From January to March 2024, the sales volume of Dongfeng Cummins engines reached 56,400 units, a year-on-year increase of 12.4%, significantly exceeding the set target and successfully achieving a "good start" in the first quarter.
Through the strategy of rolling technology introduction and independent development, the company has gradually achieved simultaneous development with the US side in product development, and has taken the lead in the industry in obtaining third-party certifications of ISO/TS16949: 2002 automotive industry quality management system, ISO/14001: 2004 environmental management system and OHSAS18001: 1999 occupational health and safety management system. The product quality has been continuously improved, the market share has gradually expanded, and the comprehensive strength has been continuously enhanced. It mainly produces mechanical diesel engines of Cummins B, C, D, and L series and fully electronically controlled diesel engines of ISBe, ISDe, ISLe, and ISZ series, B series natural gas engines, and D series marine generators, etc. The products are widely used in light, medium and heavy-duty trucks, medium and high-grade intercity buses, large and medium-sized public transport buses, construction machinery, main and auxiliary marine engines, generator sets and other fields.
