Cummins shipping ’02-compliant engines

COLUMBUS, Ind. (April 8, 2002) — Cummins, which last week announced that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has certified its ISX engine as meeting October ’02 emissions regulations, said it is shipping engines to truck makers.

Cummins said it is shipping the engines so truck manufacturers can make sure they are integrated properly with their vehicles. The first engines were delivered to International Truck & Engine.

Cummins introduced a full product line of on-highway engines beginning in 1997 that were designed to work with cooled exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) and began field testing the engine subsystem in December 1999.

Cummins will continue to manufacture and deliver a limited number of engines certified at the new standards to its OEM partners over the next few weeks, the company said.