[fallingwater]

article Iowa plant layoff (closure)

http://www.kttc.com/Global/story.asp?S=10994596

TN plant layoff article

http://jimherrin.blogspot.com/2009/09/cummins-fleetguard-announces-job-cuts.html

[fallingwater]

http://www.kttc.com/Global/story.asp?S=10994596

http://jimherrin.blogspot.com/2009/09/cummins-fleetguard-announces-job-cuts.html

[mamelukesabre]

So what are the passenger cars cummins is going to come up with?

I’ve often wondered why cummins doesn’t build a half ISB and use it in a half ton pickup. A three cylinder turbo diesel of 204 cu in displacement(3.4 liters) would be perfect for a half ton pickup.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

This is crony capitalism, gov't picking winners and losers.

[bigbob]

Apples and Oranges.

The IA and TN plants are Cummins Fleetguard plants, making filters. These are very cost-sensitive products (corrogated paper in a tin can) that can’t support US labor rates.

Cummins is probably the best in the world at making and controlling high efficiency diesel engines, this move makes sense to focus resources on high tech products and R&D that will keep them at the forefront. Oil filters just won’t cut it.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Don’t blame it on Cummins. Congress and the EPA and other agencies have made it virtually impossible to make a profit in the United States.

[jz638]

Does that mean that an American company would possibly field a diesel passenger car in the next five years?

[dalereed]

Why Cummins, they have bad fuel milage truck engines!

[Tucker39]

What is Cummins going to do, vis-a-vis automobiles and passenger vehicles; reinvent the wheel? Volkswagen already has diesel automobile engines that get astronomical fuel mileage.

I’m happy for the folks who will have a job through this; but don’t ignore the fact that these are UNION workers. Any stimulus money for non-union shops?