Cummins Turbocharging Technology Systems announced the appointment of Mr. Chen Hua as General Manager of Cummins Turbocharged Technology Systems China and General Manager of Wuxi Cummins Turbocharger Technology. Mr. Ma Tianlong, general manager of the original Cummins turbocharger technology system in China, was transferred to the executive vice president of Dongfeng Cummins. In the new position, Chen Hua will be responsible for the management of all related businesses of Wuxi Cummins Turbocharged Technology and the overall operation and development of Cummins Turbocharged Technology Systems in China. Chen Hua has been working at Wuxi Cummins Turbo Technology Co., Ltd. for 14 years and has led several key areas including procurement, materials, and marketing director. In 2008, Chen Hua took over as the general manager of the Wuxi Cummins turbocharged technology joint venture plant. Previously, he was sent to work in the United Kingdom for 18 months and became the Six Sigma Black Belt. Through the implementation of the Six Sigma project, more than 100 million US dollars in savings, and won the 2007 Cummins president of quality award. Under his leadership, Wuxi Cummins Turbo Technology performed well at all performance levels. Especially in 2008, the company won several customer honors and awards in one fell swoop, setting a new record. Chen Hua graduated from Huazhong University of Science and Technology and obtained a master's degree in business administration from Fudan University in Shanghai. Cummins Turbo Technology System in China The Holset turbocharger was the first Cummins key component to be locally produced in China. In 1982, the Wuxi Power Machine Factory began a license to produce a Holset turbocharger. Cummins turbocharged technology system has established two joint ventures with Wuxi Power in China. Among them, Wuxi Cummins Turbocharging Technology Co., Ltd. was established in 1996 and has now grown to become a leading company in the medium and heavy turbocharger industry in China. In 2008, the annual output of turbochargers exceeded 740,000 units. The new technology center in Wuxi is the second technology center of Cummins turbocharger technology system in the world. It has a series of functions such as product testing, application engineering, product design, reliability research, and new product project management. It is also Cummins's successor to Wuhan. The second R & D institution established in China after the R & D center. For more than 20 years, Wuxi Cummins Turbocharged Technology Company has established vertical cooperation with Cummins and established strategic cooperation with domestic major diesel engine companies including Weichai, Dachai, Xichai, CNHTC and Yuchai. The engine provides powerful technical support and product guarantee for the upgrading of new generation emission standards. Cummins in China The history of Cummings and China dates back more than half a century to the 1940s. On March 11, 1941, the President of the United States, Franklin Roosevelt, signed the Lease Act and provided wartime assistance to 38 countries, including China. The "Lending Act" includes military defense patrol boats equipped with Cummins engines and military trucks. At the end of 1944, a Chongqing company sent a letter to Cummins Corp. seeking to establish commercial ties and conduct localized production of Cummins engines in China. Erwin Miller, general manager of Cummins Engine Co., expressed great interest in this letter. It is hoped that Cummins will build a factory in China after the Sino-Japanese War. For reasons known to all, Mr. Miller's idea can only wait until the 1970s 30 years later. With the gradual relaxation of Sino-U.S. relations, it is expected to become a reality. Cummins has invested more than US$240 million in China. As the largest foreign investor in China’s diesel industry, Cummins’ business relationship with China began in 1975, when Mr. Erwin Miller, Cummins’s chairman, visited Beijing for the first time. One of the earliest US entrepreneurs to seek commercial cooperation in China. When China and the United States established diplomatic relations in 1979, China’s opening to the outside world began. The first Cummins China office was established in Beijing. Cummins was one of the earliest western diesel engine companies to produce engines in China. In 1981, Cummins started to produce engines in the Chongqing engine plant. In 1995, Cummins' first Chinese joint venture engine factory was established. So far, Cummins has a total of 26 organizations in China, including 15 wholly-owned and joint ventures, and employs more than 7,000 employees. They produce engines, generator sets, alternators, filtration systems, turbocharging systems, and exhaust systems. Post-processing and fuel systems and other products have a service network of 12 regional service centers and more than 300 authorized dealers. Cummins has long established a strategic alliance with large Chinese companies to achieve common development. As the earliest foreign-funded diesel engine company to come to China for local production, Cummins has established four engine joint venture plants with leading companies of commercial vehicles in China, including Dongfeng Motor, Shaanxi Automobile Group and Beiqi Foton, for more than two decades. Ten of the engine series have been produced locally in China. Cummins was the first foreign-owned diesel engine company to establish an R&D center in China. In August 2006, the engine technology R&D center set up by Cummins in cooperation with Dongfeng Corporation was officially opened in Wuhan, Hubei Province. Cummins's sales in China exceeded US$2.3 billion in 2008, a 33% increase over 2007, and China has become Cummins’ largest and fastest growing overseas market.