Cummins: Inside the Pressure Cooker
ACCESSWIRE•02/11/2026•08:40 ET
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Key Highlights
- ➤Cummins powers KGHM’s Lubin mine with more than 700 engines.
- ➤Cummins supplied more than 1,400 engines to KGHM in the past decade.
- ➤Lubin mine extracts seven to eight million tonnes of ore annually.
- ➤Cummins explores battery-electric and hydrogen technologies through its Destination Zero strategy.
Expert Statements
Waldemar Bilcharski, Lubin branch manager, Cummins
“Machine downtime is massively expensive for the operator, so our presence is reassuring to KGHM”
Ann-Kristin de Verdier, Executive Managing Director, Cummins DBU Europe
“I've been to an silver mine which was more like a museum, but this was my first experience of being a kilometre underground in a working mine”
Ann-Kristin de Verdier, Executive Managing Director, Cummins DBU Europe
“I wanted to meet our amazing technicians, who do such an incredible job in the harshest of environments, and recognise their dedication.”
Ann-Kristin de Verdier, Executive Managing Director, Cummins DBU Europe
“They're heavy and it's hard work in that heat and humid space, so we're looking at ways we can lighten the load for them”
NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESS Newswire / November 2, 2026 / Cummins (link)
In the subterranean labyrinth of Poland's Lower Silesia region, a thousand metres beneath the rolling hills, an intense battle is waged every day against heat, salt, and crushing pressure.
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