By Zach Spicer
In September 2025, Cummins Seymour Engine Plant announced the launch of Cummins Power Generation’s latest product: A 17-liter engine platform generator set that produces up to 1 megawatt of power.
Today, it was announced the generator sets from the Centum S17 Series have been nominated for Product of the Year in the Power category by Consulting-Specifying Engineer Magazine.
The S17 expands on the success of the acclaimed Centum Series generator sets, which were developed to produce a large power output within a compact footprint to meet the growing demands of power in urban environments where compact design and high performance are critical.
The generator set is assembled at Cummins’ Fridley, Minnesota, facility, and the engine is made at the Seymour Engine Plant, so the S17 is an American-made product.
The S17 went through more than 25,000 hours of testing and validation and is engineered to support a wide range of critical market segments, such as commercial properties, water and wastewater treatment plants and industrial, health care, government and data storage facilities.
The Power Generation product line includes generator sets, automatic transfer switches, systems and switchgear, remote monitoring and new power technologies, like the newly launched battery energy storage system.
The Engine Business team, corporate research and technology organization, Components Business and Holset turbocharger organization also were involved in the project.
Voting for Product of the Year is open online at csemag.com/ebook/product-of-the-year-nominees-2026 through April 30.
For more on the S17, visit jcidc.com/2025/09/18/engineering-excellence-cummins-launches-17-liter-engine-generator-set and cummins.com/en-na/generators/products/s17-centum-series.
Founded in 1919, Cummins is headquartered in Columbus and operates in 190 countries and territories around the globe with nearly 70,000 employees. The Seymour Engine Plant opened in 1976.