Engine maker Cummins Inc. will invest $580 million into its Rocky Mount facility off Highway 301. The move will help Cummins work toward its long-term goal of emitting zero carbon emissions across its products, as the investment will go to installing new equipment and upgrading the assembly line “for next-generation products,” the company said in a press release. Cummins said the move will create roughly 80 jobs. 2,000 workers currently are employed at the factory. The plant has been in operation since 1983.

The Nash County Board of Commissioners approved incentives for the project. The county is appropriating 50% of the net increase in ad valorem taxes to the company due to the company’s investment between April 2026 and April 2032. That appropriation will total roughly $7 million.