Caterpillar began manufacturing in India over 50 years ago in Tiruvallur. Today, our footprint spans the country with state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities, research and development centers, and service and support organizations. Our India operations are a critical part of Caterpillar’s global network, producing world-class products for domestic use and export.
TIRUVALLUR
Primary Functions: Manufacturing, R&D
Industries Served: Compact Construction and Mining
Brands: Cat, Hindustan
Products Currently Produced: Backhoe loaders, Skid steer loaders, Off-highway trucks, Hydraulic Excavators, Motorgraders
About the Facility: Caterpillar's first production unit in India is located here. In 1971, the first off-highway truck produced at this factory was delivered to Coal India. It celebrated its Golden Jubilee (50th anniversary) milestone in 2021, with over 1300 employees.
HOSUR
Primary Functions: Manufacturing, R&D
Industries Served: Power generation, Transmission
Brands: Cat, Perkins
Products Currently Produced: Engines, Gensets and Drivetrain Transmissions
About the Facility: The facility had installed 150KW solar power panels and 40% of the electrical demand for the production of 1100 series engines are met by these solar panels. Moreover, the facility had taken the initiatives to improve the green belt. More than 25% of the total area is covered with greeneries, plants and trees for a better environment.
AURANGABAD
Primary Functions: Manufacturing, R&D
Industries Served: Power Generation – Electric Power market
Brands: Perkins
Products Currently Produced: Diesel engines
About the Facility: This state-of-the-art production facility manufactures and supplies the complete range of Perkins 4000 and 5000 series engines for the power generation market, from 750KVa to 2500KVA. It has a capacity to produce 3000 engines per annum with the potential to expand to 5000 engines as demand for the product grows.
BANDA
Primary Functions: Manufacturing, R&D
Industries Served: Mining, Quarry & Aggregates and Construction
Brands: Hindustan
Products Currently Produced: Wheel loaders
DELHI, NCR
Primary Functions: Caterpillar Global Government & Corporate Affairs (GGCA)
Services: Central and state government affairs, international government and public affairs, corporate communications, and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
CHENNAI
Primary Functions: Design, Engineering, Manufacturing, Research and Development (R&D)
Industries Served: Caterpillar product groups across the globe
Brands: Cat
About the Facility: The Chennai facility provides product development and associated engineering services (design, virtual validation and virtual manufacturing) to Caterpillar product groups across the globe. It also provides technology solutions that enable Telematics, engineering analytics, site technologies and autonomous machines.
BENGALURU
Primary Function: Asia Pacific Distribution Services (AP-DSD) |Caterpillar Financial Services |Product Support & Logistics (PSLD) | Global Construction Industries (GCI) | Resource Industries - Sales & Services Technology (RIS&ST) | Large Power Systems (LPSD) | Electrification & Advanced Power Solutions (E&APS) | Locomotive Systems Engineering | HR | Legal Services | Finance and others
Industries Served: Construction, Mining, Power Generation, Rail
Brands: Cat, FG Wilson, SEM, Cat Financial, Progress Rail
About the Facility: Our distribution services focus on dealer portfolio management across the entire Caterpillar business. The Bangalore district office has single point accountability with dealers for all our business in India, Nepal, Bhutan, and Sri Lanka. We also have other marketing teams focusing on construction, mining, and energy sectors. The Caterpillar Financial Services India Pvt Ltd (CFSIPL) offers financial solutions for our customer business needs. The Progress Rail Innovations Pvt Ltd (PRIPL) provides locomotive systems and engineering solutions for railways.
OTHER CATERPILLAR BRANDS WITH A PRESENCE IN THE INDIA INCLUDE:
Solar Turbines having its registered office in Mumbai, offers gas turbine packages from 1-23MW. The products are used for development of oil, natural gas and power generation projects around the world both onshore and off shore. Solar Turbines’ products include gas turbine engines, gas compressors, and gas turbine-powered compressor, mechanical-drive and generator set packages. Some application areas include production, processing and pipeline transmission of natural gas and crude oil and generation of electricity and thermal energy for processing applications, such as manufacturing chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and food products.
Perkins brand and the companies are wholly owned by Caterpillar Inc., since 1998. Perkins India Private Limited (PIPL) manufacturers powerful engines that help meet the needs of growing Asian customer base. PIPL produces the powerful Perkins 4000 series diesel engines ranging from 750 kW to 2250 Kw for the electric power generation market. Supporting a wide variety of applications, including prime power for offices and factories as well as standby power for hospitals and data centers, the Perkins 4000 series is the engine of choice for more and more customers for power generation.
Progress Rail Innovation Private Limited (PRIPL, formerly known as Electro-Motive Diesel or EMD) through its combined skill set, provides solutions for several aspects of mine-to-port transportation, offering complete railroad solutions to railways across the world, including locomotives, track, repower, signalling and safety technologies. In India, the railroad benefits from PRIPL’s complete railroad solutions, availability of parts and components, price competitiveness, reduced life cycle costs and greater asset utilization. These solutions are helping Indian Railways maintain productivity and reduce idle time to assure revenues as planned and enhance technology as per global standards.
