This profile presents an overview of Caterpillar's operations in India with a specific focus on the company’s construction and mining machinery business. Caterpillar’s corporate office in India is located at Bengaluru in the state of Karnataka.

The company has six manufacturing facilities in the country located at Thiruvallur (near Chennai) for machines, two plants in Hosur (near Bengaluru) for small drivetrain transmissions, and engines and generation sets, a packaging facility for generating sets at Puducherry, the Perkins engine facility at Aurangabad in Maharashtra state, and an Electro-Motive Rail facility at Noida near Delhi.

It is represented throughout the country by its dealers, GMMCO and TIPL for its construction equipment and power systems, while some of the company’s businesses such as Electro-Motive (EMD) and Solar Turbines sell directly. In addition, Caterpillar has various divisions and subsidiaries that support its local as well as global businesses.