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INTERACTION POST-EXCON

CATERPILLAR - Redefining the future

Caterpillar has a long history in India. Since the 1930s, the company has been a trusted partner in building
critical infrastructure; roads, highways, ports, energy systems, and remains committed to supporting
this progress through advanced, customer-centric product solutions. In an exclusive joint interview
to CONSTRUCTION OPPORTUNITIES, NICOLE LI (NL), VICE PRESIDENT SALES & MARKETING, GLOBAL
CONSTRUCTION AND INFRASTRUCTURE, CATERPILLAR, AND GURMAN REEN (GR), DIRECTOR SALES- INDIA,
CUSTOMER SOLUTIONS DIVISION, CATERPILLAR, speak on the new launches at Excon 2025, technologies,
aftermarket support and a lot more.

Could you tell us about your new launches in this edition of infrastructure contractors who are working on road projects or
ExCon? And what sort of technologies are imbibed into your quarry projects. It’s a versatile machine. It caters to both sides of
machines? the market. It’s the most efficient machine. If our customers are
(GR): In this edition of Excon, we are bringing solutions for the looking for the best balance between productivity and fuel with
20 to 24 to 25 ton category hydraulic excavators, which is the all multiple configuration options, such as long undercarriage,
world’s largest market. We have been in India for a very long time, standard undercarriage, 1.1 cubic meter, 1.2 cubic meter, full
upgrading our products from time ot time but this time it’s like a electronically operated cabins, fuel consumption that can be
paradigm shift. We have launched Cat® 321, Cat 322, Cat 324, monitored in their mobile phone, that’s the Cat 322. That’s the
all three are the best in class for that segment. unique combination we offer in India. These machines comes
With our last 10-12 years of presence in Indian excavator market, with electronic engines and electro-hydraulic controls. No other
we have studied what our customer expectations are and how we medium excavator size class machine has this combination.
can help solve their challenges better. Each customer in different These two things when they combine together gives the lowest
segment has their own set of challenges. We have customers who possible fuel consumption while not compromising on the power
are working 20 hours a day in quarry segments. They have their or performance.
own set of challenges. The third segment is the mass retail segment. Cat 321 caters to that
They want biggest, highest cubic meter per hour with increased segment. Basically the message is very simple. These machines
fuel efficiency. They want the rugged structures which can last a allow our customers burn lower fuel per hour, get their work done.
very long time. Downtime is very expensive for this segment. Cat They can save money because it will burn 5-10% lower fuel than
324 is our solution for this set of customers. our existing model versus competition. It’s going to be better. So,
For medium segment, we have Cat 322. This is for all our large these are the three offerings.

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