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INTERACTION POST BAUMA CONEXPO INDIA

Our Cat Rebuild Programme is

about the Rebuild of the Machine.

Caterpillar launched the Cat 355 Hydraulic Excavator and Cat D5 Dozer for mining and heavy
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infrastructure applications and the Cat 120 GC Motor Grader for road construction, at bauma CONEXPO
India 2026. In an exclusive Joint interview to CONSTRUCTION OPPORTUNITIES, GURMAN REEN (GR),
DIRECTOR SALES, CUSTOMER SOLUTIONS DIVISION, CATERPILLAR INDIA AND ADRIAN GRIGORTA (AG),
VICE PRESIDENT PRODUCT MANAGEMENT EXCAVATION, CATERPILLAR ASIA PTE LTD, speak on the new
launches at BAUMA CONEXPO INDIA 2026, technologies, CAT Customer Value Agreement, CAT Rebuild
programme and a lot more.
What is new from CATERPILLAR at BAUMA CONEXPO INDIA service, which we have just rebuilt. And it’s made like new. And
(GR) We have the Cat Rebuild Programme, this is about the rebuild then sold to the customer at 0% interest rate. The interest rate in
of the machine. We have a pretty significant population out there India for this equipment financing is anywhere between 8% to
of machines that are performing well, but the way we design our 10%. Right. But through CAT Finance, for a rebuild, we offer 0% for
machines is, it’s a multi-life product. So, we put enough life in the 24 months. So, you pay free money and in 24 months, you pay
chassis that the components can be rebuilt or replaced, and the the installment to rebuild your machine and have a second life.
machine can live another life. So, we’re embarked on this program And we give a warranty on that machine as well.
now where we’re offering rebuild for the 323, specifically, which And, of course, it’s a tailored list of components we rebuild, but
is one of the largest populations to have. It’s a pretty popular it’s the ones that actually need, in order to give the same level
machine. For certain customers, it is economically effective to of performance, get the machine up and running again. That’s
actually rebuild their machines. The rebuild is pretty easy. The way exactly what we do. And it plays to the sustainability piece also.
it’s packaged right now, it can be financed. It’s done in a certain We always talk about multiple lives and all, but now I would say
amount of time. The dealer knows exactly, how to engage with that we have enough population in India. So, we can start doing
the customer, what type of guarantees to do. So, this is something this. Start giving this add-on. And more of a comprehensive,
new we’re offering here because our existing customers, we want like, including finance, warranty. We want to make it easy for the
them to take advantage of the design. No other OEM is doing this. customer to understand what they’re getting, in what amount of
So, there’s a machine 323, the old series, and it’s eight years in time.

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