PERKINS ENGINES COMPANY LIMITED
'Perkins Engines', a subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc. is a diesel engine manufacturer for several markets including marine and stationary power plant.
Worldwide one in five tractors is powered by a Perkins engine. The French truck manufacturer ACMAT uses Perkins engines exclusively.
Perkins Engines was formed as F. Perkins Ltd. on the 7th June 1932 in Peterborough, England by Frank Perkins.
The Company was sold to Massey-Ferguson Ltd. in 1959. It later became part of LucasVarity Plc.
Caterpillar purchased the Perkins Engines Company from LucasVarity in 1998 for US $1.35 billion.
★ Frank Perkins
★ List of Perkins engines
★ Perkins Engines Company
★ History of Perkins Engines
Worldwide one in five tractors is powered by a Perkins engine. The French truck manufacturer ACMAT uses Perkins engines exclusively.
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History
Perkins Engines was formed as F. Perkins Ltd. on the 7th June 1932 in Peterborough, England by Frank Perkins.
The Company was sold to Massey-Ferguson Ltd. in 1959. It later became part of LucasVarity Plc.
Caterpillar purchased the Perkins Engines Company from LucasVarity in 1998 for US $1.35 billion.
See also
★ Frank Perkins
★ List of Perkins engines
External links
★ Perkins Engines Company
★ History of Perkins Engines
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