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Perkins Engines

Diesel engine manufacturer
Organization Business Q2071252

Facts

14 properties

Identity

Instance of
business, enterprise[2]
Official website
www.perkins.com[10]
Legal form
private company limited by shares[12]
Native label
Perkins Engines[13]

Status and dates

Inception
1932[7]

Location

Headquarters location
Eastfield[5]
Country
United Kingdom[1]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 52.584°, -0.214°
Location of formation
Peterborough[8]

Industry and activity

Industry
industrial manufacturing[6]
Product or material produced
diesel engine[11]

People

Founder
Frank Perkins[3]

Relations

Owned by
Caterpillar Inc.[4]
Parent organization or unit
Caterpillar Inc.[9]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 7
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Perkins Engines - geograph.org.uk - 965975.jpg ↗
Crunchbase organization ID
perkins-engines
Facebook username
PerkinsEngines
Freebase ID
/m/04w73l
HAND ID
FCF9-2604-63A2-2D71-D70C
UK Parliament thesaurus ID
61452
Wikimapia ID
5403237

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CATERPILLAR INC sec.gov ↗
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🔗 Connections
Instance of 2
business, enterprise
Country 1
United Kingdom
Industry 1
industrial manufacturing
Legal form 1
private company limited by shares
Location of formation 1
Peterborough
Owned by 1
Caterpillar Inc.
Owns / has subsidiaries 1
Caterpillar Inc.
Parent organization or unit 1
Caterpillar Inc.
Product or material produced 1
diesel engine
← Child organization or unit 1
Caterpillar Inc.
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Related Entities

business Caterpillar Inc. United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 12w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Location of formation → Peterborough
    Parent organization or unit → Caterpillar Inc.
    Country → United Kingdom
    Coordinate location → 52.584°, -0.214°
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: HAND ID: FCF9-2604-63A2-2D71-D70C, batch #269254"
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