Transition to provide broad and unmatched support to mining customers
Chennai-based GMMCO has announced acquisition of the expanded Cat mining product line distribution and support business from Caterpillar for its territories. GMMCO is the authorised Caterpillar dealer in West, Central and Southern India.  “As one of the major mining equipment players in India, we at GMMCO are delighted to take over the expanded mining product business,” said H Jayaram, MD and CEO of GMMCO. “Our long experience and capability developed in the mining equipment business coupled with the expanded range of mining products from Caterpillar will help us offer complete solutions to all the mining customers in our territory, and we are confident of making GMMCO-Caterpillar ‘Numero-uno’ in mining in India. This is yet another milestone with the GMMCO-Caterpillar relationship, which will make it stronger and vibrant.”  “We are confident that the experts at GMMCO will continue to be the partner that Caterpillar mining customers both above and below ground want to work with – now more than ever with the expanded line of mining equipment,” said Steve Wunning, Caterpillar group president with responsibility for resource industries. “GMMCO and our other Caterpillar dealers know more about helping customers get the most from Cat products than anyone else.”
GMMCO joins other Cat dealers around the world who are selling, servicing and providing world-class support for the expanded Cat mining product line, which includes draglines, unit rig mining trucks, room and pillar and longwall equipment, electric rope and hydraulic shovels, highwall miners, drills, belt systems and various lines of other equipment.