Private company

Solar Turbines

Logo: Solar Turbines, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

American gas turbine production company

Solar Turbines Incorporated, a wholly owned subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc., designs and manufactures industrial gas turbines for onshore and offshore electrical power generation, for marine propulsion and for producing, processing and transporting natural gas and oil. The company traces its history to the 1927 founding of the Prudden-San Diego Airplane Company, which became the Solar Aircraft Company in 1929.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1927Founded1
  • HeadquartersSan Diego1
  • Founded inSan Diego1

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Solar Turbines Incorporated, a wholly owned subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc., designs and manufactures industrial gas turbines for onshore and offshore electrical power generation, for marine propulsion and for producing, processing and transporting natural gas and oil. The company traces its history to the 1927 founding of the Prudden-San Diego Airplane Company, which became the Solar Aircraft Company in 1929.2

Corporate structure

Solar Turbines is part of a group headed by Caterpillar Inc.. 441 entities, 52 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Caterpillar Inc. Irving, Texas, United States
    • CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP Nashville, Tennessee, United States
      • Caterpillar (China) Financial Leasing Co., Ltd (卡特彼勒（中国）融资租赁有限公司) Subsidiary · 北京, China
      • CATERPILLAR CREDITO SA DE CV SOFOM ENR Subsidiary · Monterrey, Mexico
      • CATERPILLAR FINANCE FRANCE Subsidiary · Paris, France
      • Caterpillar Finance Inc. (キャタピラー・ファイナンス株式会社) Subsidiary · 横浜, Japan
      • CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL AUSTRALIA LEASING PTY LIMITED Subsidiary · Melbourne, Australia
      • CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL AUSTRALIA LIMITED Subsidiary · Melbourne, Australia
      • CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL COMMERCIAL ACCOUNT CORPORATION Subsidiary · Nashville, Tennessee, United States
      • CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL CORPORACION FINANCIERA SOCIEDAD ANONIMA ESTABLECIMIENTO FINANCIERO DE CREDITO Subsidiary · Madrid, Spain
        • Caterpillar Financial Corporacion Financiera Sociedad Anonima Establecimiento Financiero De Credito Branch · Madrid, Spain
      • Caterpillar Financial Leasing (Shanghai) Co., Ltd (卡特彼勒融资租赁（上海）有限公司) Subsidiary · 上海, China
      • CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL NEW ZEALAND LIMITED Subsidiary · Auckland, New Zealand
      • CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL RECEIVABLES CORPORATION Subsidiary · Nashville, Tennessee, United States
      • CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL SERVICES (DUBAI) LIMITED Subsidiary · Dubai, United Arab Emirates
      • CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL SERVICES (IRELAND) PLC Subsidiary · Dublin, Ireland
      • CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL SERVICES ASIA PTE LTD Subsidiary · Singapore, Singapore
      • CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL SERVICES CR, S.R.O. (CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL SERVICES ČR, S.R.O.) Subsidiary · Modletice, Praha-Vychod, Czechia
      • CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL SERVICES INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED Subsidiary · Bangalore, India
      • CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL SERVICES LEASING ULC Subsidiary · Calgary, Alberta, Canada
      • CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED Subsidiary · Burlington, Ontario, Canada
      • CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL SERVICES MALAYSIA SDN. BHD. Subsidiary · Kuala Selangor, Malaysia
      • CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL SERVICES NORWAY AS Subsidiary · Oslo, Norway
      • CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL SERVICES PHILIPPINES INC. Subsidiary · Quezon City, Philippines
      • Caterpillar Financial Services Poland Spolka Z Ograniczona Odpowiedzialnoscia Subsidiary · Warsaw, Poland
      • CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL SERVICES SOUTH AFRICA Subsidiary · Johannesburg, South Africa
      • Caterpillar International Finance Designated Activity Company Subsidiary · Dublin, Ireland
      • Caterpillar Leasing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (บริษัท แคทเทอร์พิลลาร์ ลิสซิ่ง (ประเทศไทย) จำกัด) Subsidiary · กรุงเทพฯ, Thailand
      • and 1 more
    • MWM Boulogne Billancourt, France
      • Phase Subsidiary · Boulogne-Billancourt, France
    • Solar Turbines San Diego
    • Caterpillar (Switzerland) Subsidiary · Geneva, Switzerland
    • Caterpillar Germany Subsidiary · Garching bei München, Germany
    • Progress Rail Services Subsidiary · Albertville
    • 10G LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • 1214213 B.C. Ltd. Subsidiary · Canada
    • 124 Adams Property Holdings LLC Subsidiary · Illinois, United States
    • 1634730 Alberta Ltd. Subsidiary · Canada
    • Advanced Filtration Systems Inc. Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • AFSI Europe s.r.o. Subsidiary · Czechia
    • Amsted RPS/Schwihag JV LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • AP Operation & Maintenance Limited Subsidiary · Jersey
    • Asia Power (Private) Limited Subsidiary · Sri Lanka
    • Asia Power Systems (Tianjin) Ltd. Subsidiary · China
    • AsiaTrak (Tianjin) Ltd. Subsidiary · China
    • Banco Caterpillar S.A. Subsidiary · Brazil
    • Bucyrus Australia Surface Pty. Ltd. Subsidiary · Australia
    • Bucyrus International (Peru) S.A. Subsidiary · Peru
    • Bucyrus Mining Australia Pty. Ltd. Subsidiary · Australia
    • Bucyrus Mining China LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • CAAF Dell' Industria Dell'Emilia Centrale S.P.A. Subsidiary · Italy
    • Caterpillar (Africa) (Proprietary) Limited Subsidiary · South Africa
    • Caterpillar (Beijing) Commercial Factoring Co., Ltd. Subsidiary · China
    • and 386 more

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Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

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Timeline

  1. 1927Founded Founded in San Diego1

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