Investments in Unconsolidated Affiliated Companies (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Investments in Unconsolidated Affiliated Companies

Results of Operations of unconsolidated affiliated companies

Results of Operations of unconsolidated affiliated companies: (Millions of dollars)	Three Months Ended September 30,		Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2011	2010	2011	2010
Sales	$302	$216	$741	$580
Cost of sales	257	171	616	445
Gross profit	$45	$45	$125	$135
Profit (loss)	$(12)	$(10)	$(46)	$(12)

Financial Position of unconsolidated affiliated companies

Financial Position of unconsolidated affiliated companies: (Millions of dollars)	September 30, 20111	December 31, 2010
Assets:
Current assets	$310	$414
Property, plant and equipment — net	172	196
Other assets	7	39
	489	649
Liabilities:
Current liabilities	202	274
Long-term debt due after one year	74	72
Other liabilities	12	40
	288	386
Equity	$201	$263

1 The decrease is due to the sale of our ownership in NC2 Global LLC (NC2), which occurred on September 29, 2011.

Caterpillar's investments in unconsolidated affiliated companies

Caterpillar’s investments in unconsolidated affiliated companies: (Millions of dollars)	September 30, 2011	December 31, 2010
Investments in equity method companies	$99	$135
Plus: Investments in cost method companies	22	29
Total investments in unconsolidated affiliated companies	$121	$164