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Caterpillar is the best known manufacturer of construction equipment in the world (probably). The company was formed in 1925 by the merger of The Holt Company, (who built its first crawler machine in 1904), and the company of C.L.Best who started producing Crawler machines in 1913. The new company was then called The Caterpillar Tractor Company. Caterpillar became synonymous with crawler type machines. Both Best and Holt started as farm machinery manufactures.

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  • Caterpillar Inc.
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  • Caterpillar is the best known manufacturer of construction equipment in the world (probably). The company was formed in 1925 by the merger of The Holt Company, (who built its first crawler machine in 1904), and the company of C.L.Best who started producing Crawler machines in 1913. The new company was then called The Caterpillar Tractor Company. Caterpillar became synonymous with crawler type machines. Both Best and Holt started as farm machinery manufactures.
  • Caterpillar Inc. is a machine equipment company that makes construction vehicles and equipment. They sponsor the #31 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet driven by Ryan Newman in approximately 20 races after parting ways with retired Jeff Burton, who also drove the #31 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet.
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equity
  • US$10,864 million
Logo
  • 200(xsd:integer)
assets
  • US$64,020 million
Name
  • Caterpillar Inc.
Type
  • Public
  • Dow Jones Industrial Average Component
num employees
  • 104490(xsd:integer)
Area served
  • Worldwide
Operating income
  • US$3,963 million
Net income
  • US$2,700 million
Foundation
  • California, United States
Key people
  • Douglas R. Oberhelman
Homepage
Industry
subsid
  • Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation
  • Caterpillar Insurance Holdings, Inc.
  • Caterpillar Logistics Services, Inc.
  • Caterpillar Marine Power Systems
  • FG Wilson Ltd.
Services
Revenue
  • US$42,588 million
Location
  • Peoria, Illinois, United States
Predecessor
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  • Caterpillar is the best known manufacturer of construction equipment in the world (probably). The company was formed in 1925 by the merger of The Holt Company, (who built its first crawler machine in 1904), and the company of C.L.Best who started producing Crawler machines in 1913. The new company was then called The Caterpillar Tractor Company. Caterpillar became synonymous with crawler type machines. Both Best and Holt started as farm machinery manufactures.
  • Caterpillar Inc. is a machine equipment company that makes construction vehicles and equipment. They sponsor the #31 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet driven by Ryan Newman in approximately 20 races after parting ways with retired Jeff Burton, who also drove the #31 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet.
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