CATERPILLAR

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American maker of construction and mining machinery, formed in 1925 and recognisable by its yellow machines.

Founded: 1925, merger of Holt Manufacturing and C. L. Best Tractor
Headquarters: Irving, Texas, since 2022
Known for: Construction equipment and Caterpillar Yellow livery
Listed: Dow Jones Industrial Average

Caterpillar Inc. traces its origins to the 1925 merger of the Holt Manufacturing Company and the C. L. Best Tractor Company, which created the California-based Caterpillar Tractor Company. In 1986 it reorganised as a Delaware corporation under its current name.

The company is the world's largest manufacturer of construction equipment. It moved its headquarters from Peoria to Deerfield in 2017 and to Irving, Texas, in 2022.

1925Merger creates the Caterpillar Tractor Company
1986Reorganised as Caterpillar Inc.
2017Headquarters moved from Peoria to Deerfield
2022Headquarters in Irving, Texas

CATERPILLAR Caterpillar D9: the large track-type tractor
CATERPILLAR Caterpillar D8: the tractor since 1935
CATERPILLAR Caterpillar D7: from 1938 to the electric drive
CATERPILLAR Caterpillar D6: the medium bulldozer
CATERPILLAR Caterpillar D5: two lives of a small dozer
CATERPILLAR Caterpillar D4: from the RD4 of 1936
CATERPILLAR Caterpillar D2: the smallest diesel crawler
CATERPILLAR Caterpillar D10: the first high-drive dozer
CATERPILLAR Caterpillar Challenger: the rubber-tracked tractor
CATERPILLAR Caterpillar 797: the mechanical drive giant
CATERPILLAR Caterpillar 777: the 100-ton mining truck
CATERPILLAR Caterpillar 345C L: the 45-tonne excavator
CATERPILLAR Caterpillar Twenty-Two: the 1934 tractor
CATERPILLAR Caterpillar 313: a small tracked excavator
CATERPILLAR Caterpillar 924G: the small Versalink loader
CATERPILLAR Caterpillar 930G: the 149 hp wheel loader
CATERPILLAR Caterpillar Sixty: the largest tractor of 1925