Caterpillar
Cat showcases excavators, wheel loader at event in Peoria
Caterpillar rolled out some of its new equipment at a media event Oct. 28-30 at its headquarters in Peoria, Ill. At the company’s Edwards Demonstration & Learning Center, employees demonstrated Cat’s F-series hydraulic excavators, M950 wheel loader and CT681 vocational… Keep Reading
LaHood weighs in on highway funding at Cat event
Built for it. Caterpillar’s new slogan raises a number of questions: Are we built to handle the new highway bill? Are we built to grow, despite the current depletion in government funding? These are questions Ray LaHood, former secretary of… Keep Reading
Caterpillar announces executive shakeup
Caterpillar experienced a change in its executive board with the retirement of two group presidents and a vice president. Stu Levenick, group president with responsibility for customer and dealer support, and Steve Wunning, group president with responsibility for resource industries,… Keep Reading
Holt Cat opens new store in Edinburg
Holt Cat opened a new, 47,000 sq. ft. facility in Edinburg, Texas. The store will offer a range of services, from Caterpillar machine sales, rentals, parts and service to comprehensive rebuild capabilities and custom product fabrication. Holt Cat General Manager… Keep Reading
Head of Cat’s GIS division resigns
Caterpillar Inc. says Randy Krotowski, vice president with responsibility for the Global Information Services (GIS) Division and the company's Chief Information Officer, has resigned from the company to pursue other opportunities. "Randy has more than 25 years of experience in… Keep Reading
How did Cat do that?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLhOOiPGrq4 Have you seen the video of the super-size Jenga game played with Caterpillar’s equipment? The company created the video to promote its Built For It Trials series. Nearly two million people have checked it out as of this writing.… Keep Reading
Cat expands Ring Power distribution offerings
Caterpillar named Ring Power Corp., a north and central Florida Caterpillar dealer, that area’s distributor of the products it acquired from Bucyrus Mining Products. The agreement allows Ring Power to provide a full spectrum of Cat mining products, services and… Keep Reading
Cat among five to form alliance to boost infrastructure spending
Five U.S. companies – BNSF, Caterpillar, Dow Chemical, Honeywell and UPS – launched an alliance to further the effort toward the passage of a long-term, well-funded surface transportation bill before the expiration of MAP-21 in September. According to a press release,… Keep Reading
Dirty Jobs star promotes industry careers at Cat event
Television personality Mike Rowe, from the show Dirty Jobs, spoke at an event hosted by Caterpillar Inc. The company said it employs 18,000 service technicians in North America, and many will be leaving soon owing to retirement and other factors.… Keep Reading
