Caterpillar Inc.

Caterpillar Inc. is an American company that manufactures engines and machinery for mining and construction projects. It also provides insurance and loans for businesses to buy their products. The company is the largest manufacturer of construction machinery in the world.[7] It produces equipment such as excavators, bulldozers and mining trucks.

This article is about the manufacturing company. For the insect, see Caterpillar.
Caterpillar Inc.
Company typePublic
IndustryHeavy equipment
Engines
Financial services
PredecessorC. L. Best
Holt Manufacturing Company
FoundedApril 15, 1925 (1925-04-15)
California, U.S.
FounderC.L. Best
HeadquartersDeerfield, Illinois, U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Jim Umpleby (chairman​ & CEO)
Products
Products List
  • D11 Bulldozer
  • 345C L Excavator
  • 930G Wheel Loader
  • 797F Haul Truck
  • C13 Diesel Engine
  • C32 Diesel/Gasoline Engine
  • C280 Diesel/Gasoline Engine
Services
Services List
Revenue Decrease US$41.74 billion (2020)[1]
Decrease US$4.55 billion (2020)[1]
Decrease US$2.99 billion (2020)[1]
Total assetsDecrease US$78.32 billion (2020)[1]
Total equityDecrease US$15.33 billion (2020)[1]
Number of employees
97,300 (2020)[2]
Subsidiaries
Subsidiary List
  • Caterpillar Financial Services
  • Caterpillar Insurance Holdings
  • Caterpillar Logistics Services
  • Caterpillar Marine Power Systems
  • FG Wilson
  • Perkins Engines
  • Progress Rail
  • Solar Turbines
Websitewww.caterpillar.com
www.progressrail.com
Footnotes / references
[3][4][5][6]

Caterpillar Inc. is a public company and trades on the NASDAQ under the stock ticker CAT. Caterpillar stock is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

The company was founded on April 15, 1925 in California. It is headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois.

Subsidiaries

Caterpillar owns several smaller companies. Some of these have changed their names and become part of the Caterpillar brand. Others have kept their own name.

  • Perkins Engines is a company in the United Kingdom that make diesel engines
  • Progress Rail is an American company that makes railway locomotives
  • Solar Turbines is an American company that makes gas turbines for generating electricity

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References
  1. "Caterpillar 2020 SEC Filing" (PDF). sec.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 24, 2020. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  2. "Caterpillar 2017 SEC Filing". sec.gov. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  3. "Caterpillar – About Cat". cat.com. Caterpillar Inc. 2010. Archived from the original on March 11, 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-11. We deliver products, services and technologies in three principal lines of business: Machinery, Engines and Financial Products.
  4. "2009 Form 10-K". United States Securities and Exchange Commission. February 19, 2010. Archived from the original on March 24, 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-23. As of December 31, 2009, we employed 93,813 persons of whom 50,562 were located outside the United States.
  5. Haddock, Keith; Orlemann, Eric (November 11, 2001). Paul Johnson (ed.). Classic Caterpillar Crawlers. St. Paul, Minnesota, United States: MBI Publishing Company. pp. 37–38. ISBN 978-0-7603-0917-9. Retrieved November 6, 2010.
  6. "Caterpillar Inc. 4Q 2010 Earnings Release" (PDF). caterpillar.com. Caterpillar Inc. January 27, 2011. pp. 15, 36–37, 39. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 3, 2011. Retrieved 2011-02-02. Total sales and revenues....42,588
  7. "World's Top 10 Construction Equipment Manufacturers". Construction Kenya. January 3, 2022. Retrieved May 9, 2022.



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