Jan Dennis - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thu July 14, 2005
Caterpillar Building a Better Vehicle for Advertising
Caterpillar’s newest machine is a runt in the earthmoving giant’s litter of hulking tractors and bulldozers, a two-wheeler that will seldom hit the street, let alone turn dirt. But marketing experts said the Peoria-based company’s one-of-a-kind motorcycle, born in April 2005 on the Discovery Channel’s “American Chopper” Series, is already digging up exposure that’s harder to come by in a world filled with commercial-skipping technology like TiVo....
Wed June 29, 2005
Second-Generation Iannella Masonry Relies on Caterpillar Equipment, Foley
Although Iannella Masonry Construction, of Hillsborough, NJ, has been in business for 19 years, Sandro Iannella’s, connection with Foley Inc. goes back farther than that. “I have known Foley my whole life....
Thu May 19, 2005
Fastracs Makes Tracks in New York With Caterpillar Iron
“Back in the day,” more than 70 years ago, when Red Hook, NY, seemed as far away from New York City as one could get, Oakleigh Cookingham, the sheriff of Dutchess County, made a decision that has been a work in progress ever since....
Mon March 07, 2005
Caterpillar Strategy to Focus on Global Pipeline Industry
PEORIA, IL (PRNewswire) Caterpillar Inc. has announced the creation of Caterpillar Global Pipeline, a new division within Caterpillar that will have a global focus on the pipeline construction industry....
Wed March 09, 2005
Jomac Construction’s Fleet Swells With Approximately 60 Caterpillar Machines
It is said, “a dog is a man’s best friend.” However, Jomac Construction’s Mike McCabe’s best friends are Cats — as in Caterpillars. He has found them to be reliable, hardworking and easy to handle....
Mon December 20, 2004
Patten Industries Expands Parts, Service Operations With Caterpillar’s NEXUS
Patten Industries Inc., the Caterpillar dealer in Northern Illinois and Northwestern Indiana since 1933, has successfully expanded its parts and service operations by offering Caterpillar’s new NEXUS line of parts for hydraulic pumps and motors....
Thu December 16, 2004
Caterpillar Delivers First D8T
A new D8T was purchased by Site Concrete Inc., a Grand Prairie, TX-based heavy construction company with a fleet of more than 250 Caterpillar machines. Site Concrete purchased the new D8T from Caterpillar dealer Holt CAT, and the machine was delivered almost 100 years to the day after Benjamin Holt, one of Caterpillar’s founders, first successfully replaced wheels with tracks on a large steam-powered machine in 1904....
Mon December 13, 2004
Caterpillar Rings in 75th Year Listed on the NYSE
Caterpillar Inc. Chairman and CEO Jim Owens rang the closing bell on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Thursday, Dec. 2, to mark the company’s 75th anniversary listing on the world’s foremost securities marketplace....
Tue December 07, 2004
IL Hopes Caterpillar Deal Isn’t Last
EAST PEORIA, IL (AP) Peoria-based Caterpillar Inc. has won more than $84 million in contracts to provide heavy equipment to the U.S. military, something that one congressman said should happen more often now that Illinois has gained political clout in Washington....
Tue December 07, 2004
Caterpillar’s Track-Type Tractor Turns 100
Caterpillar hosted its Worldwide Press Briefing in Peoria, IL, Nov. 16-18 to celebrate 100 years of the track-type tractor. The event included displays and presentations on the history of Benjamin Holt’s invention, credited with revolutionizing the industry, as well as demonstrations and information on new products, including the SystemOne undercarriage, ACERT Technology and the T-Series at the manufacturer’s Demonstration and Training facility....
