Caterpillar News, Videos, and Information

Tue September 13, 2016

HOLT CAT Names Lothery Product Support Sales Veep

HOLT CAT, the Caterpillar equipment and engine dealer of south, central, north and northeast Texas, has appointed Sean Lothery to vice president, product support sales. “We are thrilled to promote Sean to this new position, and to further provide our customers with exceptional service....

Tue September 06, 2016

Caterpillar Sponsors Hackathon

Software developers, data scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs will convene in San Francisco from September 23-25, 2016 for a 54-hour hackathon sponsored by Caterpillar and Unearthed, an Australia-based open innovation organization for the global resources sector....

Tue August 30, 2016

Ritchie Buys IronPlanet, Enters Into Strategic Alliance With Cat

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Incorporated, and IronPlanet, have jointly announced that they have entered into an agreement under which Ritchie Bros. will acquire IronPlanet for approximately US$758.5 million, subject to customary closing adjustments....

Thu August 25, 2016

Cat to Design and Manufacture Full Line of Mini Excavators as Alliance with Wacker Neuson Is Phased Out

Caterpillar will shift design and production of its smallest hydraulic excavators to Caterpillar facilities beginning in 2018 as a successful, six-year strategic alliance with Wacker Neuson is phased out....

Wed August 24, 2016

Cat VP Retires After 35 Years

Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) today announced the following changes:Following a distinguished career of more than 35 years with the company, Gwenne Henricks, currently vice president with responsibility for the Product Development & Global Technology Division (PD>), is retiring....

Kate Gallagher - Cashman Equipment Marketing Communicator - Mon August 22, 2016

Cashman, 1936 Cat Twenty-Two Stand Test of Time

The 1930s were not an easy time in the United States. The Stock Market Crash of 1929 left everyone reeling and, in the Great Depression that followed, 15 million people were unemployed. President Franklin D....

Mon August 22, 2016

Caterpillar to Explore Alternatives for Certain Mining Products

To focus on those products with the greatest growth potential, Caterpillar Inc. has announced it intends to pursue strategic alternatives, including a possible divestiture, for its room and pillar products, which serve a segment of underground soft rock mining customers....

Tue August 09, 2016

Long-Standing Ad Agency Shows Gratitude to Forestry Industry

Massachusetts-based advertising agency Inside Out Communications Inc. will be offering a scholarship to a high school graduate from Millinocket, Maine, who enrolls in the recently launched 12-week mechanized logging course....

Wed August 03, 2016

Cat Introduces the PM620 and PM622 Cold Planers

Caterpillar Inc. is announcing the availability of the PM620 and PM622 Cold Planers. The machines are high-production, highly maneuverable half-lane milling machine that perform controlled full-depth removal of asphalt and concrete pavements in a single pass....

Wed July 27, 2016

New Cat 14M3 Motor Grader Has Larger Engine, Increased Fuel Efficiency

The new Cat 14M3 motor grader builds on the solid design of predecessor models with a larger engine, increased fuel efficiency, improved machine balance, enhanced transmission performance, advanced electro-hydraulic steering, more powerful telematics, and added operator-safety/convenience features....