Caterpillar

Heavy Equipment & Machinery

World-leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, and industrial gas turbines.

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Quick Facts

Headquarters: Irving, Texas, USA
Founded: 1925
Employees: 113,000+
Valuation: NYSE Listed (CAT) — ~$170B Cap

About Caterpillar

Caterpillar Inc. is the world's foremost manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines, and diesel-electric locomotives. Formed in California in 1925 by the merger of Holt Manufacturing Company and C. L. Best Tractor Co., Caterpillar operates on every continent through an extensive global dealer network.

Caterpillar machines—easily identified by their trademark "Caterpillar Yellow" livery and "Cat" brand—power global infrastructure, quarrying, mining, forestry, and energy operations. The company is advancing autonomous haulage systems (Cat MineStar), battery-electric zero-emission mining trucks, and teleoperated equipment.

What Caterpillar Does

Construction Industries

Hydraulic excavators, wheel loaders, backhoes, motor graders, and track-type tractors for earthmoving.

Resource Industries

Ultra-class mining haul trucks, electric rope shovels, draglines, and autonomous drilling machinery.

Energy & Transportation

Cat and Perkins reciprocating engines, Solar Turbines industrial gas turbines, and Progress Rail locomotives.

Cat Financial & Remanufacturing

Retail and wholesale equipment financing, component rebuilding (Cat Reman), and certified used machines.

Career Areas

Types of professional roles found inside Caterpillar.

Mechanical & Structural Engineering
Autonomous Systems & Robotics
Electrical & Power Systems Engineering
Manufacturing & Assembly Operations

Caterpillar's History

1925
Caterpillar Tractor Co. Formed
Holt Manufacturing Company and C. L. Best Tractor Co. merge to form the Caterpillar Tractor Co.
1950
Global Manufacturing Expansion
Establishes first overseas subsidiary in the United Kingdom, initiating global manufacturing footprint.
2013
Autonomous Mining Milestone
Cat autonomous mining trucks surpass 1 billion tonnes hauled autonomously, leading the mining automation revolution.
2022
Battery-Electric Mining Demonstration
Relocates global headquarters to Irving, Texas, and demonstrates its first fully battery-electric 793 mining haul truck.