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Caterpillar Inc. Caterpillar Inc., also known as Cat, is an American construction, mining and other engineering equipment manufacturer. [6] The company is the world's largest manufacturer of construction equipment. [3][7][8] In 2018, Caterpillar was ranked number 73 on the Fortune 500 list [9] and number 265 on the Global Fortune 500 list. [10]
George Schaefer (businessman) George Schaefer (1928 – 2013) was an American businessman who was CEO of Caterpillar Inc., a US-based construction equipment company. Schaefer graduated from Saint Louis University in 1951 to begin his career at Caterpillar, where he spent the next 39 years. Schaefer rose to the position of chairman and CEO of ...
The Holt 75 model gasoline-powered Caterpillar tractor used early in World War I as an artillery tractor. Later models were produced without the front "tiller wheel." The Holt Manufacturing Company began with the 1883 founding of Stockton Wheel Service in Stockton, California, United States. [3][4][5] Benjamin Holt, later credited with ...
Chairman of the Board, Caterpillar Inc. Incumbent. Assumed office. December 13, 2018. Preceded by. Dave Calhoun. Donald James "Jim" Umpleby III is an American businessman. He became the CEO of Caterpillar Inc. as of January 2017, and chairman of the Caterpillar board of directors in December 2018.
Carter Machinery, founded in Virginia in 1927, is a producer of lubricants for engines and other mechanical purposes. By the 1980s, it also became the largest dealer in Caterpillar equipment in the United States, [1] and it was acquired by Caterpillar, Inc. in 1988. Caterpillar contended that the acquisition, breaking its tradition of having ...
James W. Owens. James W. Owens is an American economist and manufacturing executive. He is the former chairman and chief executive officer of Caterpillar Inc., the world's largest manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines and industrial gas turbines. He held the positions from 1 February 2004 through 2010.
The D9 is a series of heavy tracked-type tractors, carried on continuous tracks and usually used as bulldozers. The series began in 1954 with a prototype tractor called the D9X. Ten D9X prototype models were built in 1954. In 1955, the 286 hp (213 kW) D9 was introduced to compete against the more powerful Euclid TC-12.
The Business Model Canvas is a strategic management template used for developing new business models and documenting existing ones. [2] [3] It offers a visual chart with elements describing a firm's or product's value proposition, [4] infrastructure, customers, and finances, [1] assisting businesses to align their activities by illustrating potential trade-offs.