Mon June 14, 2004
HOLT CAT Partners With Caterpillar to Lower School Bus Emissions
HOLT CAT, the largest Caterpillar dealer in the United States, is partnering with Caterpillar Inc. to install emissions-reduction technology in older school buses in four Ellis County, TX, school districts....
Wed May 05, 2004
Innovation, Tradition Fuse With Caterpillar Dealer Merger
What happens when one of North America’s most aggressive and innovative Caterpillar dealerships, one in the habit of servicing Caterpillar customers and handling business in its own certain way, acquires one of the oldest, more traditionally run operations in the country? The answer began to reveal itself on Jan....
Tue March 02, 2004
Caterpillar to Offer Remanufacturing Services to Other Companies
Caterpillar Inc. announced the expansion of its remanufacturing business to provide services for manufacturers and customers in industries beyond those Caterpillar currently serves. Caterpillar Remanufacturing Services will leverage Caterpillar’s industry leading remanufacturing technology and processes to serve Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) in the automotive and industrial products industries as well as the defense industry....
Fri January 30, 2004
Caterpillar Profits Up 14 Percent, Beat Expectations
PEORIA, IL (AP) Caterpillar Inc. reported Jan. 27 that fourth quarter earnings rose a better-than-expected 14 percent on improved equipment and engine sales, signaling the economic recovery may be restoring big-ticket purchases....
Fri December 26, 2003
Caterpillar 246 “Steer” Now Runs With the Bulls
What’s one of the fastest growing indoor sports in North America — one that requires a unique machine to smooth out the arena’s playing surface during a break in the action?
Thinking hockey? Thinking Zamboni? Think again.
The sport is bull riding, and what better equipment is there to push dirt at intermission than a state-of-the-art Caterpillar machine, particularly the 246 skid steer loader?
That’s what Caterpillar Building Construction Products Division Marketing Representative Jason Becker thought in 2002 as he sat through his first Professional Bull Riders (PBR) event, courtesy of fellow Cat employees Brad Van De Veer and Marty Dains.
Becker said, “All during the event there was a machine parked outside the ring, and during intermission it came in to rake the dirt — much like a Zamboni cleans up the ice during a hockey game....
Tue December 16, 2003
Caterpillar Announces Intent to Meet 2007 EPA Regulations Without Complex SCR Technology
PEORIA, IL (PRNewswire) Caterpillar Inc. joined other U.S. diesel engine manufacturers in announcing its intention to meet 2007 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency emissions standards without the use of costly and complex Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) technology....
Wed October 29, 2003
Caterpillar and Fuel Cell Energy Announce Largest Fuel Cell Power Plant in IL
Caterpillar Inc. and FuelCell Energy Inc. have achieved an important milestone in their partnership with the installation of the largest fuel cell power generation plant in Illinois. The 250 kW Direct FuelCell power plant is now operational and was commissioned yesterday at the Caterpillar Technical Center north of Peoria....
Mon October 27, 2003
Caterpillar Announces Large Sale of Engines with ACERT Technology
Caterpillar Inc. today announced the sale of more than 260 engines powered with ACERT technology that will be used in the Seattle, WA, metropolitan area. The Caterpillar C9 clean diesel engines will be installed in buses made by New Flyer of America Inc., the largest manufacturer of transit buses in North America....
Tue October 14, 2003
Caterpillar Engines Win J.D. Power and Associates’ Award for Fourth Year in a Row
For a record fourth year in a row, on-highway truck engines from Caterpillar Inc. have won a prestigious award for customer satisfaction in a North American industry report. International marketing information firm J.D....
Fri October 03, 2003
Caterpillar Seen Landing U.S. Power Generator Order
CHICAGO (Reuters) Heavy equipment manufacturer Caterpillar Inc. may be close to landing a big order from the U.S. government for power-generation equipment in Iraq, according to an analyst’s report issued recently.
Credit Suisse First Boston analyst John McGinty wrote that Caterpillar has shipped equipment capable of generating more than 470 mW of power to Egypt....
