Caterpillar Inc.
Type	Public (NYSE: CAT)
Founded	1925
Headquarters	Peoria, Illinois, USA
Key people	James W. Owens, CEO & Chairman
Industry	Heavy equipment
Products	Construction & Agriculture Machinery
Revenue	▲$44. A public company usually refers to a company that is permitted to offer its registered securities ( Stock, bonds, etc The New York Stock Exchange ( NYSE) is a Stock exchange based in New York City. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Peoria Illinois (named after the Peoria tribe is the largest city on the Illinois River and the County seat of Peoria County, Illinois The United States of America —commonly referred to as the James W Owens is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Caterpillar Inc For other uses of this term see Industry (disambiguation An industry (from Latin industrius, "diligent industrious" Engineering vehicles, known by the other terms construction Equipment, earth movers heavy equipment or just plain equipment are machines specifically designed to execute In Marketing, a product is anything that can be offered to a Market that might satisfy a want or need In the fields of Architecture and Civil engineering, construction is a process that consists of the Building or assembling of Infrastructure Agriculture refers to the production of goods through the growing of plants and fungi and the raising of domesticated Animals The study of agriculture A machine is any device that uses Energy to perform some activity In business revenue or revenues is Income that a company receives from its normal business activities usually from the sale of goods and services 958 billion USD (2007)[1]
Net income	▲$3. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Net income is equal to the Income that a firm has after subtracting costs and Expenses from the total Revenue. 541 billion USD (2007)[1]
Employees	97,444
Website	http://www.cat.com/

Caterpillar Inc. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages (NYSE: CAT) is a United States-based corporation headquartered in Peoria, Illinois. The New York Stock Exchange ( NYSE) is a Stock exchange based in New York City. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A corporation is a separate legal entity usually used to conduct business Peoria Illinois (named after the Peoria tribe is the largest city on the Illinois River and the County seat of Peoria County, Illinois Caterpillar (commonly referred to simply as CAT) is, according to their corporate website, "the world's largest manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, and industrial gas turbines. In the fields of Architecture and Civil engineering, construction is a process that consists of the Building or assembling of Infrastructure Mining is the extraction of valuable Minerals or other geological materials from the earth usually (but not always from an Ore body A broader definition of a tool is an entity used to interface between two or more domains that facilitates more effective action of one domain upon the other Diesel or Diesel fuel (ˈdiːzəl in general is any Fuel used in Diesel engines The most common is a specific fractional distillate of petroleum Natural gas is a Gaseous Fossil fuel consisting primarily of Methane but including significant quantities of Ethane, Propane, An engine is a mechanical device that produces some form of output from a given input A gas turbine, also called a combustion turbine, is a rotary Engine that extracts energy from a flow of Combustion gas "

Famous for their products featuring caterpillar tracks and a distinctive yellow paint scheme, Caterpillar produces a wide range of engineering vehicles, including the range of Caterpillar bulldozers. Continuous tracks are large (modular tracks used on the so-called caterpillar Tanks construction equipment and certain other off-road vehicles Engineering vehicles, known by the other terms construction Equipment, earth movers heavy equipment or just plain equipment are machines specifically designed to execute ----A bulldozer is a crawler ( Caterpillar tracked Tractor) equipped with a substantial metal plate (known as a blade) used to push large quantities

Caterpillar is one of the thirty companies whose stock is tracked in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Software for Fixed assets management and Stock control developed in 2004. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ( also called the DJIA, Dow 30, INDP, or informally the Dow Jones or The Dow) is one of several It is a Fortune 100 company ranked first in its industry, with more than $40 billion in assets. Please do not add the complete list of fortune 500 companies The list is copyrighted by Fortune which makes money by selling the content In Business and Accounting, assets are everything owned by a person or company (all tangible and intangible property that can be converted into cash.

Contents 1 History 2 Business lines 2.1 Vehicles 2.2 Engines 2.3 Caterpillar Defense Products 2.4 Caterpillar Electronics 3 Management 3.1 Current board of directors 4 Employment 4.1 Labor problems 5 Notable achievements and controversies 5.1 Excellent Company designation 5.2 Environmental impacts 5.3 Israeli military sales and conversions 6 References in popular culture 7 References 8 External links

History

The story of Caterpillar Inc. Caterpillar Inc ( is a United States -based Corporation headquartered in Peoria Illinois. For the indigenous American tribe see Mohave. The Mojave Desert (moʊˈhɑːvi or /məˈhɑːvi/ ( Hayikwiir Mat'aar in Mojave There are two Los Angeles Aqueducts, the First Los Angeles Aqueduct (or the Owens Valley aqueduct) (completed 1913 and the Second Los Angeles Aqueduct Caterpillar Inc ( is a United States -based Corporation headquartered in Peoria Illinois. Serpentine is a town located south-southeast of Perth, the capital of Western Australia, and 7 km south of Mundijong. originates in the late 19^th century, when Daniel Best and Benjamin Holt experimented with ways to fulfill the promise that steam tractors held for farming. Daniel Best (born March 20, 1838 in Tuscarawas County Ohio) was an adventurer inventor and entrepreneur that left his mark on history by leaving a legacy Benjamin Holt (January 1 1849 Concord, New Hampshire &ndash December 5 1920 Stockton was an American inventor who developed This article refers to the steam-powered agricultural tractor for other types of steam tractor see Traction engine A steam tractor is a vehicle By 1904, these large steam-powered tractors had been plowing California fields for 14 years, and occasionally got bogged down in the soft California soil, especially after heavy rains. Once stuck in the mire, they were difficult to pull free, even with teams of horses, due to their great weight, which typically rested on four metal wheels.

One solution employed to alleviate this problem was to lay a temporary plank road ahead of the steam tractor, but this was time-consuming, expensive, and interfered with earthmoving. A plank road or puncheon is a dirt path or road covered with a series of planks similar to the wooden sidewalks one would see in a Western movie Holt had an idea: why not carry the road with the vehicle, instead? On November 24, 1904 he added wooden block-linked treads around the idlers on Holt No. Events 380 - Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on 77, his test tractor. The results were impressive, and the modern tractor was born. Caterpillar became famous for its Caterpillar 30 and its Caterpillar 60 tractors. Caterpillar Inc ( is a United States -based Corporation headquartered in Peoria Illinois. The Caterpillar Sixty Horsepower tractor crawler of 1919 became the world's first successful Bulldozer.

In 1909, Benjamin Holt bought the abandoned but relatively new manufacturing plant of a tractor company that had failed in Peoria, Illinois. Peoria Illinois (named after the Peoria tribe is the largest city on the Illinois River and the County seat of Peoria County, Illinois The location offered Holt everything he needed in a manufacturing center, and despite the hefty amount of capital needed for retooling the plant, the venture proved so profitable that by 1911 the factory employed 625 people. Around that time Holt Manufacturing began exporting its tractors to Argentina, Mexico, and Canada, in addition to their domestic sales. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page ^[2] The Holt Manufacturing Company later pioneered the use of the caterpillar track during World War I. Continuous tracks are large (modular tracks used on the so-called caterpillar Tanks construction equipment and certain other off-road vehicles World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Their crawler tractors inspired the first military tanks, which helped end World War I. A tank is a tracked, Armoured fighting vehicle designed for Front-line combat which combines Operational mobility and tactical World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All

Caterpillar formed on April 15, 1925 with the merger of Holt Manufacturing Company of Stockton, California and the C. Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Stockton is a City in California and the seat of San Joaquin County (the fifth largest agricultural county in the United States California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. L. Best Gas Traction Company of San Leandro, California, forming the Caterpillar Tractor Co. San Leandro is a city in Alameda County, California, United States. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Sales the first year were $13 million. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been By 1929, sales climbed to $52. 8 million, and CAT continued to grow throughout the Great Depression of the 1930s.

After the companies merged, Caterpillar went through many changes, including the adoption of the diesel engine. A diesel engine is an Internal combustion engine which operates using the Diesel cycle (named after Dr During World War II, Caterpillar products found fame with the US Navy Construction Battalions or Seabees who built airfields and other facilities in the Pacific Theater of Operations. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Seabees are the Construction Battalions of the United States Navy. The Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO was the World War II military activity in the Pacific Ocean and the countries bordering it a geographic scope Duringing the post-war construction boom, the company grew at a rapid pace and launched its first venture outside the US in 1950, marking the beginning of Caterpillar's development into a multinational corporation. Multinational corporation ( MNC) or transnational corporation ( TNC) is a Corporation or enterprise that manages Production or delivers

Business lines

As of the first quarter of 2006, 44% of Caterpillar's sales are to overseas customers. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Caterpillar products are sold in nearly 200 countries. The company has a worldwide network of 220 dealers: 63 dealers in the United States and 157 in other countries. Caterpillar products and components are manufactured in 51 plants in the United States and 58 plants in Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, England, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Northern Ireland, the People's Republic of China, Poland, Russia, South Africa and Sweden. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country The Republic of Indonesia ( (Republik Indonesia is a Country in Southeast Asia. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a Country within the United Kingdom, lying in the northeast of Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Caterpillar also licenses or subcontracts the manufacture of Caterpillar-branded clothing, hats, footwear, and other consumer products. ( A consumer product is generally any tangible personal property for sale and that is used for personal family or household purposes

Caterpillar's historical manufacturing home is in Peoria, Illinois, where its world headquarters and core research and development activities are located. Peoria Illinois (named after the Peoria tribe is the largest city on the Illinois River and the County seat of Peoria County, Illinois Although Caterpillar has "farmed out" much of its local parts production and warehousing to outside firms, it still has four major plants in the Peoria area: the Mapleton Foundry, where diesel engine blocks and other large parts are cast; the East Peoria factory, which has assembled Caterpillar tractors for over 70 years; the Mossville engine plant, built after World War II; and the Morton parts facility. Mapleton is a village in Peoria County, Illinois, United States. East Peoria is a city in Tazewell County, Illinois, United States. Mossville Illinois is an Unincorporated community between Peoria and Chillicothe in Peoria County Illinois. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Morton is a village in Tazewell County, Illinois, USA, known for its Pumpkins and annual Pumpkin Festival

Vehicles

Caterpillar has a list of some 400 products for purchase through its dealer network. Caterpillar's line of vehicles range from tracked tractors to hydraulic excavators, backhoe loaders, motor graders, off-highway trucks, wheel loaders, and agricultural tractors. An excavator is an Engineering vehicle consisting of an articulated arm (boom stick bucket and Cab mounted on a Pivot (a rotating platform like a A backhoe, also called a rear actor or back actor, is a piece of excavating equipment consisting of a digging bucket on the end of a two-part articulated arm A grader, also commonly referred to as a road grader, a blade, a maintainer or a motor grader, is an Engineering vehicle with a large A loader is a type of construction equipment (engineering vehicle machinery that is primarily used to "load" material (asphalt demolition debris A tractor is a Vehicle specifically designed to deliver a high Tractive effort at slow speeds for the purposes of hauling a trailer or machinery used They are used in construction, road-building, mining, forestry, energy, transportation and material-handling industries. In the fields of Architecture and Civil engineering, construction is a process that consists of the Building or assembling of Infrastructure A road is an identifiable route, way or path between two or more places. Mining is the extraction of valuable Minerals or other geological materials from the earth usually (but not always from an Ore body Forestry is the Art and Science of managing forests tree Plantations and related Natural resources. In Physics and other Sciences energy (from the Greek grc ἐνέργεια - Energeia, "activity operation" from grc ἐνεργός Transport or transportation is the movement of people and goods from one place to another

Caterpillar is the world's largest manufacturer of wheel loaders. Demolition is the opposite of Construction: the tearing-down of Buildings and other Structures It contrasts with deconstruction The medium size (MWL) and large size (LWL) are designed at their Aurora, Illinois facility. Aurora is the second-largest City in the US state of Illinois, with a population of 175952 (2007 est Medium wheel loaders are manufactured at: Aurora, Illinois, USA; Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan; Gosselies, Charleroi, Belgium; Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil;^[3] and the People's Republic of China. Aurora is the second-largest City in the US state of Illinois, with a population of 175952 (2007 est The United States of America —commonly referred to as the is a city located in north central Kanagawa, bordering Tokyo, Japan. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Gosselies is a section of the Belgian town of Charleroi within the Walloon region in the Province of Hainaut. Charleroi (Tchålerwè is the largest city and municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those Piracicaba ation in 2004 was 0 in an area of 13718 km² at an elevation of 547 m above sea level ( is a state in Brazil. It is the major industrial and economic powerhouse of the Brazilian economy |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES Large wheel loaders are manufactured exclusively on three assembly lines at Aurora, Illinois. Aurora is the second-largest City in the US state of Illinois, with a population of 175952 (2007 est

The company's current and historic vehicles include:

Track-type tractors (bulldozers) Caterpillar 30 Caterpillar 45 Caterpillar 60 D-series Caterpillar D2 Caterpillar D6 Caterpillar D7 Caterpillar D8 Caterpillar D9 Caterpillar D10 Caterpillar D11 Caterpillar 992 wheel loader

Excavators Caterpillar 345C L Loaders Caterpillar 930G Trucks Caterpillar 740 Ejector Caterpillar 797B, the world's largest mechanical drive truck. ----A bulldozer is a crawler ( Caterpillar tracked Tractor) equipped with a substantial metal plate (known as a blade) used to push large quantities Caterpillar Inc ( is a United States -based Corporation headquartered in Peoria Illinois. Caterpillar Inc ( is a United States -based Corporation headquartered in Peoria Illinois. The Caterpillar Sixty Horsepower tractor crawler of 1919 became the world's first successful Bulldozer. Caterpillar Inc ( is a United States -based Corporation headquartered in Peoria Illinois. The Caterpillar D6 track-type Tractor is a medium Bulldozer manufactured by Caterpillar Inc The Caterpillar D7 Caterpillar track-type tractor is a medium bulldozer manufactured by Caterpillar Inc The Caterpillar D8 is a large track-type Tractor designed and manufactured by Caterpillar. The Caterpillar D10 is a track-type tractor manufactured by Caterpillar Inc An excavator is an Engineering vehicle consisting of an articulated arm (boom stick bucket and Cab mounted on a Pivot (a rotating platform like a The Caterpillar 345C L is a large hydraulic Excavator manufactured by Caterpillar Inc A loader is a type of construction equipment (engineering vehicle machinery that is primarily used to "load" material (asphalt demolition debris The Caterpillar 930G is a hydraulic front end loader manufactured by Caterpillar Inc The Caterpillar 740 Ejector Articulated Truck is Caterpillar 's second generation of articulated haul truck ( Dump truck) to have a system that pushes material out the The Caterpillar 797B is an ultra class mining Truck manufactured by Caterpillar Inc Rollers Caterpillar CS-533E

Engines

A portion of CAT's business is in the manufacturing of diesel and natural gas engines and gas turbines, which, in addition to their use in the company's own vehicles, are used as the prime movers in locomotives, semi trucks, and ships, as well as providing the power source for peak-load power plants and emergency generators. A road roller (sometimes called a roller-compactor, or just roller) is a Compactor type Engineering vehicle used to compact soil The Caterpillar CS-533E is a vibratory soil compactor manufactured by Caterpillar Inc See also Clogher (disambiguation Clogherhead (Ceann Chlochair is a fishing village in County Louth, on the east coast of Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world Diesel or Diesel fuel (ˈdiːzəl in general is any Fuel used in Diesel engines The most common is a specific fractional distillate of petroleum Natural gas is a Gaseous Fossil fuel consisting primarily of Methane but including significant quantities of Ethane, Propane, A gas turbine, also called a combustion turbine, is a rotary Engine that extracts energy from a flow of Combustion gas In Locomotives, a prime mover is the primary source of power to run the locomotive truckcartransporterarp750pixjpg|thumb|right|A tractor with an auto-transport Semi-trailer. A ship /ʃɪp/ is a large vessel that floats on water Ships are generally distinguished from Boats based on size Peaking power plants, also known as peaker plants are Power plants that generally run only when there is a high demand known as Peak demand, for Electricity In Electricity generation, an electrical generator is a device that converts Mechanical energy to Electrical energy, generally using Electromagnetic

Caterpillar Defense Products

The Caterpillar Defence Products subsidiary, headquartered in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, provides diesel engines, automatic transmissions and other parts for the UK's Titan armored bridge layer, Trojan combat engineering tank, Terrier combat engineering vehicles, and tank transporters; the Romanian MLI-84 armored personnel carrier and the Swiss Piranha III light armored vehicle, which is currently being developed for use by American light armored formations; large fleets of military trucks in both the US and UK; and the CV90 family of infantry fighting vehicles used by the armies of Sweden, Norway, Finland, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Denmark. Shrewsbury ( /ˈʃruːzbri/ or /ˈʃroʊzbri/ is the County town of Shropshire, in the West Midlands region of England Shropshire (ˈʃrɒpʃɪə/ /-ʃə alternatively known as Salop or abbreviated in print only Shrops, is a county in the FV4034 Challenger 2 is a Main battle tank (MBT currently in service with the armies of the United Kingdom and Oman. An armoured vehicle-launched bridge ( AVLB) is a combat support vehicle sometimes regarded as a subtype of Combat engineering vehicle, designed to assist militaries FV4034 Challenger 2 is a Main battle tank (MBT currently in service with the armies of the United Kingdom and Oman. Combat engineering vehicles (CEVs are armoured vehicles built for Engineering work on the battlefield or for the transportation of Sappers Types of combat A terrier is a Dog of any one of many breeds or Landraces of terrier type which are typically small wiry very active and fearless dogs Combat engineering vehicles (CEVs are armoured vehicles built for Engineering work on the battlefield or for the transportation of Sappers Types of combat A Tank transporter is a specialised road vehicle for the transport of Tanks. Romania ( dated: Rumania, Roumania The MLI-84 is a native-made Romanian Infantry fighting vehicle currently in service with the Romanian Land Forces. Armoured personnel carriers (APCs are Armoured fighting vehicles developed to transport Infantry on the Battlefield They usually have only a Machine Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation The Mowag Piranha is a family of Armoured fighting vehicles designed and manufactured by the Swiss Mowag corporation (now part of General Dynamics The Mowag Piranha is a family of Armoured fighting vehicles designed and manufactured by the Swiss Mowag corporation (now part of General Dynamics The Combat Vehicle 90 (CV90 or Stridsfordon 90 (Strf 90 is a Swedish Infantry fighting vehicle designed by Hägglunds/Bofors and currently produced An infantry fighting vehicle ( IFV, also known as (mechanized infantry combat vehicle, (MICV) is a type of Armoured fighting vehicle (AFV

This division also provides both propulsion engines and power generation systems to the naval shipbuilding industry, supplying the Series 3512B turbocharged V-12 diesel engine for the American Virginia-class nuclear submarines, and supplying the diesel engine for the San Antonio-class amphibious transport docks; the Spanish Alvaro de Bazán-class frigates; the British River-class offshore patrol vessels; the Malaysian A-100 type offshore patrol vessels; and the Mexican Justo Sierra Mendez-class gunships. See also Shipbuilding (song. Shipbuilding is the construction of Ships It normally takes place in a specialized facility known as a Ship's crest "Emblazoned on a blue background that symbolizes the mighty deep Virginia is prominently positioned Metric system Wherever possible the LPD 17 class was designed using the Metric system, specifying millimeters for linear dimensions and other parameters Don Álvaro de Bazán 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz, lord of the Villas of Viso and Valdepeñas largest Commander of León Member of his Majesty Council Captain General A patrol boat is a small naval vessel generally designed for coastal defense duties For the game see Gunship (video game The term " gunship " is used in several contexts all sharing the general idea of a light craft armed ^[4]

The Russian Caterpillar facility was completed in 16 months and occupied in November of 1999. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) It had the first electrical substation built in the Leningrad Oblast since the Communist government was dissolved on December 26, 1991. Leningrad Oblast (Ленингра́дская о́бласть Leningradskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an Oblast) Events 1481 - Battle of Westbrook - Holland defeats troops of Utrecht. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. The facility was built under harsh winter conditions, where the temperature was below -25°C.

Caterpillar Electronics

The Caterpillar Electronics business unit has formed Caterpillar Trimble Control Technologies LLC. ,(CTCT), a 50:50 joint venture with Trimble Navigation to develop the next generation of advanced electronic guidance and control products for earthmoving machines in the construction, mining and waste industries. A joint venture (often abbreviated JV) is an entity formed between two or more parties to undertake economic activity together Trimble Navigation Ltd ( based in Sunnyvale California, is a provider of advanced positioning equipment most notably GPS receivers Laser rangefinders Caterpillar Trimble Control Technologies LLC is based in Dayton, Ohio and started its operations on April 1, 2002. Dayton is a city in southwestern Ohio, United States. It is the County seat and largest city of Montgomery County. Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne

Management

Caterpillar has a corporate governance structure where the Chairman of the board also acts as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Corporate governance is the set of Processes customs Policies, laws and institutions affecting the way a Corporation is directed administered or controlled A chief executive officer ( CEO) or chief executive is typically the highest-ranking corporate officer ( executive) or administrator The Board of Directors is fully independent and is made up of non-employee directors selected from outside the company. Several group presidents report to the CEO, and multiple vice presidents report to each group president. President is a Title leaders of Organizations companies, Trade unions universities, and countries. __FORCETOC__ For the Vice President of the United States, their roles and other information see Vice President of the United States.

The board has four committees: Audit, Compensation, Governance, and Public Policy. In a publicly-held Company, an audit committee is an operating committee of the Board of Directors typically charged with oversight of financial reporting and disclosure

The behavior of all employees is governed by a Code of Worldwide Business Conduct, first published in 1974 and last amended in 2005, which sets the corporate standard for honesty and ethical behavior. Management employees are retested on this code annually.

Current board of directors

James W. Owens - Chairman and CEO W. Frank Blount John R. Brazil Daniel M. Dickinson John T. Dillon

Eugene V. Fife Gail D. Fosler Juan Gallardo David R. Goode Peter A. Magowan

William A. Osborn Charles Powell Edward B. Rust, Jr. Joshua I. Smith

In the 1990s, Caterpillar management adopted the Six Sigma quality management program in an effort to reduce costs and inventory, and identify and correct defects in the company's processes and products. James W Owens is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Caterpillar Inc W Frank Blount is the chairman and CEO of Venture capital firm JI Ventures, Inc John R Brazil is the current president of Trinity University in San Antonio Texas. Caterpillar Inc ( is a United States -based Corporation headquartered in Peoria Illinois. John T Dillon, retired chairman and chief executive officer president and chief operating officer and executive vice president – packaging of International Paper (paper and Caterpillar Inc ( is a United States -based Corporation headquartered in Peoria Illinois. Gail D Fosler (b 1947? is a prominent American economist and economic forecaster Caterpillar Inc ( is a United States -based Corporation headquartered in Peoria Illinois. David R Goode is the retired Chairman President and CEO of Norfolk Southern Corporation (holding company engaged principally in surface transportation Peter A Magowan (born 1942) is the former managing general partner of the San Francisco Giants Major League Baseball franchise William A Osborn is Chairman and CEO of Northern Trust Corporation (multibank holding company and The Northern Trust Company (bank This article is about the British diplomat politician and businessman Edward B Rust Jr is chairman of the board and Chief executive officer of State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company Bloomington Illinois. Joshua I Smith is Chairman and Managing Partner of the Coaching Group, LLC (management consulting Six Sigma is a Business management strategy originally developed by Motorola, that today enjoys wide-spread application in many sectors of industry

Employment

Caterpillar's worldwide employment was 96,315 at the end of the second quarter 2007, up 4,001, or 4 percent, from second quarter 2006. Of the increase, about 1,000 were the result of acquisitions, about 2,000 were salaried and management employees and 1,000 were hourly employees. ^[5] Due to restructuring of business operations, the decades since the 1990s have seen the elimination of 20,000 high-wage union jobs in the Peoria, Illinois area, while employment has increased due to the use of more foreign and nonunion labor. A trade union or labour union is an organization of workers who have banded together to achieve common goals in key areas such as wages hours and working conditions forming Peoria Illinois (named after the Peoria tribe is the largest city on the Illinois River and the County seat of Peoria County, Illinois

According to a 2001 article in the Nashville Business Journal, 60% of Caterpillar's employees work outside the United States. ^[6]

Labor problems

Caterpillar came close to bankruptcy in the early 1980s, at one point losing almost $1 million per day due to a sharp downturn in product demand as competition with Japanese rival Komatsu (who at the time used the internal slogan "encircle Caterpillar"^[7]) heated up. Bankruptcy is a legally declared inability or impairment of ability of an individual or organization to pay their Creditors Creditors may file a bankruptcy petition against For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. For the city called Komatsu in Ishikawa prefecture Japan see Komatsu Ishikawa. The company also suffered when President Ronald Reagan declared an embargo against the Soviet Union after they invaded Afghanistan, causing the company to be unable to sell millions of dollars worth of pipelaying equipment it had already built. As of 2006, there are several United States embargoes and sanctions in force by the United States against several countries and activities the most notable of The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, The impact of the embargo on the company was about $400 million. ^[8]

The results were layoffs and massive labor union strikes, primarily by the United Auto Workers against plants in Illinois and Pennsylvania. Layoff is the temporary suspension or permanent Termination of employment of an Employee or (more commonly a group of employees for Business reasons A trade union or labour union is an organization of workers who have banded together to achieve common goals in key areas such as wages hours and working conditions forming Strike action, often simply called a strike, is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal by Employees to perform work. Template talkInfobox Union for usage -->The United Automobile Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America International The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern Several news reports at the time indicated that products were piling up so high in facilities that temporary workers hired to work the lines could barely make their way to their work stations. Caterpillar suffered another long labor disagreement, locking out union workers in the 1990s and hiring what it termed "permanent replacements. A lockout is a Work stoppage in which an Employer prevents employees from working The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999 "

Caterpillar's response to these labor conflicts was to "farm out" much of its parts production and warehouse work to outside firms: rather than fighting the union, Caterpillar has made itself less vulnerable to the tools traditionally available to organized workers. Caterpillar also made effective use of office staff during the disputes, suspending research and development work to send thousands of engineers and others into their factories to fill in for striking or locked out union members. An engineer is a person professionally engaged in a field of Engineering.

Caterpillar also embarked on its "southern strategy," opening new small plants, termed "focus facilities", in right to work states such as North Carolina (Clayton and Sanford), South Carolina (Greenville), Mississippi (Corinth), Missouri (Boonville), Tennessee (Dyersburg), and Georgia (Griffin and LaGrange), where labor laws provide fewer protections for workers seeking to organize. The Right to work is the concept that people have a human right to work and may not be prevented from doing so North Carolina ( is a state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States Clayton is a town in Johnston County, North Carolina, United States. Sanford is a city in Lee County, North Carolina, United States. South Carolina ( is a state in the southern region ( Deep South) of the United States of America. Greenville is a mid-sized city located in the upstate of South Carolina. Mississippi ( is a state located in the Deep South of the United States Corinth is a city in Alcorn County, Mississippi, United States. Missouri ( or) is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee Boonville is a city in Cooper County, Missouri, USA The population was 8202 at the 2000 census Tennessee ( is a state located in the Southern United States. Dyersburg is a city in and the County seat of Dyer County, Tennessee, United States, 77 miles (124 km north-northeast of The State of Georgia ( is a state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against British rule Griffin is a city in Spalding County, Georgia, United States. LaGrange is a City in Troup County, Georgia, United States. It is named after the country estate near Paris of the Marquis de Labour law (also known as employment or labor law is the body of Laws administrative rulings and precedents which address the legal rights of and restrictions This method has replaced nearly 20,000 high-wage union jobs in the Peoria, Illinois area, while increasing overall employment levels and allowing Caterpillar to survive and grow stronger. Peoria Illinois (named after the Peoria tribe is the largest city on the Illinois River and the County seat of Peoria County, Illinois

Notable achievements and controversies

Caterpillar has been involved in a number of "firsts. " Their crawler tractors inspired the first military tanks, which helped end World War I. A tank is a tracked, Armoured fighting vehicle designed for Front-line combat which combines Operational mobility and tactical World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Their machines helped build the Hoover Dam, the U. Hoover Dam, also sometimes known as Boulder Dam, is a Concrete Arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the S. Interstate highway system, the Chunnel under the English Channel, and construct cities and neighborhoods across the United States. The Dwight D Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, commonly called the Interstate Highway System (or simply the Interstate System) The Channel Tunnel (Le tunnel sous la Manche also known as the Chunnel, is a undersea rail tunnel linking Folkestone, Kent in England with Caterpillar equipment helped to tumble the Berlin Wall but also to build the United States–Mexico border and Israeli West Bank border barriers. The Berlin Wall (Berliner Mauer was a physical barrier separating West Berlin from the German Democratic Republic (GDR ( East Germany) including The United States&ndashMexico barrier, also known as the Texas border wall or Texas border fence is actually several Separation barriers designed to prevent West bank walljpg|thumb|Aerial view looking east from the Israeli side

Excellent Company designation

Caterpillar was one of the "excellent" companies featured in the 1982 best-selling management book In Search of Excellence by Tom Peters. In Search of Excellence is an international bestselling book written by Tom Peters and Robert H Thomas J Peters (born November 7, 1942) is an American Writer on business management practices best-known for In Search of Excellence The company's written principles are the Code of Worldwide Business Conduct document that stresses integrity in every action. ^[9]

Environmental impacts

Caterpillar has been criticized by many environmental groups. Products produced by the company include forestry equipment, mining equipment, and diesel engines. While providing higher fuel efficiency than gasoline engines, diesel engines usually produce higher levels of NOx and particulates. Nitrous oxide, commonly known as " laughing gas," is a Chemical compound with the Chemical formula N 2 O.

In July, 1999, Caterpillar, along with five other diesel engine manufacturers, signed a consent decree with the Justice Department and the State of California, after governmental investigations had revealed violations of the Clean Air Act, in the form of the sale of over a million diesel engines with "defeat devices," devices designed to regulate emissions during pre-sale tests, but to disable themselves in favor of better performance during subsequent highway driving. A consent decree (also referred to as a consent order) is a judicial Decree expressing a voluntary agreement between parties to a suit, especially For animal rights group see Justice Department (JD The United States Department of Justice ( DOJ) is a Cabinet department A Clean Air Act describes one of a number of pieces of legislation relating to the reduction of Smog and Air pollution in general Consequently, these engines "emit up to triple the permissible level of smog-forming nitrogen oxides (NOx). Smog is a kind of Air pollution; the word "smog" is a Portmanteau of Smoke and Fog. The term nitrogen oxide typically refers to any Binary compound of Oxygen and Nitrogen, or to a mixture of such compounds Nitric In 1998 alone, these violating vehicles emitted 1. 3 million tons of additional NOx — an amount equal to the emissions of 65 million cars. " For this reason, Caterpillar was named the "Clean Air Villain of the Month" for August 2000 by the Clean Air Trust. ^[10] The consent decree provided that $83 million be paid in civil penalties and determined new deadlines for meeting emissions standards. Caterpillar, however, was successful in lobbying for an extension of deadlines they considered too severe. Even so, in October, 2002, Caterpillar – the only diesel engine company (of those that signed decrees) to fail to meet the new emissions standards deadline – was forced to pay $128 million in per-engine non-conformance penalties. ^[11]

In 2004, the company came out with ACERT diesel engines that exceed federal guidelines for emission standards. ^[12] In 2007, Caterpillar released a second generation of ACERT to meet even stricter standards. ^[13]

Caterpillar actively^[14] participates in initiatives such as the United States Environmental Protection Agency's National Clean Diesel Campaign program, which encourages retrofitting fleets of older buses and trucks with newer diesel engines that meet higher emissions standards. ^[15]

In 2005, Cat expressed a strong commitment to sustainability in its annual report's "letter to shareholders" and announced plans to publish an annual sustainability report. ^[16]

In 2005, Caterpillar donated $12 million dollars to The Nature Conservancy in a joint effort to protect and preserve river systems in Brazil, USA, and China. The Nature Conservancy is a US charitable Environmental organization working to preserve the Plants, Animals, and natural communities ^[17]

In recent years Caterpillar has expanded in the remanufacturing area. In 2006 they acquired Progress Rail Services Corporation, a provider of remanufactured locomotive and railcar products and services to the North American railroad industry. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. In 2007, they acquired Eurenov S. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. A. S. , a remanufacturer of engines, transmissions and components for leading European automotive manufacturers.

In 2006, the company issued its first annual sustainability report, touting its remanufacturing, recycling, and environmental projects around the world. This report can be found on their website.

Caterpillar has, for many years, been a member of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development based in Geneva, Switzerland. The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD is a CEO-led global association of some 200 international companies dealing exclusively with business and Sustainable Geneva (Genève is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and is the most populous city of Romandy (the French -speaking ^[18]

Caterpillar has been listed on the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index each year since 2001. ^[19]

An example of how Caterpillar is helping the environment is by creating the world’s largest coal mine methane plant. Methane is a greenhouse gas that eventually could be used as a clean energy source. Caterpillar contracted with China to provide 60 methane gas powered generators and produce 120 megawatts of power at the Sihe Coal Mine in Jincheng City, Shanxi province. The project will improve methane gas ventilation at the mine site and create an environmentally friendly fuel source to generate electricity. ^[20]

Caterpillar divisions have won Illinois Governor's Pollution Prevention Awards every year since 1998. ^[21]

Caterpillar was awarded the 2007 Illinois Governor's Pollution Prevention Award for three projects: The Hydraulics and Hydraulic Systems business unit in Joliet implemented a flame sprayed coating for its truck suspension system, replacing a chroming process, reducing hazardous waste by 700,000 pounds annually and saving 14 million gallons of water. Caterpillar's Cast Metals Organization in Mapleton worked with the American Foundry Society to help produce a rule to reduce hazardous waste in scrap metal that would not only meet strict quality requirements, but would allow foundries to continue to recycle certain types of scrap and maintain a competitive cost structure. Caterpillar's Mossville Engine Center formed a team to look at used oil re-use and recycle processes that forced MEC to send large amounts of used oil off-site for recycling, and developed an updated system for reclaiming it for re-use on-site. The resulting benefits included a usage reduction of about 208,000 gallons of oil per year. ^[22]

Israeli military sales and conversions

Caterpillar equipment, especially the D9 bulldozer, has been equipped with armor and military equipment by third parties, and used as a combat engineering vehicle. The Israel Defense Forces ( IDF) (צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, lit Combat engineering vehicles (CEVs are armoured vehicles built for Engineering work on the battlefield or for the transportation of Sappers Types of combat Caterpillar has been criticized by activists for selling its equipment to Israel, which has used it in the destruction of Palestinian homes. ^[23][24]

A shareholder motion to examine the issue has been brought repeatedly by socially responsible investors at Caterpillar's annual meetings. Socially responsible investing, also known as sustainable investing or ethical investing describes an Investment Strategy which seeks to maximize both Financial In recommending a vote against the motion, Caterpillar's board stated, "Caterpillar shares the world's concern over unrest in the Middle East and we certainly have compassion for all those affected by the political strife. However, more than two million Caterpillar machines and engines are at work in virtually every country of the world each day. We have neither the legal right nor the means to police individual use of that equipment. We believe any comments on political conflict in the region are best left to our governmental leaders who have the ability to impact action and advance the peace process. " The motion received 4% of shareholder support at the 2004 annual meeting. ^[25]

The family of Rachel Corrie, an American who was inadvertently killed by a Caterpillar tractor while protesting Israeli military action in Gaza, sued Caterpillar alleging it violated human rights and committed war crimes by knowingly selling its equipment to the Israeli army. Rachel Corrie ( April 10, 1979 &ndash March 16, 2003) was an American member of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM War crimes are "violations of the laws or customs of war" including but not limited to "murder the ill-treatment or deportation of civilian residents of an occupied Four Palestinians whose homes were bulldozed joined her as plaintiffs. ^[26] An Israeli government investigation claimed that the bulldozer team was clearing debris to uncover smuggling tunnels, not destroying homes, and that the operator did not see Corrie. ^[27]

The suit was dismissed by a U. S. District Court judge in Tacoma in 2005. ^[28] The dismissal was upheld on appeal to the San Francisco-based 9th U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals on September 17, 2007, saying it is not the court's role to criticize foreign policy. Events 1176 - The Battle of Myriokephalon is fought 1462 - The Battle of Świecino (or Battle of Żarnowiec Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. "The executive branch has made a policy determination that Israel should purchase Caterpillar bulldozers," the appeals court decision stated. "A court could not find in favor of the plaintiffs without implicitly questioning, and even condemning, United States foreign policy toward Israel. "^[29]

References in popular culture

• The Fighting Seabees Movie starring John Wayne, Navy Seabees (construction battalions) use Caterpillar tractors during World War II
• The Grapes of Wrath Book by John Steinbeck
• The Grapes of Wrath Film, screenplay by Nunnally Johnson: "They come. The Fighting Seabees is a War film starring John Wayne, Dennis O'Keefe and Susan Hayward. The Seabees are the Construction Battalions of the United States Navy. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Grapes of Wrath is a novel published in 1939 and written by John Steinbeck, who was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize for John Steinbeck III (February 27 1902—December 20 1968 was one of the best-known and most widely read American writers of the 20th century The Grapes of Wrath ( 1940) is a American Drama film directed by John Ford. Nunnally Hunter Johnson ( December 5, 1897 - March 25, 1977) was an American filmmaker who wrote produced and directed films They come and pushed me off. They come with the cats . . . the Caterpillar tractors. "
• Smokey and the Bandit: Movie, the character "Snowman" wears a "Cat Diesel Power" hat in his role as a "typical southern trucker". Smokey and the Bandit is a 1977 movie starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Pat McCormick ^[30]
• "Lipstick (Ascending) on Caterpillar Tracks" Sculpture (1969) by Swedish sculptor Claes Oldenburg^[31]
• The Monkey Wrench Gang Book by Edward Abbey: "They crawled all over a Caterpillar D-9A, world's greatest bulldozer, the idol of all highwaymen. Claes Oldenburg (born January 28, 1929) is a sculptor, best known for his Public art installations typically featuring very large replicas of The Monkey Wrench Gang is a Novel written by American Author Edward Abbey (1927&ndash1989 published in 1975 Edward Paul Abbey ( January 29, 1927 - March 14, 1989) was an American author and essayist noted for his advocacy of environmental Put so much sand in the crankcase. . . "
• Black Dog (film) Movie: "Ain't nothing like a Caterpillar engine. Black Dog is a 1998 film about an ex-con manipulated into transporting illegal arms . . "
• Sponsor of the number 22 Caterpillar Toyota Camry driven by Dave Blaney for Bill Davis Racing (NASCAR)
• Sponsor the Top Fuel Dragster driven by Rod Fuller (NHRA)

References

External links

• Official Caterpillar website
  • Company History
  • Engine Development
  • North American Dealer Network
  • Customize a Caterpillar Machine
• Antique Caterpillar Machinery Owners Club
• GMworkersblog Blog of GM and Caterpillar workers

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