On April 15, 1925, the Holt Manufacturing Co. and C.L. Best Tractor Co. merged to form Caterpillar Tractor Co. Caterpillar has been celebrating this anniversary throughout the year, even commissioning ...

WEST FARGO — In 1925, Caterpillar Tractor Company was formed to build steam- and gas-powered farm equipment to replace machines run by horses. To celebrate 100 years, the company is bringing its ...

Grounded in central Illinois throughout its century-long history, heavy equipment manufacturer Caterpillar has seemingly been smitten by corporate wanderlust of late, moving its headquarters from ...

The rising Mississippi River had flooded much of downtown Davenport, but business leaders attending a luncheon at the Blackhawk Hotel were awash in civic pride. Caterpillar Tractor Co. had just ...

The story of how Caterpillar came to central Illinois started more than a decade before the company was officially created. Caterpillar, as it is known today, was created through the merger of Holt ...

Caterpillar turned the heads of CES attendees with a monstrous, all-electric underground mining loader – but the real game-changer wasn’t the big mining rig, or even the electric excavator. Instead, ...