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2015 YEAR IN REVIEW
Holt Manufacturing
Company and the C.L.
Best Tractor Company
merge to form Caterpillar,
reflecting the movement
of the company’s line of
track-type tractors.
1925
1925
First year sales were $13 million
for a product line of 5 tractors.
About two months after
“Black Tuesday,” which some
say signaled the start of the
Great Depression, Caterpillar
Tractor Company stock
became available for public
trading (NYSE: CAT).
1929
WHERE WE
STARTED The 21st century world you see today has been built
with the help of Caterpillar machines and solutions.
We’ve spent the past 90 years creating, building,
problem solving, innovating, testing, servicing and
improving. In the process, we’ve built a global leader.
A WORLD IN CRISIS Our formative years were spent growing in a global
economy marked by depression and world war.
1931
Our strong legacy of innovation
begins with the introduction of
our first diesel tractor.
Our manufacturing
headquarters move from
California to Illinois and
we change the standard
paint color of our machines
from gray to yellow.
1931
1944
Cat® machines help start the
construction of more than 70,000
miles of U.S. highways.
Came out with our first
bulldozer blade. This was
the first time making our
own attachments. After
the war, with new global
manufacturing, product
line exploded.
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