ʻO ka mea hoʻoheheʻe wahie maʻamau 10r2780 no ka ʻenekini Diesel Caterpillar i kūpono me Cat 3406e Engine.

ʻO Caterpillar Inc. he mea hana hale hana ʻAmelika. ʻO ka hui ka mea hana nui loa o ka honua i nā lako hana. Ma 2018, ua helu ʻia ʻo Caterpillar i ka helu 65 ma ka papa inoa Fortune 500 a me ka helu 238 ma ka papa inoa Global Fortune 500. ʻO ka waihona Caterpillar kekahi mea o ka Dow Jones Industrial Average.

Hoʻokumu ʻia ʻo Caterpillar Inc. i ka hui 1925 o ka Holt Manufacturing Company a me ka CL Best Tractor Company, e hana ana i kahi hui hou, ʻo Caterpillar Tractor Company ma Kaleponi. I ka makahiki 1986, ua hoʻonohonoho hou ka hui iā ia iho ma ke ʻano he hui Delaware ma lalo o ka inoa o kēia manawa, ʻo Caterpillar Inc. Ua hoʻolaha ʻia ma Ianuali 2017 i ka wā o ia makahiki, e hoʻoneʻe ʻo ia i kona keʻena nui mai Peoria, Illinois, a i Deerfield, Illinois, e kāpae ana i nā hoʻolālā mai Peoria, Illinois. 2015 o ke kūkulu ʻana i $800 miliona mau keʻena nui hou ma ke kaona ʻo Peoria. Aia kona keʻena nui ma Irving, Texas, mai 2022.

Hāʻawi ka hui i nā laikini a kūʻai aku i kahi laina lole a me nā kāmaʻa lole hana ma lalo o kona inoa Cat / Caterpillar. Eia hou, ua laikini ka hui i ka brand kelepona ʻo Cat o nā kelepona paʻakikī a me nā kelepona paʻakikī mai ka makahiki 2012. ʻIke ʻia nā mīkini Caterpillar a me nā huahana ʻē aʻe i hui ʻia e ko lākou inoa inoa "Caterpillar Yellow" livery a me ka logo "CAT".

Hoʻomaka ka hui i nā mīkini kaʻaahi mahu i hana ʻia e ka Holt Manufacturing Company i ka makahiki 1890. ʻO nā traktor mahu o nā makahiki 1890 a me nā makahiki mua o 1900 he kaumaha loa, i kekahi manawa he 1,000 paona (450 kg) no kēlā me kēia lio, a hāʻule pinepine i ka honua o ka ʻāina mahiʻai ʻo San Joaquin Valley Delta e hoʻopuni ana iā Stockton, Kaleponi. Ua hoʻāʻo ʻo Benjamin Holt e hoʻoponopono i ka pilikia ma ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka nui a me ka laula o nā huila a hiki i ka 7.5 kapuaʻi (2.3 m) kiʻekiʻe a me 6 kapuaʻi (1.8 m) ākea, e hana ana i kahi tractor 46 kapuaʻi (14 m) ākea, akā ua hana pū kēia i ka ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī, pipiʻi, a paʻakikī hoʻi ka mālama ʻana.