PEORIA, Ill. Dec 18 (Reuters) - Construction and mining equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. on Monday said it agreed to sell its new MT line of tractors to AGCO Corp. , a Duluth, Georgia-based ...

Peoria, IL (June 15, 2011) – Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) announced today that it plans to open a new manufacturing facility in Thailand. Construction will begin on the new factory in 2011, with ...

Farm and construction equipment companies, such as Caterpillar (CAT) and Deere & Company (DE), have trounced the broader markets over the past two decades. For instance, shares of Caterpillar have ...

Both Caterpillar Inc. and John Deere Co. are area manufacturing giants that, despite diversification, are known for the tractors they make. Caterpillar is a world leader when it comes to mining and ...

The 657 Caterpillar scraper is a combination tractor-scraper utilizing a 585-horsepower Cat C18 diesel in the tractor and a 447-horsepower C15 in the scraper. The transmission features Electronic ...

Caterpillar is moving faster in expanding its line of Navistar-built Cat Trucks following the 2011 introduction of its original CT660 with a setback steer axle. Last fall brought the CT681, with a ...

In the construction field, few sights are as instantly identifiable as the distinctive yellow livery that adorns equipment bearing the Caterpillar logo. That hasn't always been the case, of course.

EAST PEORIA — Forty years ago this month, the doors of a new factory just across the Illinois River from Caterpillar Inc. headquarters opened for the first time to reveal a radically updated and ...