Caterpillar Corporation

Caterpillar, Inc. is the world's largest manufacturer of heavy equipment machinery, earthmoving machinery, and construction, mining, and agricultural equipment. It also manufactures diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines, and logging and oil industry equipment. It has over $7 billion in assets, and ranked number one in its industry and number 44 overall in the 2009 Fortune 500 companies. The company itself originated in 1925 with the merger of two companies, and reorganized in 1986 as Caterpillar Inc., with its corporate headquarters in Peoria, Illinois. 2010 revenue was almost $43 billion with almost $3 billion in net income. The company has over 130,000 employees and eight viable subsidiaries (Caterpillar.com, 2011).

Strategy - Caterpillar believes itself to be poised for 21st century growth in a marketplace in which it is recognized as the leader in every country that it does business; that its products, services, and solutions will...
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