Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) is the world‘s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines, and diesel-electric locomotives.
The company was formed in 1925 through the merger of Holt Manufacturing Company and C.L. Best Tractor Co., and is headquartered in Irving, Texas, U.S..
Over its century-long history, the company has invested approximately $30 billion in R&D over the past 20 years. More than 4 million Caterpillar machines are in operation worldwide. In autonomous mining, Caterpillar has over 30 years of R&D investment, with autonomous haul trucks safely transporting more than 3 billion metric tons of material and accumulating over 110 million kilometers of autonomous operation.