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- Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT.SW) manufactures construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines, and diesel-electric locomotives; its core offerings encompass articulated trucks, backhoe loaders, dozers, excavators, generators, motor graders, skid steer loaders, wheel loaders, hydraulic excavators, off-highway trucks, and locomotives for use in construction, road-building, mining, forestry, energy, transportation, and material-handling industries worldwide. The company, founded in 1925 through the merger of Holt Manufacturing Company and C. L. Best Tractor Company and headquartered in Irving, Texas, operates through primary segments including Construction Industries, Resource Industries, Energy & Transportation, and Financial Products; it serves customers across nearly 200 countries via an extensive global dealer network and provides financing through Cat Financial. Recent developments include a $725 million capital expansion at its Lafayette, Indiana large engine facility to boost production for AI data centers and critical infrastructure, a five-year $100 million U.S. workforce training pledge, a strategic collaboration with Vertiv for AI data center energy solutions, and an agreement to acquire RPMGlobal Holdings Limited for $728 million to enhance mining software capabilities in asset management, fleet management, and autonomy, expected to close in the first quarter of 2026.