Caterpillar News Updates

Caterpillar has announced the planned closing of five plants and the elimination of about 820 jobs as part of its ongoing restructuring in response to “tough market conditions.”

Caterpillar Inc. will stop production of its on-highway vocational trucks due to the “current business climate in the truck industry.”

A five-year, $305 billion bill that was signed into law in December provides a modest increase to highway and transit spending, as well as a ray of sunshine during what has been a dark period for Caterpillar.

For Caterpillar Inc., the commodities rout has yet to hit bottom.

Caterpillar Inc., the world’s biggest mining and construction machinery manufacturer, reduced its sales forecast and said it will cut as many as 10,000 jobs over four years in response to a slowdown in the mining and energy industries.

Caterpillar Inc. and Navistar International Corp. will terminate the arrangement under which Navistar builds vocational trucks for Caterpillar, and each company will move forward with independent lines of severe-duty trucks, the companies announced in separate statements.

Caterpillar Inc. and Navistar International Corp. will terminate the arrangement under which Navistar builds vocational trucks for Caterpillar, and each company will move forward with independent lines of severe-duty trucks, the companies announced in separate statements.

Caterpillar Inc., the largest manufacturer of construction and mining machinery, cut its full-year sales forecast after the U.S. dollar strengthened and said important end-user industries remain weak.

Caterpillar has expanded its line of Class 8 vocational trucks with its new CT680 model, a set-forward-axle truck designed for heavy applications and tough conditions.

Caterpillar Inc. announced it has begun full production of its new Class 8 CT681 vocational truck.