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CATERPILLAR INC
NYSE:CAT (12/23/2024, 1:40:02 PM)
365.665
-0.37 (-0.1%)
Caterpillar, Inc. engages in the business of manufacturing construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines, and diesel-electric locomotives. The company is headquartered in Irving, Texas and currently employs 113,200 full-time employees. The firm operates through its three primary segments: Construction Industries, Resource Industries and Energy & Transportation. The company also provides financing and related services through its Financial Products segment. The Construction Industries segment is primarily responsible for supporting customers using machinery in infrastructure and building construction applications. The Resource Industries segment is primarily responsible for supporting customers using machinery in mining, heavy construction and quarry and aggregates. The Energy & Transportation segment is primarily responsible for supporting customers using reciprocating engines, turbines, diesel-electric locomotives, and related services across industries serving oil and gas, power generation, industrial and transportation applications.
CATERPILLAR INC
5205 N. O'connor Boulevard, Suite 100
Irving TEXAS 60015
P: 19728917700
CEO: D. James Umpleby III
Employees: 113200
Website: https://www.caterpillar.com
New loans, leases and lines of credit signed up by companies in November rose to $10.36 billion, from $9.53 billion in the year-ago period. The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation, ELFA's non-profit affiliate, said its confidence index for December reached a fresh three-year high, indicating that executives expect continued strength in lending volumes and further improvements in financial conditions. The ELFA CapEx Finance Index of leasing and finance activity is based on a 25-member survey which includes Bank of America as well as the financing units of Caterpillar, Dell Technologies, Siemens AG, Canon and Volvo AB.
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