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Safety
Cat unveils its first virtual-reality trainer, simulating worker’s first day on road paving crew
Cat has developed common scenarios that could possibly occur on a rural four-lane highway paving operation. Check it out here on Equipment World!
February 18, 2019
Technology
REVIEW: Caterpillar S40’s excellent durability, battery life come with major sacrifices
No. 6 Story in 2015 « No. 7 No. 5 »  It’s not often that Caterpillar is beaten handily by competitors when it comes to power. But that’s exactly where the company’s smartphone lineup finds itself. However, it’s not exactly due to a design failure. It’s more of a consequence of trying to find the […]
October 28, 2015
Technology
How Caterpillar is developing virtual and augmented reality to design and service heavy equipment
We are in the midst of a transition between ages. Data is everywhere. Computers will soon be in nearly every pocket and screens are increasingly being strapped to more and more wrists and heads. Even our homes, a thing that you wouldn’t necessarily have pegged as a data-intensive environment, have become Smart with a capital […]
October 22, 2015
Technology
Caterpillar unveils the S40: Rugged smartphone’s slim design combines Cat DNA, user feedback (PHOTOS)
Two years ago, the no. 1 manufacturer of heavy equipment in the world entered a market comprised of concepts and products very different from those it has delivered for nearly 100 years. In early 2013 the company famous for hulking bulldozers, rugged trucks and other equipment meant for moving mountains of dirt here in the […]
August 27, 2015
Technology
Caterpillar’s Era of Analytics: Coaching customers, autonomous machines and more tech the Iron Giant is planning for the future
Five years ago, hardly any heavy equipment was connected with telematics, says Paolo Fellin, vice president of construction and infrastructure industries at Caterpillar. Today, he says, the company has more than 300,000 connected machines worldwide. “Two years ago, when I visited customers and talked about technology, sometimes they would get a glazed look in their […]
July 17, 2015
Technology
Caterpillar partners with Modustri to provide immediate parts wear inspection data in the field
The latest in a growing string of tech investments and partnerships for the company, Caterpillar announced today a collaboration that will give its customers access to mobile-based equipment wear management hardware in the field. The world’s largest heavy equipment manufacturer has entered into a strategic alliance with Modustri, the developer of the HDE Product Suite, a […]
June 17, 2015
Technology
Caterpillar will pay back $1 for each gallon of fuel you burn beyond its benchmarks
This week Caterpillar unveiled a new fuel guarantee initiative that will give participating contractors $1 back for every gallon of diesel their newly acquired machines burn above the benchmarked rates established by the company. The Fuel Consumption Guarantee program will run between May 1 and December 31 this year. Contractors who buy an eligible Cat […]
May 15, 2015
Dealers
Caterpillar invests in, adds dealer inventory to Yard Club, an online contractor-to-contractor equipment rental service
Most contractors outside of San Francisco have likely never heard of Yard Club. But thanks to an investment from and substantial partnership with Caterpillar, that’s about to change. Caterpillar announced today that it has entered into an agreement that will greatly expand the startup equipment rental service, founded in 2013. Much in the same way […]
May 7, 2015
Business
Caterpillar to crunch even more data through acquisition of marine analytics firm ESRG
Just in case you didn’t think Caterpillar was really serious about this whole Big Data thing, the company today announced it has completed the acquisition of a marine industry analytics company. Caterpillar Marine has acquired ESRG Technologies Group, a Virginia Beach-based company specializing in marine telematics and analytics. The acquisition will bring ESRG’s telematics software, which […]
April 15, 2015
Business
Caterpillar doubles down on dedication to equipment data with new Analytics & Innovation division
Following through on its March promise to work to begin rolling out predictive diagnostic improvements to its Produc Link telematics service “in the coming months,” Caterpillar has announced the creation of a new division within the company that will focus solely on data and creating new ways for its customers to put the information to work. […]
April 13, 2015
Technology
Caterpillar’s predictive diagnostics will enable more “repairs before failure” in future telematics updates
It’s not too often that you’ll see a construction boss smile while talking about an equipment operator mishandling a machine. But with a recent job, taking place hundreds of miles away from his office, Allen Feller got a taste of the magic of telematics. Feller is the co-owner of Feller Enterprises, an excavation firm based in St. George, […]
March 12, 2015
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