Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 73. Chapters: Burmeister & Wain, Iveco, Napier & Son, Caterpillar Inc., Navistar International, Briggs & Stratton, Coventry Climax, John Deere, Ruston, Rolls-Royce Limited, Solar Turbines, J. C. Bamford, White and Middleton, UD Trucks, Wartsila, GE Jenbacher, R A Lister and Company, Lister Petter, JA Prestwich Industries, Continental Motors Company, Crossley, Petters Limited, Fuji Heavy Industries, Desa diesel, VM Motori, Perkins Engines Company Limited, MWM International Motores, Ricardo plc, Deutz AG, Lombardini S.r.l., MTU Friedrichshafen, J&H McLaren & Co., Paxman, Buda Engine Co., British Polar Engines, MAN Diesel, L. Gardner and Sons, MWM GmbH, Villiers Engineering, Coventry-Victor, Kelvin Diesels, Hooven-Owens-Rentschler, Waggott Engineering, List of Allis-Chalmers engines, Fiat Powertrain Technologies, MAN Diesel & Turbo, Iran Combine Manufacturing Company, Henry Meadows, Ailsa Craig Engines, Blackstone & Co, Wickman Diesel, NC2 Global, Shaanxi Diesel Engine Factory, Dimadis-Kanakis, Andoria-Mot, Dongfeng Automobile Company, Chang'an Ford Mazda Engine, Stover Manufacturing and Engine Company, Hensim, Krampers, Steyr Motors GmbH, Waukesha Engines, TSS Group, Protean Electric. Excerpt: Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT), also known as "CAT," designs, manufactures, markets and sells machinery and engines and sells financial products and insurance to customers via a worldwide dealer network. Caterpillar is the world's largest manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines and industrial gas turbines. With more than US$7 billion in assets, Caterpillar was ranked number one in its industry and number 44 overall in the 2009 Fortune 500. Caterpillar stock is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Caterpillar Inc. traces its origins to the 1925 merger of the Holt Manufacturing Company and the...