Caterpillar Inc. reports news on its global equipment, power and financing businesses. The company manufactures construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives, with operating activity organized around Power & Energy, Construction Industries and Resource Industries.
Recurring updates include quarterly results, segment sales, machine and power-system retail demand, dividend and share-repurchase actions, Cat Financial performance, shareholder meeting materials, executive and board changes, dealer-supported customer activity and strategic power-generation or workforce initiatives tied to advanced manufacturing and technician skills.
Caterpillar (CAT) allocated up to $10 million to North Carolina workforce development as part of its broader manufacturing training initiative. The allocation is the sixth under its five-year, $100 million Building the Future Workforce Initiative. Working with Central Carolina Community College and the Sanford Area Growth Alliance, Caterpillar aims to expand hands-on training and access to manufacturing and industry technician careers.
Caterpillar also recently announced plans to invest approximately $1 billion in North Carolina manufacturing capacity, including a new Sanford facility designed to increase production of compact track loaders and telehandlers.
Caterpillar (CAT) appointed Derrick York as group president of Resource Industries, effective Nov. 1, 2026, succeeding Denise Johnson.
Johnson will move into an advisory role on Nov. 1, 2026, before retiring effective Feb. 1, 2027. She joined Caterpillar in 2011 and has led Resource Industries since 2016. York currently serves as president of Solar Turbines and Caterpillar senior vice president. He has led Solar Turbines since 2023 and previously served as senior vice president of Caterpillar's Oil & Gas and Marine division.
Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) will release its third-quarter 2026 financial results at 5:30 a.m. CDT on October 29, 2026.
A listen-only analyst call and webcast will begin at 7:30 a.m. CDT that day. Results, the webcast and a subsequent transcript and replay will be available on Caterpillar’s investor website.
Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) maintained its quarterly common-stock dividend at $1.63 per share, payable November 19 to eligible shareholders.
Shareholders must be on record at the close of business October 26. With this payment, Caterpillar will have paid higher annual dividends for 33 consecutive years. The company has paid quarterly dividends since 1933.
Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) maintained its quarterly common-stock dividend at $1.63 per share, payable November 19, 2026. Shareholders of record at the close of business October 19 are eligible. Caterpillar has paid quarterly dividends since 1933. With this payment, the company will have paid higher annual dividends for 33 consecutive years.
Caterpillar (CAT) intends to invest approximately $1 billion in North Carolina to expand manufacturing capacity for its Cat Compact business.
The plans include a new manufacturing facility in Sanford designed to increase production of compact track loaders and telehandlers to meet customer demand. Caterpillar says the project supports its strategy of making equipment access more convenient for small contractors and growing businesses. The facility is expected to incorporate advanced manufacturing technologies, automation, digital production systems and integrated logistics capabilities. The manufacturing environment is designed to improve safety, quality and operational performance.
Caterpillar (CAT) agreed to acquire John Fabick Tractor Company, a Cat dealer serving Wisconsin and portions of three other states.
Fabick’s territory covers parts of Missouri and Illinois, all of Wisconsin and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Caterpillar says it aims to maintain customer service and local support through the ownership transition. The transaction requires regulatory approval and is subject to other customary closing conditions. Caterpillar expects it to close within 30 days.
Caterpillar (CAT) and Luck Stone are expanding their autonomous hauling technology from the Bull Run Quarry to two additional Virginia quarries after an 18‑month pilot. At Bull Run, autonomous trucks have hauled more than 3.5 million tons since November 2024. The new phase will deploy Cat® MineStar™ Command for hauling on fleets of Cat® 775 trucks at Boscobel and Bealeton, marking the first use of Caterpillar’s autonomous haulage solution on the Cat 775 model. Caterpillar reports its autonomous trucks have collectively hauled over 13 billion tonnes globally.
Caterpillar (CAT) announced a collaboration with FieldAI on Sept. 2, 2026 to advance AI-powered autonomy, robotics and “physical AI” for industrial operations. The partnership targets safer, smarter and more productive jobsites and factories by converting real-time observations into actionable operational insights.
The collaboration combines Caterpillar’s industry expertise, engineering capabilities and large operational data sets with FieldAI’s robot-agnostic autonomy and AI-enabled robot foundation models. Early applications include autonomous inspections, jobsite and facility digital twins, enhanced situational awareness to identify risks sooner and operational optimization using simulation, automation and AI-driven insights. Leveraging NVIDIA accelerated computing and NVIDIA Omniverse technologies, the partners aim to improve site visibility, accelerate decision-making and support the next generation of industrial operations within Caterpillar’s manufacturing modernization and “jobsite of the future” initiatives.
Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) announced that CEO Joe Creed is expected to join a virtual headquarters visit and moderated investor discussion hosted by Jerry Revich of Wells Fargo on Thursday, Sept. 10, from 9:00 to 9:45 a.m. CDT. The session will be accessible via a public real-time video webcast, with participants advised to visit the website at least 15 minutes early to install any required software. Following the event, a transcript, audio, and video replay will be available on Caterpillar's investor relations website. Phone dial-in access is offered at +1 312-270-1925 with Conference ID 733 843 428#.