Learn how to cut costs while reducing your company's environmental impact at the Sustainable Business Program

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HOLT AgriBusiness has announced that the company is expanding its sales and service territory from eastern Texas and a portion of Southwest Arkansas to include all of Arkansas and Louisiana, and a nine-country area of the Missouri Bootheel.

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In November, Caterpillar built its 250,000th backhoe loader (BHL). The Cat backhoe loader was introduced 26 years ago and is now in its fifth generation. Initial production was out of Leicester, U.K., but is now also in Clayton, N.C., Brazil and India.

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Machines left on open job sites should be considered vulnerable and a potential target. Efforts should be made to increase security by heightening customer awareness. HOLT urges the following preventive measures:

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The North Texas Corporate Recycling Association awarded HOLT CAT first place in the association’s gR3een Awards, in the gR3een  Whole Circle Award category. 

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Richard Childress Racing and Caterpillar have reached agreement to continue their partnership on the No. 31 Chevrolet which began with the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season.

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As Caterpillar ramps up full-scale manufacturing of machines with Tier 4 Interim emissions reduction technology, the first volume production machine has arrived in a customer’s hands in Texas, delivered by HOLT CAT. 

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HOLT CAT recently named Corinna Holt to their Management Training program. In her position, Holt will take part in an intensive Management Training program that will provide her an overview of HOLT CAT’s operations, support functions, Executive management and strategic planning.

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SULPHUR SPRINGS, Texas (March 3, 2011) HOLT AgriBusiness recently named Brandy Patton as Regional Operations Manager.

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The Fall/Winter edition of HOLT CAT's Round These Parts Magazine has been released.  Swing on by our news section to pick up your copy.

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Caterpillar Inc. and Bucyrus International, Inc. announced today they have entered into an agreement under which Caterpillar will acquire Bucyrus International.

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HOLT CAT recently named Garrett Countryman, Transportation Manager.

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Caterpillar Inc. and Wacker Neuson SE, announced today that the relevant executive bodies for both companies have signed an alliance agreement for the design, manufacture, sale and support of Caterpillar mini hydraulic excavators in the under three-ton category.

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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (July 1, 2010) – HOLT CAT recently named Santiago (Remy) Morado Product Support Sales Representative for the Corpus Christi area.

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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (May 6, 2010 –HOLT CAT, the Caterpillar® Equipment and Engine dealer for South, Central, North and North East Texas, recently named Daryl Pruski Sales Representative for the Corpus Christi area.

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HOLT Agribusiness, a Division of HOLT CAT (holtcat.com), recently named Coleby Becker Agribusiness Sales Representative for Victoria.

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SAN ANTONIO, Texas (April 16, 2010) – HOLT CAT (holtcat.com), the Caterpillar® Equipment and Engine dealer for South, Central, North and North East Texas, recently named Paul Hensley to the role of Vice President, Chief Financial Officer.

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LEWISVILLE, Texas (April 13, 2010) – HOLT CAT (holtcat.com), the Caterpillar® Equipment and Engine dealer for South, Central, North and North East Texas, recently named Mark Lancaster General Construction Sales Representative for the Lewisville area.

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Caterpillar Inc. announced that Michael Betz has been selected as one of Engineering News-Record’s (ENR) Top 25 Newsmakers of the Year. Betz led the e...[Read more...]

Winter 2010

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Recognizing that the operating skill of workers using small loaders on typical jobsites ranges from the novice to the expert, Caterpillar has developed a new control feature that allows each operator to run a Cat® C-Series Skid-Steer, Multi-Terrain or Compact-Track Loader safely, productively, and comfortably.

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Completing the Cat® D-Series Track Loader lineup is the new 973D, featuring load-sensing hydraulics, joystick steering, new operator's station (with tilting cab) and 10 percent more power than its 973C predecessor. The new loader carries on the 973C's "all-purpose performer" reputation and retains much of its solid design, including the Cat C9 engine, hydrostatic drive, single-fabrication mainframe, Z-bar loader linkage and oscillating undercarriage. The 973D is a "one-machine workforce" with the features to take on the toughest jobs—at construction sites or in the harsh environments of steel mills, landfills, quarries and demolition sites.

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Congress:  Get to work on the highway bill so WE can get back to work!

SAN ANTONIO – Congress’ failure to renew the federal highway program has real economic consequences for Texas and the rest of the country, construction equipment industry leaders said at a rally today at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center.

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In December of 1959, the first production Cat wheel loader was driven off the assembly line at the Caterpillar plant in Aurora, IL - the 944 Wheel Traxcavator.

The 944, fitted with a 2-cubic yard (1.5-m³) bucket and available with either a 105-horsepower (78 kW) gas or diesel engine, was the culmination of a seven-year development effort—and the beginning of Caterpillar's leadership in the worldwide market for mid-size wheel loaders.

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