Approximately 700 wounded veterans from across the nation and their family members were welcomed to Port O’Connor and Victoria, Texas.

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HOLT CAT has named J.K. Baxter Senior Vice President and General Manager, Machine Division. 

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Caterpillar Global Petroleum is pleased to announce the launch of Cat® Well Stimulation Pumps for the well service market.

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HOLT CAT displayed the Cat® 336E H Hybrid excavator at Earth Day Dallas at Fair Park April 20-21.

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Ken and Melissa Lester were one of 12 contractors hailing from a diverse cross section of the country who were named Equipment World magazines 2013 Contractor of the Year finalists.

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As part of Caterpillars on-going effort to improve the trades industry image and attract new members to our technician workforce, they have sponsored a USA Today's Employing America report. 

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HOLT CAT has opened a new 24,000 square foot LEED silver certified facility in Laredo, 

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The Alamo Area Council, Boy Scouts of America honored Peter M. Holt of HOLT CAT, at their annual Good Scout Luncheon on Friday, February 15, 2013

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HOLT CAT will host an open house and tour of its new ProTech Technical Training Center at the company’s San Antonio campus

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HOLT CAT's office expansion on S. W.W. White road is the largest LEED project in this category, receiving recognition from the November 16 San An...

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HOLT CAT and Caterpillar donated $8,800 to Dubiski Career High School in Grand Prairie in support of its technical skills program and career development. 

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The Texas Tea Shots Photo contest has ended and the winners have been selected!

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In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, HOLT CAT rose to the challenge and provided power to affected regions.

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HOLT CAT has implemented an anti-idling program at all of our Texas facilities, directed at customers and employees.  For those counties in Texas...

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HOLT CAT has been selected as a recipient of a National Clean Diesel Campaign grant to help replace 5 older diesel trucks operating in Bexar County wi...

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This first-in-class small gas generator is manufactured with an ISO 9001 compliant platform and powered on the industry standard G3300 platform – capable of surpassing the EPA’s new source performance standards and meeting Texas emissions standards state-wide. This power module is rated for operation at 135 ekW for use in energy exploration and production.

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HOLT CAT showed its support for Multiple Sclerosis victims by participating in Bike MS: Valero 2012 Alamo Ride to the River

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The Texas A&M Forest Service employs Cat® bulldozers in a different capacity: these machines fitted with safety cages are critical for putting fire breaks in place.

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This week, HOLT CAT began delivering Meals on Wheels to elderly neighbors living in Southeast San Antonio.

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The Victoria plant, once fully operational, will produce a line of excavators from 12 to 49 tons and will triple Caterpillars current production in North America.

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Texarkana, Texas (August 13, 2012) – HOLT CAT recently named Shane Smith Product Support Sales Representative for the Texarkana, Texas area.

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HOLT has named Peter J. Holt to the position of Machine Division General Service Manager.

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HOLT CAT recently named Todd Loudon Product Support Sales Representative for the Victoria area.

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CINTAS presented an award to HOLT CAT in congratulations for “Partners in Excellence in Preservation of the Environment and in Document Security” for our recycling of shredded documents in 2011.

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On Saturday, April 21, AACOG presented its 2012 Air Quality Stewardship Awards to HOLT CAT during the Fiesta Earth Day Celebration

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HOLT CAT recently named Mark Matthews Service Manager of the Longview Machine Division.

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HOLT CAT recently named Blake Wilson General Construction Sales Representative for the Waco area.

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HOLT CAT held a groundbreaking ceremony for their new Laredo location at 101 South Aviators Road on Tuesday, March 20th.

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On April 4th, HOLT CAT held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new ProTech facility at the company’s San Antonio campus.

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At a February Caterpillar “Roadbuilders” dealer meeting at the companies Paving industry training center and showroom in Minneapolis, HOLT CAT was recognized for 2011 outstanding paving product sales results.

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The new Cat® 777G Off-Highway Truck introduces outstanding performance, production and fuel efficiency in the 100-short-ton (91-tonne) size class. 

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Corinna Holt will be responsible for managing all parts operations for the companies Machine Division

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In her new position, Hicks will be responsible for managing the deployment of emerging technologies and applications.

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Sabine Fritz has been with HOLT CAT for more than seven years and previously served as Marketing Associate. She has more than 30 years of experience in marketing and sales.

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In her new position, Hicks will be responsible for managing the deployment of emerging technologies and applications.

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Using regular HOLT Scheduled Oil Sampling (SOSSM) services can mean keeping your Cat equipment in service, or suffering costly engine breakdown or failure.

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Jon Peterson speaks positively about the past, present and the future. He is clearly a guy who finds the silver lining—which makes the role disasters have played in his business all the more remarkable.

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HOLT CAT was selected by the Alamo Area Council of Governments (AACOG) as the recipient of the 2012 Air Quality Stewardship Award in the Large Business category

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When Otha Hill started his own plumbing business in 1989, he mostly concentrated on commercial construction

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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...

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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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