Labor relations at Caterpillar
Nothing is more familiar on a construction site than the bright yellow heavy equipment manufactured by Caterpillar, Inc. Since as early as 1883, caterpillar equipment has seen use in every form of heavy construction, earth moving, agriculture, and military use. This company was started as a small wooden wheel-producing factory, and has since grown into the international giant and leader in construction machinery production. In 1883, the Holt brothers founded the Stockton Wheel Company, with the purpose of seasoning woods to enable them to be used in the arid midlands of California and surrounding deserts. The wooden wheels manufactured were to be the companies first venture into vehicular products. Taking a step beyond the manufacture of wheels, in 1886 the Holt brothers improved upon an existing agricultural machine, the combine. Replacing the traditional gear system, which was used to transmit power from the ground wheels to the machines inner workings with a flexible chain belt system, greatly reduced the amount of time spent repairing machine breakdowns. The Holts next tackled the biggest problem in agriculture
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Approximate Pages = 12 (250 words per page double spaced)
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