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Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 86. Chapters: Caterpillar Inc., Adidas, Nike, Inc., Puma AG, Crocs, Ugg boots, Reebok, Herbert Levine, TOMS Shoes, Lauren Jones, Li Ning, LA Gear, Johnston & Murphy, Colchester Rubber Co., Erreà, Columbia Sportswear, Starbury, British Knights, Kappa, Fila, ALDO Groupe, Sanuk, Leder und Schuh, Feiyue, Vans, Belle International, Canterbury of New Zealand, Original Penguin, Merrell, The Timberland Company, Steve Madden, Veja Sneakers, Pony International, Heelys, Naot, Allen Edmonds, Munich, Legea, UK Gear, Hush Puppies, SAS Shoemakers, PF Flyers, Skechers, KangaROOS, ANTA Sports, Brown Shoe, Reef, G.R. Kinney Company, Geox, Shy, Stuart Weitzman, Globe International, Tod's, Cole Haan, Bally Shoe, Avia, Start-rite, Kickers, Xtep, Osiris Shoes, Pleaser USA, Inc., Saucony, Insolia, Montrail, Nine West, Sessions, DC Shoes, Moon boot, 361 Degrees, Dunlop Sport, Shiekh Shoes, John Lobb Bootmaker, The Original Car Shoe, Superga, Mephisto, Inc., Thom McAn, Church's, Fallen Footwear, Grand Sport Group, Camper, Ariat, Humanic, Brooks Sports, Rossi Boots, Rykä, Kashi Kicks, Goodwill Shoe Company, Melville Shoe Corporation, Florsheim Shoes, Rockport, Red or Dead, Gravati, Sebago, Airness, FBT, Jello Shoecompany, Sidewalk Surfer, Khadim's, Grinders, Pearl Izumi, M.Dia, Gluv, Damani Dada, Circa, J. M. Weston, SLAM, Unification Shoes, Russell & Bromley, Bontoni, Invicta, Edward Green Shoes, Cydwoq, KNIE, Newton Running. 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 C. L. Best Tractor Company, creating a new entity, the California based Caterpillar Tractor Company. In 1986, the company re-organized itself as a Delaware corporation under the current name, Caterpillar Inc. Caterpillar's headquarters are located in Peoria, Illinois, United States. Caterpillar machinery is recognizable by its trademark "Caterpillar Yellow" livery and the "CAT" logo. Two Holt 45 gas crawler tractors team up to pull a long wagon train in the Mojave Desert during construction of the Los Angeles Aqueduct in 1909 Caterpillar D2 on display in the Serpentine Vintage Tractor Museum, Serpentine, Western AustraliaIn the late 1890s and early 1900s, competitors Daniel Best and Benjamin Holt individually experimented with ways to improve the traction of steam tractors used in farming California's Central Valley. The steam tractors were extremely heavy, sometimes weighing 1,000 pounds (450 kg) per horsepower, and often sank into the rich, soft earth of the San Joaquin Valley Delta farmland surrounding Stockton, California. Holt attempted to fix the problem by increasing the size and width of the wheels up to 7.5 feet (2.3 m) tall and 6 feet (1.8 m) wide, producing a tractor 46 feet (14 m) wide. But this also made the tractors increasingly complex, expensive and difficult to maintain. One solution considered was to lay a tem