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What was the original name of Caterpillar after the 1925 merger?

  • Caterpillar Tractor Company

  • Holt-Best Manufacturing

  • Best-Holt Tractor Co.

  • Caterpillar Equipment Corp.

Answer

After the 1925 merger of Holt Manufacturing Company and C. L. Best Tractor Company, the newly formed entity was named Caterpillar Tractor Company. It was later reorganized as Caterpillar in 1986.
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