Holt sold the tractor under the Caterpillar brand, and once the merger occurred, the newly formed company became Caterpillar Tractor Company. Since then, Caterpillar Inc,... or CAT, has grown into the largest manucaturere of earth-moving equipment and engines in the world, With over 300 different machines for sale, Caterpillar offers product solutions for eight industries : residential , nonresidential, industrial , infrastructure , mining and quarrring, energy , waste , and forestry. Its distinctive yellow machines are found all over the globe and have helped make the brand a U.S. icon