Caterpillar Inc. is an American Fortune 100 corporation which designs, develops, engineers, manufactures, markets and sells machinery, engines, financial products and insurance to customers via a worldwide dealer network. It is the world’s largest construction equipment manufacturer.[3][4][7] In 2018, Caterpillar was ranked #65 on the Fortune 500 list[8] and #238 on the Global Fortune 500 list.[9] Caterpillar stock is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.[10] 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.[11] In 1986, the company reorganized itself as a Delaware corporation under the current name, Caterpillar Inc. Caterpillar’s headquarters are located in Deerfield, Illinois; it announced in January 2017 that over the course of that year it would relocate its headquarters from Peoria, Illinois, to Deerfield, Illinois, scrapping plans from 2015 of building an $800 million new headquarters complex in downtown Peoria.[12][13] The company also licenses and markets a line of clothing and workwear boots under its Cat / Caterpillar name.[14] Caterpillar machinery is recognizable by its trademark “Caterpillar Yellow” livery and the “CAT” logo.

John Deere is the brand name of Deere & Company, an American corporation that manufactures agricultural, construction, and forestry machinery, diesel engines, drivetrains (axles, transmissions, gearboxes) used in heavy equipment, and lawn care equipment. In 2019, it was listed as 87th in the Fortune 500 America’s ranking[3] and was ranked 329th in the global ranking.[4] The company also provides financial services and other related activities. Deere & Company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol DE.[5] The company’s slogan is “Nothing Runs Like a Deere”, and its logo is a leaping deer, with the words ‘JOHN DEERE’ under it. Various logos incorporating a leaping deer have been used by the company for over 155 years.