AsOf

Caterpillar Inc. · founded1925-04-15

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Valid from
1925-04-15
Valid until
still holds
Published
no source on record carries a date
Recorded by AsOf
2026-11-11
Checked
2026-11-11 · its source page states the value and the date
Confidence
0.60

Sources

“On April 15, 1925 C.L. Best Tractor Co. and Holt Manufacturing Company merge to form Caterpillar Tractor Co., now the world's largest earth moving equipment manufacturer.”— what the page says, read 2026-11-11

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Plain text
AsOf. "Caterpillar Inc. founded: 1925-04-15", as of 1925-04-15. Claim clm_E82380AFDA69, https://asof.is/claim/clm_E82380AFDA69, accessed 2026-11-11. Source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/today-history-1925-caterpillar-tractor-035900071.html.
APA
AsOf. (1925). Caterpillar Inc. founded: 1925-04-15 (as of 1925-04-15) [Record clm_E82380AFDA69]. Retrieved November 11, 2026, from https://asof.is/claim/clm_E82380AFDA69 (source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/today-history-1925-caterpillar-tractor-035900071.html)
BibTeX
@misc{asof_clm_E82380AFDA69,
  author = {AsOf},
  title = {Caterpillar Inc. founded: 1925-04-15},
  year = {1925},
  howpublished = {\url{https://asof.is/claim/clm_E82380AFDA69}},
  note = {Claim clm\_E82380AFDA69, as of 1925-04-15; source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/today-history-1925-caterpillar-tractor-035900071.html},
  urldate = {2026-11-11}
}

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