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Several Caterpillar machines help widen sections of the Panama Canal. More than 500 Caterpillar machines help start the construction of the Mangla Dam in Pakistan.Ĭaterpillar introduces its first off-highway truck - the 769. See more of the decade in the video here and meet some amazing people who contributed to Caterpillar below. These products were perhaps eclipsed only by our customers’ incredible projects where our products and services – new and old – were put to the test… More than 500 Caterpillar machines helped start the construction of the Mangla Dam in Pakistan, several machines helped widen sections of the Panama Canal, and Caterpillar engines supplied power for the Apollo 11 mission to the moon. The powerhouse products of the decade included our first off-highway truck – the 769 – which debuted in 1962. Heralded at the time as a "breakthrough in the field of welding," inertia welding was capable of fusing both similar and dissimilar materials that in many instances were not practical to weld by other methods. The breakthroughs were major. In 1965 inertia welders, using a new welding process developed by Caterpillar engineers, were first marketed by Caterpillar for a wide range of industrial uses. Those two characteristics had been part of the DNA of the company since the start and the ’60s carried that thread forward with incredible engineering breakthroughs, amazing new product and passionate people. All for one goal: helping our customers accomplish their goals on the jobsite. The symbol was more than just a design mark.Īs then-Caterpillar President Bill Franklin said, "It conveys a sense of purpose and the concept of change and improvement – important characteristics of this company."Ĭhange and improvement. In 1967, Caterpillar introduced its first corporate symbol, four decades after the company was founded in the ’20s.