nineteen-ninties
1990 Recession hits Peterson Tractor
1990 Peterson Power Systems assumes PSD territory for all current Peterson territory
plus Holt-Tenco
1991 Peterson's new Santa Rosa store Grand Opening
1995 Peterson's moves into third generation with Duane Doyle as new owner/CEO
1995 Peterson Power enters Temperature Control market (air conditioning/chillers)
1995 End of 6-year long CAT strike in Peoria
1998 World's largest off-highway truck, the 797, debuts at CAT Proving Grounds, Arizona
1999 Caterpillar unveils new line of compact construction equipment - CCE - at CONEXPO
two-thousands
2000 Caterpillar celebrates its 75th anniversary
2001 Caterpillar is the first company to globally launch 6 Sigma and deliver first-year benefits
in excess of implementation costs
2002 Peterson opens brand new facility in San Martin and closes old San Jose store
2003 Caterpillar introduces ACERT® becoming the first engine manufacturer to offer a complete line of clean EPA compliant diesel engines
2003 Peterson expands territory into Southern Oregon - acquires territory from Pape Machinery with seven store locations read story
2003 Peterson opens new branch store in Antioch
2003 Peterson opens the CAT Emporium merchandise store in San Leandro
2004 Peterson launches "Quest For Success" - a continuous improvement initiative using 6 Sigma story
2004 Peterson signs the largest scraper deal in its history; 24 scrapers to
DeSilva-Gates read story
2005 The CAT Chopper debuts at ConExpo in Las Vegas (built by TV's Orange County Choppers)
2005 The Fantastic Four movie is released – Peterson Power builds air-conditioned suit for The Thing.
2005 Peterson's Fab Shop builds remote-control bomb scraper for unexploded mine remediation story
2005 Trevor Mosher, ThinkBIG graduate, moves into a Peterson field truck - the fastest move from apprentice to fieldman in Peterson history read story
2006 Caterpillar co-founder inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame read story
2006 Peterson celebrates its 70th year in business read story
2007 Peterson Power Systems receives Winner of the Year for WRAP Award read story
2008 Peterson Power receives Model Shop Award from California' s EPA Dept of Toxic Substance story
2008 Peterson Power Systems becomes the authorized industrial distributor for Sullair compressors story
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