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Foreword—Duane Doyle Sr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Introduction—The Test of Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION I—PETERSON TERRITORY
Chapter 1: Acquisitions—Gaining Ground the Peterson Way . . . . . . . . .
SECTION II—PETERSON CULTURE
Chapter 2: Brand Ambassador—Peterson’s Culture Revolution ..... ... Chapter 3: Strategic Planning—One Company, One Team. . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 4: Safety—Everyone Goes Home Safe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION III—GROWTH & DIVERSITY
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 5: Rental: Earthmoving—Why Own When you can Rent . . . . .
Chapter 6: Rental: Power Generation—Power When the Lights Go Out
Chapter 7: Turbines—Peterson’s Clean Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 8: Data Centers—Peterson Delivers Reliability . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 9: Marine—Peterson on the Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 10: Trucks—Cat Truck Engines: End of an Era. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 11: Paving—Paving the Roads that Carry America . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 12: Forestry—The Forest Industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 13: Agriculture—Tracing Peterson’s History in Ag . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 14: Emissions: Earthmoving—Tackling the Emissions Issue. . . .
Chapter 15: Emissions: Power Division—California Trucks-Air Filters of the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Chapter 16: SITECH—Machine Control Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 17: Custom Fabrication—Innovation-Peterson’s First Love ....
SECTION IV—PURSUING EXCELLENCE
Chapter 18: Six Sigma—Peterson’s Quest for Success . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 19: Peterson University—Building the Bench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 20: Think Big—Growing Our Own. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION V—HISTORY REWIND & SPECIAL PROJECTS
Chapter 21: Antarctic Challengers—The Antarctic Challenge. . . . . . . . . . Chapter 22: Oroville Dam—Oroville Spillway Emergency Repair Project Chapter 23: Wildfires—The Firefight and the Big Cleanup. . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 24: Quad D9s—Resurrecting a Peterson Legacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 25: The Retro Twin D8—Recreating Buster’s Twins . . . . . . . . . .
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