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Michigan CAT history
Michigan CAT company history timeline
Ham Penn turned the Michigan dealership over to Jack Frost on April 1, 1944.
Since 1944 Michigan CAT has been servicing, renting and selling construction equipment such as scrapers, agricultural equipment, graders, dozers, excavators, backhoes, and paving machinery as well as engines used to power trucks and generators.
Our unique way of doing business began with a handshake in 1945.
In 1946 Ham Penn, who was serving as President of the Associated Equipment Distributors, died suddenly of a heart attack.
In 1948, Caterpillar offered the Cleveland’s a new territory in central Pennsylvania that formerly belonged to Beckwith Machinery.
The Newington, Connecticut facility was opened in 1968.
The Poughkeepsie, New York operation, originally established with the purchase of Poughkeepsie Farm Supply Co., was moved from Brickyard Hill on Route 44 to its current location in 1968. It was remodeled in 1995 when it became H.O. Penn’s corporate headquarters.
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| Company name | Founded date | Revenue | Employee size | Job openings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foley Equipment | 1946 | $68.0M | 190 | - |
| Sunstate Equipment Co. | 1977 | $230.0M | 1,134 | 7 |
| RCC Associates | 1971 | $690,000 | 50 | 6 |
| Sound Solutions | 1929 | $780,000 | 25 | - |
| AVS | - | $7.8M | 61 | - |
| NEW ENGLAND SERVICE | 1997 | $6.0M | 50 | 26 |
| RPM International | 1947 | $7.3B | 14,600 | 65 |
| PWI | 1948 | $1.6M | 30 | - |
| J N | - | $710,000 | 5 | 8 |
| A/Z Corporation | - | $156.6M | 371 | 46 |
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