2000s
| 2001 | Caterpillar introduces its ACERT® Technology. |
| 2004 | J.W. Owens is named Chairman of the Board. |
| 2005 | Continuing work begun in 1967, Cat machines are still working in the Athabasca Oil Sands in Canada. |
| 2006 | Caterpillar acquires Progress Rail Services, Inc. |
| 2006 | Thirty-four Cat machines help complete the Saemangeum Seawall - the world’s longest earthen seawall. |
| 2008 | Caterpillar announces the first-of-its-kind electric drive track-type tractor – the D7E. |
| 2008 | Caterpillar completes acquisition of Shandong SEM Machinery Co., Ltd. in China. |
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Image of an ACERT engine.
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J.W. Owens
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A fleet of 797s at work.
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Welders at work on a boxcar at Progress Rail.
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Excavators and dozers at work on the Saemangeum Seawall seawall.
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D7E at work moving dirt.
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Shandong SEM employees pose for a picture