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Caterpillar
Brand DNA

Caterpillar

Caterpillar builds construction and mining equipment, engines and generators, backed by a dealer and parts network built around machine uptime.

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Roboto CondensedDisplay · Bold & expressiveNoto SansText · Sharp & flat

Heavy condensed capitals, black on yellow, built like signage. Nothing delicate survives on a site, and neither should the type.

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Never

show a machine operating unsafely

show an operator without required protective equipment

claim uptime without the service terms

Never says
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Sounds like this

Parts on site within 24 hours, anywhere we sell the machine.

Blunt, practical and operator led. Uptime, parts availability and what the machine will do in a bad week.

Audience

Contractors, fleet owners, mine operators and the mechanics and dealers keeping the machines running.

Loves

+Machines that are still working after twenty years

+Dealers who turn up

+Operators who know the machine

Loathes

×Downtime

×Parts you cannot get

×Marketing that has never been on a site

The hill it
would die on

A machine that is not running is costing somebody money every hour.

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Caterpillar · brand DNA at a glance 10 of 12 traits
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