First Caterpillar(R) Engine with ACERT(R) Technology for 2007 Certified by EPA

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First Caterpillar(R) Engine with ACERT(R) Technology for 2007 Certified by EPA
    PEORIA, Ill., Nov. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- On November 20, 2006,
Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) received certification from the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the company's first engine
equipped with ACERT Technology for 2007. This technology positions
Caterpillar to meet future EPA emissions regulations and provides a
long-term emissions solution for the global on-highway engine market.
    "With this certification, Caterpillar has delivered on the promises
made when we introduced ACERT Technology in 2002," said Jim Parker, vice
president, Caterpillar Power Systems Marketing Division. "ACERT Technology
has set a new industry standard for clean diesel technology, meeting the
clean air goals we all support while maintaining the reliability,
durability and minimal owning and operating costs that Cat engines
traditionally have provided."
    The first EPA-certified Caterpillar engine with ACERT Technology is the
C7, a popular choice with customers who operate medium-duty vocational and
delivery trucks. It will be in full production by January 1, 2007. The C7
is also widely used in a variety of other medium duty applications,
including school buses, emergency vehicles and recreational vehicles.
    ACERT Technology relies on four basic systems to lower emissions -- air
management, precision combustion, advanced electronics and effective after-
treatment. These four systems work to decrease particulate matter, oxides
of nitrogen and hydrocarbon emissions while preserving the engine's
reliability and durability, which keep owning and operating costs low.
    Caterpillar has sold more than 450,000 on-highway engines with ACERT
Technology to more than 46,000 customers since the technology was
introduced in 2003. Customer acceptance of Cat engines is reflected in the
company's unprecedented sixth J.D. Power and Associates Award, which
Caterpillar received in 2006 for "Highest Customer Satisfaction With
Vocational Heavy Duty Diesel Engines." No other engine manufacturer has
ever won this customer feedback award, which measures customer satisfaction
through J.D. Power's annual survey of vehicle owners who operate in
typically rugged vocations and use vehicles such as dump trucks or garbage
trucks. The Caterpillar C7 engine features an enhanced version of ACERT
Technology that allows it to comply with the 2007 EPA regulations without
sacrificing reliability, durability or fuel economy.
    For more than 80 years, Caterpillar Inc. has been making progress
possible and driving positive and sustainable change on every continent.
With 2005 sales and revenues of $36.339 billion, Caterpillar is the world's
leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and
natural gas engines and industrial gas turbines. The company is a
technology leader in construction, transportation, mining, forestry,
energy, logistics, financing and electric power generation. Caterpillar is
the leading manufacturer and supplier of truck and bus engines in the
combined medium and heavy-duty categories in North America, holding the
leading position in engine shipments to vehicle manufacturers since 1999.
More information is available at http://www.cat.com .
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quarterly report filed on Form 10-Q with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on August 2, 2006. We do not undertake to update our
forward-looking statements.
SOURCE Caterpillar Inc.
http://www.CAT.com/
CONTACT:
Anne Leanos, Corporate Public Affairs,
Caterpillar Inc., +1-309-675-5813, leanos_anne@cat.com