Fabick Caterpillar

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Fabick Caterpillar is a Caterpillar dealership headquartered in Fenton, Missouri, United States. [1] It was founded in 1917 by John Fabick, Sr. [2]

In 1927, Caterpillar named the company its exclusive dealer in the St. Louis region. [2] [3] Fabick operates eighteen dealerships in Missouri, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin, in addition to selling their products at numerous other non-dealership locations. [4] It has more than 1,200 employees and $500,000,000 in inventory. [1] The company founded the Fabick Nature Preserve on the former site of the Fabick family mansion. [5]

In 2015, John Fabick Tractor merged with Fabco, which is owned by members of the Fabick family. [6] In February 2017 Vice President Mike Pence visited to commemorate 100 years of Fabick. [7] [8]

References

  1. 1 2 Nicklaus, David (17 September 2017). "Fabick celebrates a century of family ownership". STLtoday.com. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  2. 1 2 Society, Missouri Historical. "John Fabick Tractor Company Company and Family History, 1919-1992". The Missouri Historical Society is ... Missouri Historical Society and was founded in 1866. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  3. ↑ "Company". Fabick Cat. Archived from the original on 2020-09-24. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  4. ↑ "Locations". Fabick Cat. Archived from the original on 2020-08-05. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  5. ↑ Patton, Julie Brown (1 November 2017). "Changes To Fenton's Fabick Nature Preserve Possible". Webster-Kirkwood Times, Inc. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  6. ↑ "Fabick family merges St. Louis, Milwaukee Caterpillar dealerships". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  7. ↑ Carson, David (10 January 2018). "Vice President Mike Pence visits Fabick Caterpillar in Fenton". STLtoday.com. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  8. ↑ "For 100 years, service has been the story at Fabick Cat". Missouri Business. 2017-11-05. Retrieved 2020-06-01.


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