# Altorfer acquires Caterpillar dealer Patten Industries

Iowa-based Caterpillar dealer Altorfer acquired Chicago-based Caterpillar dealer Patten Industries, expanding its territory into northern Illinois and northwest Indiana.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2018-05-11
- Where: Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Status: completed
- Products: Caterpillar equipment
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Altorfer](https://endata.com/companies/31828.md) (acquirer)
- [Patten Industries](https://endata.com/companies/31829.md) (target)

## Sources

- [rermag.com](https://www.rermag.com/news-analysis/headline-news/article/20952785/iowa-cat-dealer-altorfer-acquires-chicago-cat-dealer-patten-industries), 2018-05-11: "Iowa-based Caterpillar dealer Altorfer has acquired Chicago-based Caterpillar dealer Patten Industries, the Caterpillar dealer in northern Illinois and northwest Indiana."
- [equipmentworld.com](https://www.equipmentworld.com/dealers/article/14969425/altorfer-becomes-cat-dealer-in-northern-il-and-northwest-in), 2018-05-15: "I am excited and humbled by the opportunity to welcome the dedicated employees of Patten Industries into the Altorfer family."

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