Cat is adding seven new product lines by 2000, including handlers and knuckleboom loaders used in the Southeast U.S. The 1997 acquisition of Sweden's Skgsjan has led to the marvelous new 570 Harvester, a six-wheel beast that grabs a fallen tree, delimbs it and cuts it to 5-foot lengths for board--in ten seconds.

FORBES: Sharpening the claws