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In 1980 Bitelli became a shareholder company and the five brothers and sisters took over control of the business. These were Gino
Bitelli, Romolo Bitelli, Alessandro Bitelli, Luisa Bitelli and Maria Giovanna Bitelli. In 1995 Bitelli was divided into four main product categories across 5 continents
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Bitelli name disappeared from construction machinery. Some models were continued in the Caterpillar line such as the 200LE Cold Planer. But most others were discontinued including the road rollers and most of the asphalt pavers.
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in 1933 although it was not until 1957 that the
Bitelli Road Mechanics company was formed. Tandem rollers were soon added and In 1969 the first single drum rollers were manufactured. In 1978 Bitelli built its first
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All facts and figures taken from a
Bitelli company profile brochure printed in 28/12/1995
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Bitelli produced his first three wheel
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241:"Caterpillar Buys Italian Road Construction Firm"
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30:was an engineering company located in
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841:Former Caterpillar Inc. subsidiaries
53:road profilers and soil stabilizers
16:Construction machinery manufacturer
800:Citizens Equity First Credit Union
86:On 2 May 2000 Bitelli was sold to
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117:BB621C BB651C BB671C BB681C BB781
23:A Bitelli three point road roller
836:Manufacturing companies of Italy
373:Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklifts
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795:Caterpillar Construction Tycoon
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317:Caterpillar Energy Solutions
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790:Caterpillar, Inc. v. Lewis
393:Best Manufacturing Company
74:Single drum rollers 20.9%
212:A Bitelli road profiler
160:C80 C100 C120 C170 C180
51:and, during the 1980s,
398:Holt gas–electric tank
188:A Bitelli BB681D paver
40:construction machinery
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322:Electro-Motive Diesel
200:A Bitelli road roller
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77:Tandem rollers 16.6%
68:Asphalt Pavers 41.8%
469:Articulated haulers
337:Multidrive Vehicles
165:Three point rollers
82:Sale to Caterpillar
59:Shareholder company
621:Challenger Tractor
327:Lincoln Industries
170:TS8 TS10 TS12 TS14
71:Cold planers 20.7%
64:and 45 countries.
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434:George H. Prudden
419:Clarence Leo Best
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769:Hastings Deering
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810:Pekin Lettes
584:Road rollers
403:Holt tractor
312:Bucyrus-Erie
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300:Subsidiaries
249:. Retrieved
245:the original
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752:Dealerships
732:Gas turbine
535:Haul trucks
528:345C L
424:Daniel Best
153:Single Drum
138:Stabilizers
127:SF100 SF140
108:BB632 BB642
88:Caterpillar
830:Categories
606:Twenty-Two
523:Excavators
481:Bulldozers
251:2011-12-29
218:References
815:Cat phone
737:Solar T62
636:M520 Goer
122:Profilers
596:Tractors
450:Vehicles
443:Products
357:Trackson
783:Related
764:WesTrac
759:Finning
647:Engines
627:Trucks
589:CS-533E
567:Loaders
307:Bitelli
175:Gallery
148:Rollers
32:Bologna
28:Bitelli
462:IDF D9
412:People
100:Pavers
95:Models
44:roller
631:CT660
601:Sixty
143:ST200
114:BB670
111:BB660
36:Italy
725:C280
720:C175
715:V16+
708:C280
686:3208
674:C280
664:3126
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577:930G
572:924G
560:797F
555:797B
383:Holt
703:C32
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693:V12
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