For nearly 40 years, United Tractor & Equipment Ltd., UTE for short, was run under the rule of one man, Priath Fernando.

In those four decades Fernando oversaw the growth of UTE from a simple dealer of construction equipment – through their close partnership with world-leader in the field Caterpillar (CAT) – to a Sri Lankan industry pioneer in offering engineering solutions to, now, an active player in key industrial sectors such as storage, power generation, and material handling thanks to the synergies created by its unique CAT/Dealer relationships.