Caterpillar to build tractor plant in US
Nov 11, 2011 | 04:30 PM
| Corinna Petry
Tags
.S. manuacturing,
new plant construction,
excavators,
tractors,
Japan,
production strategy,
Steve Wunning,
ERA Mining Machinery
Corinna Petry
CHICAGO — Caterpillar Inc. plans to open a new U.S. manufacturing plant for small track-type tractors and mini hydraulic excavators as part of a strategy to move production closer to many customers who use those products.
In establishing a new U.S. plant, Caterpillar would shift production away from its Sagami, Japan, facility in order to serve a large portion of its tractor and excavator customers located in North America and Europe. ....
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