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WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS | 2011 YEAR IN REVIEW
Construction
Industries
Customer &
Dealer Support
Financial Products &
Corporate Services
The Caterpillar
Foundation Leadership Performance
Energy &
Power Systems
Chairman’s
Message
Resource
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Resource Industries 23
• The expansion of operations at the Tosno, Russia, manufacturing facility to
accommodate the 773E off-highway trucks now being produced.
• Caterpillar and Shaanxi Fast Gear established a joint venture in April 2011 to produce
components and on-highway automatic transmissions in China.
• The Wuxi, China components campus, producing hydraulic components and
operator stations, increased volume by four times and increased employment by
100 percent in 2011. The campus is set to double both volume and employees again
in 2012 as drivetrain and additional hydraulic components are added. By 2015, Wuxi
will be Caterpillar’s largest components campus.
• The China-based hydraulics joint venture with Liyuan commenced operations in 2011.
• The announcement in November 2011 that Caterpillar will make an offer to acquire
ERA Mining Machinery Limited, which primarily designs, manufactures, sells and
supports underground coal mining equipment in mainland China through its
wholly-owned subsidiary Zhengzhou Siwei Mechanical & Electrical Equipment
Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
• Announced expansion plans for the company’s multifunctional research and
development (R&D) center and proving grounds in Wuxi, China. The expansion will
enable full product development and validation capabilities.
Product Model Introductions and Enhancements
With Tier 4 initiatives, Caterpillar successfully implemented 50 on-time programs,
which equates to more than 3,500 machines and over 1.25 million running hours in
2011. We are on track with our reliability initiatives, and have more opportunities
ahead with 65 scheduled machine introductions for 2012.
Additional products and solutions introduced in 2011:
• Ten new product lines of surface and underground mining equipment with the
acquisition of Bucyrus
• New model of the 789D Cat Mining Truck
• New H series Wheel Tractor-Scrapers for mining
• New Cat 390DL Hydraulic Excavator for mining applications
• Introduction of the 795F AC, Caterpillar’s rst AC electric drive truck
• The 994H Large Wheel Loader updated for fuel efciencies and technology
enhancements
• 568 FM Forest Machine, a Tier 4 Interim machine used for logging
• New Tier 4 Interim C series Wheeled Feller Buncher
2011
Highlights
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