Tag: mini hydraulic excavators

Roadbuilding

Caterpillar launches E2 Series mini hydraulic excavators

[imagebrowser id=16] Caterpillar unveiled today five new mini hydraulic excavators, all of which will benefit from a new hydraulic system and will be produced at the company’s new Athens, Georgia facility. The new E2 Series machines include the 303.5E2, 304E2, 305E2, 305.5E2 and 308E2. Each of the new machines will feature Cat’s new High Definition […]

September 25, 2014

Construction Equipment

Caterpillar launches E2 Series mini hydraulic excavators with new “Hi-Def” hydraulics, redesigned cab

[imagebrowser id=134] Caterpillar unveiled today five new mini hydraulic excavators, all of which will benefit from a new hydraulic system and will be produced at the company’s new Athens, Georgia facility. The new E2 Series machines include the 303.5E2, 304E2, 305E2, 305.5E2 and 308E2. Each of the new machines will feature Cat’s new High Definition […]

September 24, 2014

Business

First employees move into new Caterpillar plant in Georgia

This week, the first 55 employees moved in to Caterpillar’s brand new facility in Athens, Georgia, reports to the Athens Banner-Herald. The 850,000-square-foot facility, which received kudos  in President Barack Obama’s address, shifts the assembly of its small bulldozers and mini hydraulic excavators from Sagami, Japan to Athens. Ground broke for the new facility just one […]

March 15, 2013

Roadbuilding

Cat opening new North American manufacturing facility in 2012

Caterpillar Inc. announced plans on Nov. 11 to shift its production from Japan by opening a new manufacturing facility in North America for small tracktype tractors and mini hydraulic excavators. The Peoria, Ill.-based company says the shift is part of a strategic decision to move production closer to the majority of customers who use the products, a large base of which is in North America and Europe. The move will also create more than 1,000 jobs in North America, according to Caterpillar. ,Caterpillar Inc. announced plans on Nov. 11 to shift its production from Japan by opening a new manufacturing facility in North America for small tracktype tractors and mini hydraulic excavators. The Peoria, Ill.-based company says the shift is part of a strategic decision to move production closer to the majority of customers who use the products, a large base of which is in North America and Europe. The move will also create more than 1,000 jobs in North America, according to Caterpillar. ,Caterpillar Inc. announced plans on Nov. 11 to shift its production from Japan by opening a new manufacturing facility in North America for small tracktype tractors and mini hydraulic excavators. The Peoria, Ill.-based company says the shift is part of a strategic decision to move production closer to the majority of customers who use the products, a large base of which is in North America and Europe. The move will also create more than 1,000 jobs in North America, according to Caterpillar. ,Caterpillar Inc. announced plans on Nov. 11 to shift its production from Japan by opening a new manufacturing facility in North America for small tracktype tractors and mini hydraulic excavators. The Peoria, Ill.-based company says the shift is part of a strategic decision to move production closer to the majority of customers who use the products, a large base of which is in North America and Europe. The move will also create more than 1,000 jobs in North America, according to Caterpillar.

November 11, 2011