Caterpillar Inc.’s Decatur plant has reached a major milestone with the production of its 10,000th mining truck.
Ed McCord, Caterpillar’s worldwide product manager for mining trucks and shovels, spoke to more than 100 Caterpillar employees Thursday in central Illinois as they marked the production of the 10,000th 250-ton capacity 793F truck model made in Decatur since large mining truck production began in 1984.
The (Decatur) Herald & Review reports that Caterpillar executives promise that the Decatur plant has a lot more production in its future. The company is spending $500 million to overhaul the Decatur factory and other Illinois production facilities. The goal is to expand the capacity of Caterpillar’s off-highway truck assembly lines as orders increase.
