LEARNING THE TOOLS OF THE TRADE ONE CHAIR AT A TIME

On the surface, they may look like any other Adirondack chairs, but these Adirondack chairs are special. They have greater value. That’s because they have a story. And that story begins at a high school in Peoria, Illinois.

As a part of Caterpillar’s ongoing focus on the skilled trades, a group at Caterpillar Building LL recently partnered with Manual Academy to help expand the school’s manufacturing technology programs with the Manual Weld Training program, which was instituted in 2010.

The goal of ...

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OBERHELMAN PENS OP-ED ON INFRASTRUCTURE AND RISKS TO U.S. COMPETITIVENESS

In a July 10 opinion article headlined, “Congress must move on the Highway Trust Fund,” Caterpillar Chairman and CEO Doug Oberhelman outlined the risks to U.S. competitiveness if Washington’s leaders can’t fix short and long term infrastructure funding issues.

“American companies implement just-in-time inventory and on-demand supply chains. We produce vehicles and machines with greater fuel efficiency and lower carbon emissions. We lead the world in innovation, inventing better products and better processes,” Oberhelman wrote. “We unleash all this creativity, and ...

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