Caterpillar’s Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony at Hemaraj RIL

Caterpillar Underground Mining Pty Ltd., an Australian subsidiary of Caterpillar USA - the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment and a Fortune 500 company, recently held a Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony for its first manufacturing facility in Thailand at Hemaraj Rayong Industrial Land (Hemaraj RIL). Located on 140 rai of land, the facility is scheduled to begin operation in late 2012 and will produce a full range of underground mining articulated trucks and loaders, which are used by Caterpillar customers around the world in hard-rock underground mining applications.

Mr. David Nardone (3rd from right), President & CEO of Hemaraj Land And Development Plc., and Mr. Vivat Jiratikarnsakul (far right), Executive Vice President of Hemaraj congratulate Mr. David Bozeman (3rd from left), Vice President of Caterpillar Inc., Ms. Tamera J. Nelson (2nd from left), Managing Director of Caterpillar Underground Mining Pty Ltd., and Mr. Philip Pennington (far left) General Manager, Asia Operations of Caterpillar Inc. at the ceremony.