Caterpillar Purchases 140 Rai of Land 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 signed a contract to purchase 140 rai of land for Caterpillar’s first manufacturing facility in Thailand at Hemaraj Rayong Industrial Land. Scheduled to begin operation in late 2012, the facility 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.

In the picture: Mr. David Nardone (2nd from right), President & CEO of Hemaraj Land And Development Plc, exchanges land purchasing contract with Ms. Tamera J. Nelson (2nd from left), Managing Director of Caterpillar Underground Mining Pty Ltd. while Mr. Sawasdi Horrungruang (center), Chairman of Advisors to the Board of Directors of Hemaraj and Mr. Vivat Jiratikarnsakul (far right), Hemaraj’s Executive Vice President look on.