West Fargo, N.D.
Caterpillar is investing $50 million to expand its manufacturing campus in West Fargo, N.D. The project includes construction of a 225,000-sf addition which will include an advanced metallurgy laboratory. Construction will begin in August of 2011 and the facility will become operational in June of 2012. Caterpillar will also begin building a 193,750-sf manufacturing facility in Xuzhou, China, in August of 2011; completion is expected in mid-2012.