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"Caterpillar Inc. has Georgia on its mind for its newest manufacturing plant.
Caterpillar selected land near Athens, Ga., as the location for a new facility that will build small track-type tractors and mini hydraulic excavators, officials announced at a news conference Friday in Atlanta.
The new, 1 million-square-foot facility is expected to employ 1,400 people once fully operational. The total investment for opening the facility will be about $200 million.
Caterpillar plans to break ground on the new facility this spring, with initial production expected to begin in late 2013.
In addition to those employed in the new plant, Caterpillar estimates another 2,800 full-time jobs will be created across the country among suppliers and at other companies that support the new facility.
"I am thrilled to be in Georgia today to announce that Athens will be the newest city to be home to a Caterpillar production facility. We are even more excited that this project will create more than 4,200 jobs in the United States," said Caterpillar Chairman and CEO Doug Oberhelman."





















