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Caterpillar Begins 2012 with an increase of 23% in his sales

07/05/2012

7 May 2012

Caterpillar has made public the results that has obtained during the first quarter of the year. With an income of 15,981 billion of dollars in these three first months, the company has achieved an increase of 23% with regard to the same period of the 2011. The profits, of 1,586 billion of dollars, also have registered an increase of 29% with regard to the 1,225 billion of dollars obtained in the first quarter of 2011.

Stand Inner in Intermat 2012 where showed many of the novelties Cat.

“These extraordinary results show that we go by the good way in the aims that had marked us and that the lines undertaken of control of costs and increase of our productive capacity there where requested it to us our customers, are the suitable. Between other things, are appreciating a strong growth of the demand to global level of mining equipment and a significant increase in the requests of renewal of machinery in United States, what compensates the ralentización experienced in China or Brazil”, signalled Doug Oberhelman, president of Caterpillar.

With all this and of agreement to the data attained in this first quarter, Caterpillar expects to finish this exercise with some figures of turnover that will be between the 68 and the 72 billion of dollars.

The fortress of Caterpillar to world-wide level also has reflected in Intermat 2012 with a very excellent presence that has included the exhibition of more than 60 new models or improved. The company, in collaboration with the distributor Cat of France, Bergerat Monnoyeur, had of three zones expositivas with a total of more than 6.500 square metres. The main stand inner had more than 40 machines Cat,

20 of which exposed for the first time in Europe. A zone of exhibition in the open air had destined machines to the sectors of solid waste, recycling and demolición. Besides, the visitors could enjoy of a demonstration of machines Cat in the external zone.

The exposed novelties covered the most diverse sizes, from the miniexcavadora 301.7D, with an approximate weight of 1,7 tonnes, until the enormous dúmper rigid 775G, that is able to transport 63 tonnes and has a weight with load of roughly 110 tonnes. The wide range of exposed machines included also a complete sample of the products of paving Cat.

The innovative design of the Shovel of Wheels 966K CVT was one of the most applauded novelties of the fair. Instrumented with the transmission of constant speed Cat (CVT), the shovel of wheels provides a saving of excellent fuel, a performance improved and a greater ease of handle.

Caterpillar Also took advantage of his presence in Intermat to present to the presses his last performances.

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