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| Caterpillar opens R&D center in China Caterpillar Inc., the largest maker of the world's construction and mining equipment, said its executives and governmental leaders from Wuxi, and Jiangsu province China officially opened the company's new multi-functional research and development (R&D) center in Wuxi, Jiangsu province. The Wuxi R&D center will focus on engine and component product and process development, validation, localization and technological training. Among its many functions, the new center will have an engine test facility with performance and emissions development capability, an advanced materials laboratory, an electronics laboratory, a system and machine integration facility and validation capability. Caterpillar Vice President and Chief Technology Officer Tana Utley and Caterpillar China Division Vice President Jiming Zhu took part in the grand opening ceremony. The center is strategically located near Caterpillar's component manufacturing facility in Wuxi that began production in June 2006, and the company's Wuxi engine campus, which began production in 2009. It is also near the medium wheel loader and motor grader manufacturing facility in Suzhou, which began production in October 2009. write your comments about the article :: © 2009 Construction News :: home page |