Caterpillar to add 300 jobs in Decatur, East Peoria

November 11, 2011|By Julie Wernau | Tribune reporter

Caterpillar is expecting to add 300 jobs in Illinois as it expands its manufacturing facilities in Decatur and East Peoria to support growing mining industries around the world, the company said Friday.

The company said it will invest $300 million to increase capacity for large mining trucks in Decatur and $340 million in its East Peoria facility to produce large track-type tractors (or bulldozers), also used for mining.

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