Jobs Grant Paves Way for Caterpillar Growth in MN

Cat Paving will invest $3 million, adding it to a $307,300 job-creation grant to hire 31 workers and add roller assembly to Brooklyn Park, MN, plant

Jun 16, 2015

Caterpillar Paving Products is receiving a $307,300 state job-creation grant and will invest $3 million to step up hiring at its factory in Brooklyn Park, MN.

The operating unit of Caterpillar Inc. that makes machines used in road construction will hire about 31 people as it plans to build asphalt compactors at the facility and upgrade other areas of the factory.

(more on Caterpillar’s MN expansion . . . )

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