# Caterpillar Brasil inaugurates new assembly line in Campo Largo, Brazil

Caterpillar Brasil inaugurated a new assembly line at its Campo Largo plant, investing R$ 60 million and hiring 400 new employees. The plant becomes the only one in Brazil to produce mini loaders, and production capacity is expected to double.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2022-05-19
- Where: Campo Largo, Paraná, Brazil, Brazil
- Value: $11.7M (60.0M BRL)
- Jobs: 400
- Starts operating: 19 May 2022
- Status: completed
- Products: mini loaders, mini excavators, backhoe loaders, wheel loaders
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Caterpillar Brasil](https://endata.com/companies/28938.md)

## Sources

- [parana.pr.gov.br](https://www.parana.pr.gov.br/aen/Noticia/Dentro-do-ciclo-de-investimentos-no-Parana-Caterpillar-amplia-unidade-e-contrata-400), 2022-05-19: "A montadora investe R$ 60 milhões na expansão da unidade e se torna a única empresa a produzir minicarregadeiras no País."

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