New CAT® Road Machinery Products Open a New Era of Road Construction in China

In 2017, China plans to add 5,000 kilometers of highways, newly rebuild 200,000 kilometers of rural roads, and the country’s investment in highway construction will reach more than 1 trillion yuan, and local governments at all levels will invest far more in highway construction than this. digital. At the same time, as China's expressway network construction matures, the demand for large-scale pavement maintenance has come.

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Caterpillar has been actively developing the business layout of road machinery in China:

In March 2000, Caterpillar established Caterpillar Pavement Machinery (Xuzhou) Co., Ltd. in Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province to produce series of single-wheel roller compactors, double-drum roller compactors and tire rollers and other road surface machines;

Since 2014, in order to cater for the unified deployment of Caterpillar's global road machinery business, Caterpillar has successively introduced new road machinery models including mature products such as pavers and milling machines to the Chinese market.

In 2016, the new 9m/10m paver AP655F was put into production in Xuzhou to support the development strategy of Caterpillar ground machinery in the global market.

Along with the continuous understanding of the needs of China's road machinery customers, Caterpillar has fully and actively participated in China's road network and urban construction, and is confidently welcoming the arrival of China's road maintenance era.

Deepening China's Road Machinery Market with Technological Innovation

Road machinery is different from ordinary construction machinery. It requires a very high degree of precision for the product. Therefore, before the purchase, the customer's trial experience is particularly important.

In the experience day event, Caterpillar not only introduced the intelligent compaction technology, but also allowed customers to personally experience Cat's new generation 2 meter milling machine PM620, new 9 meters and 10 meters multi-function paver AP655F, large tonnage The performance and characteristics of the road machinery such as the CB64B and CB66B double-drum vibratory rollers, the single-drum vibratory roller CS79B, and the CW34 wheel compactor CW34 were performed, and the actual dynamic demonstration of the new paver AP655F was performed.

Cat Road Machinery Products Customer Delivery Ceremony

On-site, industry experts and Caterpillar R&D experts from the United States conducted discussions and exchanges with customers on how to better serve the Chinese market. In order to let customers have a more in-depth experience of Caterpillar ground machinery development planning in China, the organizer also organized customers to visit the production line of Caterpillar Surface Machinery (Xuzhou) Co., Ltd.

After more than 40 years of deepening the Chinese market, Caterpillar has always adhered to its localization strategy and is committed to long-term development in China. In the future, Caterpillar will continue to understand the needs of Chinese users while developing more products that meet the needs of China's road construction customers. Caterpillar will use its superior strength and advanced concepts to help China's economic restructuring and industrial upgrading. Caterpillar's road machinery is poised for the advent of new road building and maintenance needs in China. (This article comes from Caterpillar)