Caterpillar Invades Russia

Caterpillar opened its first factory in the town of Tosno, Leningrad Oblast. The new factory's production is large fabricated components for construction machines. Most of the company's products will be exported to Caterpillar assembling factories in Europe. Caterpillar employs over 400 employees in its Tosno facility. "We require 200 employees to show up every day at the plant," says a company spokesman. "So we played the odds and hired 400."