DEERFIELD, Ill., Feb. 16, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Caterpillar Inc.
(NYSE: CAT) announced today that Ken
Hoefling, vice president of the Building Construction
Products Division (BCP), is leaving the company to pursue other
opportunities.
"We thank Ken for his many years of service to Caterpillar and
its customers. We wish him well in his new endeavors," said
Bob De Lange, Caterpillar group
president of Construction Industries.
A replacement for Hoefling will be named in the near future.
Hoefling began his Caterpillar career as an engineer in 1990. He
had additional engineering roles in France and the
United States before advancing to marketing roles with
increasing responsibility, and serving as a facility manager in
Shanghai, China. Hoefling became
general manager in the Reman Components Division in 2007. In 2013,
he was named general manager of steel products in the
Remanufacturing Components and Work Tools Division. Since 2015, he
has led BCP, a global organization responsible for designing,
manufacturing and supporting Caterpillar's line of small, versatile
construction equipment and work tools.
About Caterpillar
For more than 90 years, Caterpillar Inc. has been making
sustainable progress possible and driving positive change on every
continent. Customers turn to Caterpillar to help them develop
infrastructure, energy and natural resource assets. With 2017 sales
and revenues of $45.462 billion,
Caterpillar is the world's leading manufacturer of construction and
mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas
turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. The company principally
operates through its three primary segments - Construction
Industries, Resource Industries and Energy & Transportation -
and also provides financing and related services through its
Financial Products segment. For more information, visit
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