DEERFIELD, Illinois,
February 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --
Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) announced today its board of
directors has appointed Tony Fassino
a company vice president. Fassino will have responsibility for
leading Caterpillar's Building Construction Products (BCP)
Division. BCP is a global organization responsible for designing,
manufacturing and supporting Caterpillar's line of small, versatile
construction equipment and work tools. Fassino replaces
Ken Hoefling, who recently departed
Caterpillar to pursue other opportunities.
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"Tony brings great product knowledge and a strong focus on
quality to this role, which combined with his deep marketing and
dealer background, make him ideally suited to lead BCP," said
Bob De Lange, Caterpillar group
president of Construction Industries. "Tony is also known as a
collaborative leader who makes fact-based decisions with a
determination to help our customers succeed."
Most recently, Fassino has been the general manager for
Caterpillar's forestry products group. Much of his more than 20
years with Caterpillar has been spent in roles of increasing
responsibilities within the company's marketing and dealer support
groups. Fassino also spent five years based in Japan as a new product introduction manager
for hydraulic excavators.
Fassino holds a bachelor's and master's degree in mechanical
engineering from Bradley University. He
will assume his new role effective March 1,
2018.
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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