They better think hard about closing ASAP, I'll be finding out today if Takeuchi is still running in Russia. People need to wake up about what's happening, this is going to get super ugly real fast.
Plus this fuel price increase bs!
https://youtu.be/VEP6WX0CcFk
I can't recall the entire history, but Caterpillar was doing plenty of business with the Soviet Union before and after WWII.
Caterpillar announced today they are suspending operations in Russia as of March 9
https://www.reuters.com/article/ukraine-crisis-caterpillar/caterpillar-suspends-operations-in-russia-idINL3N2VC2IN
Whilst it is a start, it does not say they will stop all shipments to Russia only suspending operations in factories. Deere today said they will stop shipments. Komatsu said they will stop shipments.