Members event 2018

Seconded. It was a great experience and we saw "the other side of Caterpillar", the process that led to the machines we all enjoy being made. Easy to to tell that the Cat folks take a great deal of pride in what they produce.
One thing our foundry guide John explained was that his friend Mike provides 400t of scrap a day to make the engine castings and he, John, cast it into engine blocks. These are engines that cost hundreds of thousands each - no small thing. It was good to be reminded that there are real people behind these processes that take the production personally - John told us he'd been in the foundry something like 46 years and had done virtually every job that was in there - so I knew he was telling us like it is and that we weren't just getting the "packaged" tourist script. Quite possibly my favorite part of the whole tour although it was all excellent (including catching up with old and new friends and of course the food : )

Thank you to all those involved in making this possible for another year, it surely is a very time consuming process behind the scenes for all the staff. It was a wonderful three days and there is always something new every time! After all the hours planning the event, long hours making it all flow from sun up to well beyond sundown, and the heat I am wishing our office staff a speedy recovery!

Totally agree with all comments made. I was awed about the whole Caterpillar entity, it's history, the technology, and the patriotism of past and present employees.
Thank you all for a great time and I will be back to the next one with some more Ozzies to have another wonderful experience.
Trish