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Progress Rail Services Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Caterpillar since 2006, is a supplier of railroad and transit system products and services headquartered in Albertville, Alabama, United States. Founded as a recycling company in 1982, Progress Rail has increased the number of its product and service offerings over time to become one of the largest integrated and diversified suppliers of railroad and transit system products and services in North America. Progress Rail markets products and services worldwide and maintains 110 facilities in the United States, 34 in Mexico, four in Canada, two in Brazil, five in UK, one in Italy, and one in Germany.〔 Progress Rail is organized into two divisions: Engineering & Track Services (ETS) and Locomotive & Railcar Services (LRS). ==History== Progress Rail Services Corporation traces its roots to a recycling company founded in Albertville, Alabama, United States in 1982.〔 Progress Rail became a division of Progress Energy in 2000 as a result of the merger of Florida Progress Corporation and Carolina Power & Light Company. In February 2005, Progress Energy announced it was selling Progress Rail to One Equity Partners for $405 million.〔''(Progress Energy announces sale of rail services subsidiary ), Progress Energy'', 18 February 2005〕 The sale closed on March 28, 2005, with Progress Rail becoming a separate private company.〔''(Progress Energy closes on sale of rail subsidiary ), Progress Energy'', 28 March 2005〕 On May 17, 2006, Caterpillar Inc. announced it would purchase Progress Rail from One Equity Partners for $1 billion in cash, stock and debt.〔''(Caterpillar to acquire Progress Rail ), PRdomain'', 17 May 2006〕 The acquisition by Caterpillar was announced as part of its long-term strategy, ''Vision 2020''. In July 2011 the company announced it was to assemble EMD locomotives at a plant leased in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Progress Rail Services」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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