Construction equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. said it is suspending manufacturing at its Waco, Texas dump truck facility.

The suspension, which will take effect in the first quarter of 2003 and leave 12 people unemployed, is due to sluggish worldwide demand for the dump trucks, the Waco Tribune-Herald reported this week.
The $15 million, 128,000-square-foot plant opened in 2000.
Caterpillar plans to keep the building and the equipment inside "in a first-class condition," said Christopher Glynn, a spokesman for the Peoria, Ill.-based company. He said the plant might reopen later if demand for the trucks improves. He also said Caterpillar will try to relocate the 12 employees to other plants.

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