For Caterpillar, the sustainable development refers to the use of technology and innovation, has higher efficiency and productivity with less environmental impact, and through the effective use of resources to provide products, services and solutions that help our customers to achieve the same goal, improve their productivity.

Today, editors tell you from their own business operations of Caterpillar, through technological innovation to create smart factories, supporting the sustainable development of the story.

As of 1994 that is located in Xuzhou economic and Technological Development Zone Caterpillar (Xuzhou) Co. Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the "Xuzhou plant"), after 20 years of development, has now become the flagship of the Caterpillar factory in China, in terms of quality, safety, supply chain integration, staff cohesion and other aspects of performance excellence, is a model of China engineering machinery industry excellence the quality and sustainable development. Xuzhou factory long-term focus on sustainable development, in 2015, the implementation of a "smart factory" and a series of improvement projects, key manufacturing sectors cover assembly, spraying, manufacturing, the use of intelligent management innovation, reduce resource waste, improve product quality, and improve work safety and health good employees.

In 2015, Xuzhou factory were implemented and completed 27 smart factory project, saving 115000 cubic meters of natural gas and 5 million 570 thousand kwh, reducing 4300 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions, energy saving and economic benefits of the project about about 6000000 yuan (about $923077).