Caterpillar Logistics to Build Facility in Ohio

Caterpillar Logistics Services said it will open a new parts distribution center in Clayton, Ohio.

The center, near Dayton, Ohio, will span more than 1 million square feet, the Associated Press reported.

Construction will begin early next year and be completed by 2011. The company estimates the facility will cost more than $50 million to build.

The facility will eventually replace Caterpillar’s distribution facility in Indianapolis, AP said. It will also take over some of the work from the distribution center in Morton, Ill.

Caterpillar Logistics Services, a unit of Caterpillar Inc., is ranked No. 4 on the Transport Topics Logistics 50 listing of U.S. and Canadian logistics companies.