Perkins engines, ISM to open U.S. plant.(Mostly Business)

Perkins Engines Company Limited, a Caterpillar Inc. company and a world leader in manufacturing off-highway diesel and gas engines, and its long-time small engine partner for sub-60-hp. engines, Ishikawajima Shibaura Machinery Company Ltd. (ISM), will open a new small engines manufacturing facility in Griffin, Ga.

Production at Griffin will start in summer 2004 and be based on the Perkins 400 Series--a range of 2-, 3- and 4-cylinder, liquid-cooled, naturally aspirated and turbocharged indirect-injection engines covering the 10- to 60-bhp (7-45 kW) power band. All Perkin