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Caterpillar Logistics Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc. has announced further enhancements to its parts distribution network with the addition of a new parts distribution center in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. The 500,000-square-foot facility will employ up to 150 people and is expected to be operational mid-2013. The capital city, San Luis Potosi, serves as an ideal location for a strategic logistics operation. Access to major airports and a rail hub is complemented by a major highway crossroads providing easy access to transportation routes between major cities in Mexico.

Maple Leaf Foods (TSX:MFI) today announced it has chosen Puslinch Township, in the County of Wellington, as the location for a new distribution centre that will operate as the Company's prepared meats distribution hub for central and eastern Canada. DB Schenker has been selected as the third-party logistics provider with responsibility for its operations.

CT Realty Investors announced that the Beaumont Logistics Center, located at 520 Fourth St. and 415 Nicholas Rd. in Beaumont, Calif., has been fully leased to Updike Distribution Logistics and Hand Air Express. Combined, the two lease transactions represent one of the largest industrial leasing accomplishments in the Inland Empire in 2012.

In an effort to support growth and improve operational efficiency, The Toro Company today announced that it is partnering with Ryan Companies to build a 450,000 square-foot distribution center near Des Moines, IA. Toro will ultimately lease the facility from Ryan once construction is completed later this year. At that time, Toro will transition distribution operations from its current facilities in Lakeville, MN, and Beatrice, NE, to the new Des Moines facility. The facility will employ approximately 20 people.