Mike Rowe prepares to hit the dirt with Caterpillar customers, dealers
3 Aug, 2010 LM Direct!
PEORIA, IL — Caterpillar, Inc. is partnering with Mike Rowe, the creator and star of the Discovery Channel’s Dirty Jobs and founder of mikeroweWORKS.com. With Rowe’s dedication to the trades and Caterpillar’s commitment to its customers, the two have joined forces to highlight the important and essential work Caterpillar customers perform every day.
Rowe will be spending time with Caterpillar customers and dealers to get a real-world perspective on their jobs and how the two partner to be successful. These encounters will be featured on Cat.com and at Cat dealerships across the country — and will be used to demonstrate the solutions that Cat dealers provide their customers throughout the lifecycle of their equipment, highlighting their parts and service support.
“When hard work is being performed and progress is being made, Mike wants to be in the thick of it, so teaming with him is an absolute perfect fit,” said Denny Vosberg, Caterpillar Parts and Service support manager.
Rowe, who calls himself a "perpetual apprentice," has performed more than 300 jobs in locations around the country via his show, Dirty Jobs, which is currently one of the Discovery Channel’s most popular programs. Mike is also the creator of mikeroweWORKS.com, a website dedicated to and for people in the trades to meet, discuss relevant topics and learn what is the latest in the industry. He says his partnership with Caterpillar was “inevitable” because the two share the same work philosophy.
“I see Cat equipment and the hard-working people operating it around the world, building and creating infrastructure,” said Rowe. “I’m excited to go beyond the machine and talk with the people who are actually making it happen.”
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