Caterpillar is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial turbines, generator sets and combined heat and power plants. Caterpillar is the world’s biggest manufacturer of medium-speed engines and one of the biggest manufacturers of high-speed diesel engines in the 40 to 10,000 kW (54—13,600 hp) range. In 2004 the group posted a turnover of $ 30 billion (50% of which was to customers outside the USA). Caterpillar has 50 production facilities in the USA and 65 more in 23 countries elsewhere in the world. The Caterpillar group has 70,000 internal employees. Its global network of 220 dealers in more than 200 countries employs 93,000 people. Caterpillar is a Fortune 100 company.