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A COMPETITION

487 DAYS

IN THE MAKING

THE FIRST GLOBAL OPERATOR CHALLENGE

Take the well-known Caterpillar Operator
Challenge in Europe and make it global.
Now, all that needed to be done was to put
a worldwide, 10,000-piece puzzle together.
JAUS NEIGUM
WORLD CHAMPION

“The idea of an operator challenge isn’t new. We’ve
been doing it in Europe for about 25 years,” said Robyn
Hatch, Construction Industries Marketing for Caterpillar.
“As the role of the operator continues to become more
important, we wanted to celebrate and highlight the value
they bring to job sites and attract more people to our
industry. And, we also wanted to spotlight ease-of-use
technology on the whole range of the Cat machines.”
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Overall, more than 30 countries and 70 dealerships had
10,000 operators compete. Winners from local dealer
events then competed in regional events in Japan, Spain
and the United States during October and November
2019. Just nine finalists would earn the right visit Las
Vegas to compete in the finals at Con Expo 2020.

“During the local competitions, we created 14 challenges
dealers could choose from,” explains Jason Hurdis,