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Bobcat Company is an American-based manufacturer of farm and construction equipment. Its American headquarters is in West Fargo, North Dakota, formerly in Gwinner, North Dakota. Its European headquarters moved in 2017 from Waterloo, Belgium, to Dobříš, Czech Republic (where Bobcat operates one of its European manufacturing plants).
For decades, the name “Bobcat” has been synonymous with loaders. After all, we brought the world its first true skid-steer loader in 1960: the M400. Our invention launched the compact equipment industry – which today is an $11.6 billion global enterprise – and made Bobcat the compact industry leader.
1962 marks the introduction of the M440 -- the first Bobcat-branded loader, white with red trim -- and two years later celebrates its 1000th loader. By 1969 the company builds its 10,000th loader. Another decade later (1980) the company reaches its 100,000th loader milestone.
Bobcat Company is an American-based manufacturer of farm and construction equipment with its headquarters in West Fargo, North Dakota. Originally founded as Keller Welding & Repair in 1956 by brothers Louis and Cyril Keller, the company has gone through a series of mergers and acquisitions before becoming part of the Doosan Group in 2021.
Bobcat releases the first production model of the current Skid-Steer loader. The first Skid-Steer loader is invented and first introduced. The new Skid-Steer loader is given the name “Bobcat” to represent toughness, quickness, and agility. Clark Equipment Company purchases the company from Melroe.
Invention and entrepreneurship have described Bobcat and its people since the earliest days. Few inventions have done more to change the way the world works than the skid-steer loader in 1960. From it spawned the compact equipment business, of which Bobcat is the undisputed leader.
Bobcat decided to enter the excavator market in the 80s, and by 1988 the first two models were production-ready. The company was actually the only one to produce excavators in North America for 25 years in a row.
