![1947 image](/images/sub/history_img_1947.png)
E.G. Melroe and sons open a factory in Gwinner, N.D.
![1958 image](/images/sub/history_img_1958.png)
Bobcat releases the first production model of the current Skid-Steer loader.
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The first Skid-Steer loader is invented and first introduced.
![1962 image](/images/sub/history_img_1962.png)
The new Skid-Steer loader is given the name “Bobcat” to represent toughness, quickness, and agility.
![1969 image](/images/sub/history_img_1969.png)
Clark Equipment Company purchases the company from Melroe.
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Bobcat becomes the first manufacturer to build Compact Excavators in North America.
1995 ~ 2014
Clark Equipment Company is sold to Ingersoll Rand Company.
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"Melroe Company" name is officially changed to "Bobcat Company".
Bobcat acquires Sambron and launches the telehandler.
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Bobcat Company becomes part of Doosan Group.
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Bobcat becomes the first manufacturer to produce more than 1,000,000 loaders.
Doosan Infracore Bobcat Holdings Co., Ltd is established.
2015 ~ 2024
The Company name is changed to Doosan Bobcat Inc.
![2016 image](/images/sub/history_img_2016.png)
Doosan Bobcat is listed on KOSPI.
Bobcat relocates the headquarters of EMEA to the Czech Republic.
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Bobcat introduces its first Backhoe Loader in India, and its Compact Tractor in the U.S.
![2019 image2](/images/sub/history_img_2019_2.png)
Doosan Bobcat acquires the ground care business - including mowers, tractors, sod cutters - from Schiller Grounds Care, Inc.
![2021 image](/images/sub/history_img_2021.png)
Doosan Bobcat acquires Material Handling's business.
![2019 이미지2](/images/sub/history_img_2024.png)
Doosan Bobcat expands its product portfolio with Bobcat-branded
material handling,industrial air, portable power and turf renovation equipment.