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Article: The Bobcat Compact Loader Celebrates 50 Years.
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- Construction Equipment
- Article date:
- July 1, 2008
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By Keith Haddock, Contributing Editor
Small loader built to satisfy the needs of a turkey farmer started the compact construction machine revolution
It all started in the small town of Gwinner, N.D., where E.G. Melroe founded the Melroe Manufacturing Co. in 1947. For several years, the firm made small farm implements, including a grain-harvesting attachment and a spring-tooth harrow. In 1958, Lester Melroe (one of the founder's four sons), who by then was running the company, saw great potential in a new machine he was invited to see. It was a lightweight wheel loader specifically designed to clean manure from local turkey barns, and it was built by ...
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Article: Doosan Infracore completes acquisition of bobcat, ...
Arbor Age;
January 1, 2008 ;
700+ words
...Doosan Infracore announced that it has completed the acquisition ... entities will operate as individual businesses of Doosan Infracore International, a U.S.-based subsidiary of Doosan Infracore, and will be known as Bobcat, Doosan Infracore ...
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