Fifty years ago Bobcat Company unleashed a way to work better smarter faster. During 2008 the company is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Bobcat compact equipment which began with the Melroe Self-Propelled Loader a three-wheeled front-end loader in 1958. That machine evolved into the Bobcat skid-steer loader and spawned the worldwide compact equipment industry. Today Bobcat continues to lead the world in the design manufacture and distribution of compact equipment.

Bobcat Company headquartered in West Fargo N.D. is part of Doosan Infracore International (DII) a U.S.-based subsidiary of Doosan Infracore a global manufacturer of construction equipment.