Bobcat Manufacturer

[logan97]

Curious if Bobcat was always manufactured by the same company.

 

[galaxie428]

Bobcat was owned by Ingersoll Rand up until a few years ago when they sold the Bobcat line to a Korean company. It seems like Doosan is there name but I am not 100% on that.

I am also not sure if Bobcat was owned by someone else before IR had them either.

 

[sweettractors]

It may be Daedong, South Korea. Ken Sweet

 

[logan97]

wonder if they were making the parts/ engines etc.. for IR and then recently bought the company and are now using their own name ??

 

[KSinWI]

They started out as Melroe Manufacturing. Ingersoll-Rand bought them out years back and then changed the name to Bobcat. They were sold in 2007 to Doosan Infracore of South Korea.

 

[qed-cat225]

the tractors have the doosan engine in them, I believe the skid loaders still are using kubota

 

[Duffster]

Curious if Bobcat was always manufactured by the same company.

Tractors? Yes, Daedong. Which is NOT Doosan.

 

[adnan]

THe best Tractor I've seen yet. but never had one.

 

[Steve_Miller]

Bobcat to Enter Compact Utility Tractor Market - Bobcat Company

Steve

 

[Hoosier Hay Man]

I believe the skid loaders still are using kubota

I heard once that Kubota wasn't happy with Bobcat getting into the CUT market. As long as Bobcat used Kubota engines in their skid loaders Kubota wasn't going to build a skid loader. Kubota came out with a tracked skid loader this year that some believed was motivated by Bobcat selling CUT. Don't know if all of that is true but would make sense.

 

[Canada_CT230]

I wouldn't be surprised that if in the future Bobcat uses Daedong engines in their skid steer loaders and other products. Daedong makes a full line of engines.

 

[duck]

In 1995, Bobcat was purchased by Ingersoll Rand.
On 7/29/2007, Bobcat was purchased by Doosan Infracore (owns Daewoo) for $4.9 billion, marking one of the largest foreign purchases by a Korean company..

Factory: Daegu, South Korea

The acquisition makes Doosan Infracore one of the top 10 construction equipment manufacturers in the world. Doosan Group has been acquiring companies since 2000 and is one of South Korea's 10 largest conglomerates. It acquired Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co. in 2001 and Doosan Infracore in 2005, as well as Daewoo Heavy Industries and Machinery in April 2005. It created Doosan Infracore America, which has 70 dealers with more than 130 locations.

Doosan will outsource tractors from Daedong, also Korean.

As far as I can tell, Daedong engines are already being used in some Mahindra models. As well as LS/LG/Montana/TYM & some Cub Cadet痴.