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P
roducing one million Bobcat loaders is not only an
unparalleled industry achievement that has impacted the
livelihood of compact equipment users worldwide; it has
also touched the lives of thousands more who have designed, built
and backed generations of Bobcat loaders for nearly 60 years.
Bobcat Company marked this tremendous milestone with
a formal ceremony on July 12, sharing the occasion with its
valued employees and the community of Gwinner, N.D.,
home to Bobcat's primary production facility. e company
also celebrated with family members of those who invented
Bobcat Celebrates Production of
One MilliOnth lOader
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Bobcat Company and Doosan North America President Rich Goldsbury addresses the crowd at the Bobcat Company Millionth Loader Celebration.
Above Left: The millionth Bobcat skid-steer loader rolls off the line and out of the Gwinner factory. Above Right: Two loaders rolled off the line during the Millionth
Loader ceremony: loader number one-million, a skid-steer loader; and loader number one-million-one, a compact track loader version.
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Above Left: North Dakota Lt. Gov. Drew Wrigley addresses the crowd. Above Right: North Dakota U.s. senator John hoeven.
