Bobcat, Doosan Acceleration Center to Support Innovation, Training
Bobcat Company and Doosan opened their new Bismarck, ND, Acceleration Center where 175 people will work on initial design, prototype engineering, prototype manufacturing, computer simulation and testing ideas and concepts. The Center will be a key engineering facility for all Bobcat compact equipment help serve some of Doosan heavy equipment’s research and development needs for the North American market.
The $28 million project includes office and lab space, classrooms and demonstration areas, and both indoor and outdoor machine operation areas. The facility has two stories and 190,000 square feet under roof, with an additional 22 acres of outside test and product development space. A collaborative open office environment is equipped with modern devices, tools and software systems that expedite leading-edge engineering, and product and process development.
“We have momentum,” Rich Goldsbury, president of Bobcat Company and Doosan North America, said. “We are investing in our innovations and technologies, and in our facilities and our people. That’s what this particular facility is all about: momentum and acceleration. Bobcat will continue to be an unstoppable force in the industry, and Doosan will continue to grow into a premier heavy equipment brand in the North American market.”
Bobcat Company also has an attachments production facility in Bismarck, and its manufacturing, production control and logistics group has been there since 2012.
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