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Bobcat of Michiana,Elkhart,IN
4th Annual Bobcat Rodeo
It is rodeo time again at Bobcat of Michiana. We are hosting our 4th annual Bobcat Rodeo Event on Saturday April 19th (9-2) held at American Countryside Farmers Market just off of the 20 bypass in Elkhart. This is an excellent opportunity to get all of our customers together from around the community to mingle while checking out the newest Bobcat Equipment & specialty accessories. We are looking forward to our customers saddling up for some fun, friendly competition in our skills stampede. Proceeds from this years competition will go to Habitat for Humanity of St. Joseph County. Also new this year is the kids activity area, bring them along to ride the ponies, enter in a coloring contest and get their picture taken on real Bobcat Equipment. Please come out and join us for this event. See the Farmers Market website for more information on upcoming events http://americancountryside.us/market/events/
Bobcat of Michiana,Elkhart,IN
Expires: Tue May 05 00:00:00 EDT 2009
Bobcat of Michiana,Elkhart,IN
Ambitious Doosan acquires Bobcat
Ambitious Doosan acquires Bobcat INCHEON, Korea, South Thursday, 2 Aug 2007 A Bobcat V518 Telehandler Construction equipment and forklift manufacturer Doosan Infracore has signed a definitive agreement to acquire three of Ingersoll-Rand Company Ltd’s businesses including Bobcat, for USD4.9 billion. The deal could be South Korea’s largest overseas acquisition. Doosan Infracore vice chairman Yongmaan Park says Doosan will maximize on the synergies from the Bobcat acquisition to achieve its aim of ranking in the top five of global construction equipment companies. The acquisition of Bobcat, a world-leading compact construction equipment business, will place Doosan in the top seven in the sector, a Doosan statement says. Bobcat makes telehandlers, loaders, excavators, utility products, light construction equipment and attachments. Other Ingersoll-Rand businesses in the agreement are Ingersoll-Rand’s utility equipment and attachments businesses. In 2006, the three businesses generated about USD2.6 billion in sales and USD370 million in operating profits and currently have the highest world market share in their sectors. The businesses have over 2,700 dealers in the US and Europe and operate 16 factories in six countries, according to the statement. Doosan says its distribution and manufacturing network will increase to over 3,700 dealers worldwide and 20 plants in countries including US, China, Belgium, France and the Czech Republic. Doosan sales are expected to increase to about USD7.4 billion and its global ranking rise from 19th to seventh in the construction equipment sector post acquisition. The statement says the company intends to continue the acquired businesses with their current management and employees. “The businesses we are acquiring have outstanding management personnel and engineers, which we consider the most important criteria of our acquisition strategy,” Park says. With the acquisition, Doosan adds compact construction equipment to its portfolio of medium and large-scale construction equipment lines and provides the company with world-leading technologies and brand names.
Bobcat of Michiana,Elkhart,IN
Expires: Fri Aug 08 00:00:00 EDT 2008
Bobcat of Michiana,Elkhart,IN
3rd Annual Bobcat Rodeo and Skills Competition
Although last week proved to be the norm of Indiana weather, 4 inches of snow and 30˚ in the middle of April, the weather did not keep us down. There was plenty of adrenaline out at Ferrettie Baugo Creek County Park as local Bobcat operators came out to show off their skills in our 3rd Annual Bobcat Rodeo Skills Competition. Many were competitors in the years past others were new to the scene. Competitors are given one chance each on the Bobcat Loader and Excavator, after that they can pay $5.00 to improve their time in either obstacle course. Times were documented and judges were in place as these young men attempted to beat the low qualifying times of the other competitors. Bobcat of Michiana is proud to announce that the monies collected from the “2nd Chance” competition and the 50/50 drawings were donated to the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer http://walk.avonfoundation.org. Leslee Waters who works for C & D Supply which has been our vendor for paint shop supplies here in Elkhart for many years. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in January 2006. Hull Lift Truck and Bobcat of Michiana assisted Leslee in her personal goal of collecting $5000.00 for helping research a cure for this devastating type of cancer. We were able to give her a check for $708.00 from proceeds from the Rodeo and a personal collection from Hull employees equaling a total of more than $1,400.00. So on behalf of Hull Lift Truck and Bobcat of Michiana Thank all of you for joining us in our 3rd Annual Bobcat Rodeo. Congrats to this years Overall winner in the skills competition, Steve Chupp of S&L Builders. Steve was also out #1 competitor in the Skid Steer Competition. Kregg Keigley of KC Tree was our Second place winner in the Skid Steer and Excavator competition making him 2nd place winner overall. Both Jim Garber and Corey Stith placed 3rd. Corey and Jim both have competed and placed in years past. Corey was 2006 Excavator champion and held him 24 second time almost all day until the last half hour when the competition was getting close to an end. The 1st place winners of this year’s rodeo will receive an embroidered Utility Jacket with their name and title on it. Next year with good weather we would like to see more of you out at this great event! It is a great opportunity to get out and meet others in the local areas that are in the same business you are. Start practicing now for the 4th Annual Bobcat Rodeo and Skills Competition. I can promise the winners will be back next year to try and keep their title they worked so hard for this year in the cold wet weather we had this past week. We at Bobcat of Michiana invite you to stop in Monday through Friday between the hours of 8 - 5. Come browse our parts department for all your Bobcat Accessories, merchandise and parts needed to fix your equipment. Also our large indoor showroom filled with new and used Bobcat Equipment and attachments.
Bobcat of Michiana,Elkhart,IN
Expires: Sat May 17 00:00:00 EDT 2008
Bobcat of Michiana,Benton Harbor,MI
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