Bobcat Co. Opening $28 Million Bismarck Center

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Bobcat Co. is hoping that its new research and development facility in Bismarck will help it snatch up engineering talent from North Dakota universities.

President Rich Goldsbury tells The Bismarck Tribune young engineers going to schools such as North Dakota State University in Fargo often leave the state for work in cities like Minneapolis.

He says the West Fargo-based company that makes light construction equipment hopes the Bismarck center will attract those people, and also engineers in the field who want to come back to North Dakota.

Bobcat has invested $28 million in its Acceleration Center at the Northern Plains Commerce Center in Bismarck. The company scheduled a grand opening ceremony on Tuesday.