Why this project qualifies
With 250 permanent operating jobs announced, this project clears AFT's 100-permanent-job threshold (AFT includes any project meeting $100 million in facility-specific investment OR 100 permanent operating jobs). This project also meets AFT's primary-source verification and physical U.S. manufacturing-footprint requirements.
View full methodology →Why it matters
The industrial machinery & equipment context.
Industrial Machinery & Equipment tracks qualifying U.S. factories producing machinery, automation systems and industrial equipment used in manufacturing, construction, agriculture, mining, material handling and infrastructure. Automotive, aerospace, shipbuilding and electrical-grid equipment remain in their dedicated AFT industries.
Project record
At a glance
- Company
- Bobcat Company
- Industry
- Industrial Machinery & Equipment
- Location
- Statesville, North Carolina
- Investment
- $70.0M
- Permanent jobs announced
- 250
- Status
- Operational
- Announced
- May 3, 2021
- Operations began
- Oct 19, 2022
- Added to tracker
- Aug 19, 2026
Sources
Official references
- Bobcat project announcement https://www.bobcat.com/company-info/news-media/press-release-2021-doosan-bobcat-statesville-project
- Business Wire completion confirmation https://businesswire.com/news/home/20221011006208/en/5304191/Bobcat-Company-Celebrates-Completion-of-Manufacturing-Facility-Expansion-in-Statesville-N.C.
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