# JCB Power Systems invests £10M in engine plant for in-house machining

JCB Power Systems invested £10 million in its Derbyshire engine plant to install new CNC machining centers and automated processes for in-house production of cylinder heads, engine blocks, and bedplates. Production is expected to start in early 2017, boosting capacity to 45,000 engine sets per year.

- Type: Investment
- Announced: 2017-02-13
- Where: Derbyshire, United Kingdom
- Value: $12.5M (10.0M GBP)
- Starts operating: Jan 2017
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 45,000 engine sets per year
- Products: cylinder heads, engine blocks, bedplates, diesel engines
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [JCB Power Systems](https://endata.com/companies/16752.md)

## Sources

- [manufacturingmanagement.co.uk](https://www.manufacturingmanagement.co.uk/content/news/jcb-power-systems-invests-10-million-into-engine-plant), 2017-02-13: "The multi-million-pound investment in machining in-house gives us direct control over specification, quality and cost of the major components."

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