JCB

JCB received a $72.8 million contract extension from the U.S. Department of Defense to manufacture approximately 180 High Mobility Engineer Excavators (HMEEs) through 2020. The company expects to double HMEE production by mid-2019 and add about 20 jobs.

JCB is investing over £50 million in a new 350,000 sq ft factory in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, to produce cabs for its machines. The plant will create more than 200 jobs by 2022 and have capacity for 100,000 cabs per year.

JCB launched 13 new products at CONEXPO-CON/AGG, including skid steer loaders, compact track loaders, a rough-terrain forklift, and a telescopic handler.

JCB invested $30 million in expanding global service support, including opening a new parts warehouse in Prague to serve Central Europe and Poland.

JCB is building a new $100 million factory in Sorocaba, Brazil, to produce excavators and backhoe-loaders.

JCB launched a new line of powered access machines, including nine electric scissor-lift models, entering the powered access market for the first time. The JCB Access business plans to offer 27 platforms by end of 2017.

JCB Power Systems is investing £10 million in its Derbyshire engine plant to install new CNC machining centers and automated processes for in-house production of cylinder heads and blocks, boosting production capacity.

The U.S. Army placed a $142 million order with JCB for 1,600 light-capability rough terrain forklifts (model 527-58M), to be produced at JCB's Savannah, Georgia facility.

JCB opened a new factory in Sorocaba, Brazil in 2012, with an investment of $124 million, a total area of 201,000 m², and production capacity of 10,000 units per year, employing 250 people.

JCB secured a £35 million contract to supply 1,200 machines, including excavators and telescopic handlers, to UK plant hire firm A-Plant. The order will be fulfilled from JCB's Staffordshire factories.

JCB has secured a £35 million order for 1,200 machines from UK plant hire firm A-Plant, including excavators, mini excavators, telescopic handlers, rough terrain forklifts, site dumpers and generators.

A-Plant, part of Ashtead Group, placed an order with Greenfields for 1,200 JCB machines, including telehandlers, generators, and earthmoving equipment, valued at GBP 35 million.