Because it regarded to the longer term, JCB additionally celebrated its heritage with the opening of the ‘Story of JCB’ in 2011, a everlasting exhibition marking the expansion of JCB and the Bamford household’s roots in business. These roots may be traced again virtually 200 years once they began out as blacksmiths in Uttoxeter, earlier than, in 1871, they based agricultural equipment suppliers Bamfords Ltd within the city.

International manufacturing prolonged to Brazil in 2012 and British Prime Minister David Cameron formally opened the brand new £63 million facility in Sao Paulo state. This 12 months JCB additionally celebrated securing a £60 million order for greater than 1,000 backhoes from the Brazilian Authorities.

In 2014, Woman Bamford introduced a verify for £2 million to The Countess of Wessex for the NSPCC after a marathon company-wide funding elevating drive. Staff raised £1 million and the quantity was doubled by Lord Bamford. In India, manufacturing began at JCB’s new £62 million Jaipur manufacturing unit advanced and plans have been introduced for a £20 million new HQ for JCB Germany in Cologne.

In 2015 JCB marked its seventieth anniversary with a continued deal with product innovation because the wraps got here off the model new 3CX Compact backhoe loader, a machine 35 p.c smaller than its larger brother and designed to work on more and more congested constructing websites.

2016 was a 12 months of milestones as the corporate celebrated the manufacturing of the 200,000th Loadall telescopic handler. It took virtually 30 years for JCB to promote the primary 100,000 Loadalls but it surely has taken lower than 10 for the following 100,000 to be offered – testomony to the rising significance of the product and JCB’s energy on this sector. Immediately JCB is the world’s primary producer of telescopic handlers. On this 12 months JCB additionally marked the manufacturing on its 100,000th mini excavator and celebrated 25 years of manufacturing of the revolutionary Fastrac tractor. It was additionally the 12 months when the brand new JCB Hydradig was launched to worldwide acclaim.

2017 was additionally a momentous 12 months on two fronts: the launch a brand new vary of JCB powered entry tools after two years of secret growth. JCB was getting into for the primary time a market value $8 billion a 12 months. The 12 months additionally noticed the corporate have a good time one other Loadall milestone – 40 years since manufacturing began. Later within the 12 months JCB marked the manufacturing of its 500,000th engine – sufficient engines to stretch from London to Paris.

If 2017 was a 12 months of milestones, 2018 was actually a 12 months for thrilling product introductions with the disclosing of JCB’s first ever electrical excavator main the best way. The 19C-1E electrical mini excavator was developed in response to buyer calls for for a zero emissions machine which might work indoors, underground, and near folks in city areas. As soon as totally charged, it is able to put in a full regular working day on the constructing web site. The 12 months additionally noticed the launch of the profitable X-Sequence vary of tracked excavators and the beginning of web site dumper manufacturing on the World HQ in Rocester. JCB additionally introduced a £50 million funding in a brand new manufacturing unit to supply cabs in Uttoxeter.