JC Bamford Excavators
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| legal form | Ltd. |
| founding | 1945 |
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Rocester , Staffordshire ,
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| Number of employees | 12,000 |
| sales | £ 2.51 billion (2014) |
| Branch | Construction machinery |
| Website | www.jcb.com |
JC Bamford Excavators Limited (in short: JCB ) is a British manufacturer of construction -, industrial and agricultural machinery , headquartered in Rocester in the English county of Staffordshire on about 175 acres (43.75 hectares) of land. Founded by Joseph Cyril Bamford, the company employs around 10,000 people worldwide and is privately owned by the Bamford family. The chairman of the board, Sir Anthony Bamford, is the son of the company's founder, who died in 2001. His son Jo Bamford has headed the JCB Compact Products division since 2011.
In the construction machinery market, JCB became the third largest producer worldwide in 2006 and, according to its own statements, is the largest in Europe.
history
The story of JCB's worldwide rise began in Staffordshire on a very small scale. On October 23, 1945, Joseph Cyril Bamford, later known as "Mr. JCB ”, with the manufacture of its first product in a rented garage in Uttoxeter . Using a welding machine that he had bought second-hand for £ 1 , Bamford made a farming trailer from scrap material, which he sold on the town market for £ 45. He used the money to buy new materials.
In 1968 the company took over Chaseside, a British manufacturer of construction machinery, especially wheel loaders .
In 1990, at the Smithfield Show in London, the company presented its own tractor , the Fastrac , which was launched a year later.
In 1995 a distribution agreement was reached with Renault Agriculture , according to which Renault will distribute the Fastrac and JCB telescopic handlers in France.
In 2004 the 500,000th JCB machine was manufactured. As Europe's largest manufacturer of construction machinery, JCB exports 75% of its products to over 150 countries. In 2005, in its 60th year of existence, JCB sold more than 45,000 machines. In the 65th year of its existence, 2010, the company sold 51,600 machines worldwide.
Works
JCB manufactures in 22 plants on four continents. There are ten plants in England, three in India and one each in the USA, Brazil and China. There are also subsidiaries in France, Germany, Italy, Holland, Belgium, Spain and Singapore.
Products
The company manufactures more than 300 different machines including: backhoe loaders , telescopic handlers , tracked and wheeled excavators , wheel loaders , dumpers , terrain truck, mini-excavators, skid steer loaders , JCB-Vibromax compaction machinery and equipment for gardening and landscaping.
In addition, JCB produces a range of wheel loaders, telescopic handlers and Fastrac tractors for the agricultural sector. The Teletruk telescopic forklift truck is also manufactured for the industrial sector .
JS 300 crawler excavator
3CX backhoe loader
Telehandler (Loadall)
Fastrac 8250
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World record
In 2004, after an investment of £ 80 million, the diesel engine developed by JCB for off-highway vehicles went into production. The newly developed engine proved to be extremely robust and reliable.
To document the performance, JCB attempted to break the existing speed record for diesel-powered land vehicles with a specially developed racing car, the JCB Dieselmax, which is equipped with two 750 hp engines. This was achieved on August 23, 2006 at 563.418 km / h. The previous record was exceeded by almost 50 percent.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Graeme Macdonald becomes CEO ( Memento of the original from August 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ About us
- ^ Tanya Powley: JCB stuck in a rut as emerging markets decline hits earnings . In: Financial Times . May 18, 2015 ( ft.com ).
- ↑ Jo Bamford becomes Managing Director of JCB Compact Products. Retrieved November 21, 2011 .
- ↑ JCB third largest manufacturer. Retrieved June 12, 2012 .
- ↑ JCB is Europe's biggest manufacturer of construction equipment. Retrieved June 12, 2012 .
- ^ Keith Haddock: The Earthmover Encyclopedia. MotorBooks International, ISBN 978-1-61059-209-3 , p. 87. Limited preview in Google book search
- ↑ Renault Agriculture et JCB signed and accord de distribution. In: LesEchos.fr. November 17, 1995, accessed May 8, 2013 (French).
- ↑ JCB officially marks 65th anniversary as robust earnings restored. (No longer available online.) In: JCB Blog. June 21, 2010, archived from the original on August 21, 2012 ; accessed on May 22, 2012 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ JCB car breaks own speed record. In: BBC News. August 23, 2006, accessed March 14, 2011 .
