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JCB wins £36 million order for 1,044 machines

May 23, 2012
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JCB wins £36 million order for 1,044 machines

JCB today announced it had won a deal for 550 machines worth £16 million from one of the UK’s leading rental firms – with the promise of more orders to follow. The deal has been struck with A-Plant and is part of a phased investment programme which has now seen the plant hirer buy a total of 1,089 JCB machines in the last nine months.

The latest order for 550 machines includes more than 400 mini and midi excavators, including 50 JCB 8085 eco midi excavators, which are 27% more productive and more than 20% more fuel efficient than the model it replaced. The deal also includes Loadall telescopic handlers and rough terrain forklifts and is one of the biggest to be secured by JCB this year. The machines will be supplied through dealer Greenshields JCB.

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JCB UK Engine investment set to create hundreds of new jobs

December 7, 2011
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JCB UK Engine investment set to create hundreds of new jobs

JCB - the world’s third largest manufacturer of construction equipment - today announced plans for a new £31 million engine development project in the UK that will create around 350 jobs across its Midlands and Wales’ plants.

The programme is set to get underway after the company was awarded £4.5 million towards the cost from the Government’s Regional Growth Fund (RGF). Design and re

search into the new engine project will take place at JCB Power Systems in Foston, Derbyshire, where the company’s world-beating JCB Dieselmax engine is manufactured.

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UK: Jo Bamford becomes Managing Director of JCB Compact Products

October 21, 2011
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UK: Jo Bamford becomes Managing Director of JCB Compact Products

JCB’s Chief Executive Officer Alan Blake announced this week that Jo Bamford has been appointed as Managing Director of JCB Compact Products effective 1 November 2011. He takes over from long-serving JCB executive Chris Spring, who will retire from the company in late 2012 having held various senior management roles with JCB Attachments, JCB Earthmovers and JCB Sales.

Jo Bamford (33), son of JCB Chairman Sir Anthony Bamford, was educated at Ampleforth College and is a Master of Arts graduate from the University of Edinburgh. After graduation, Jo spent two years as a fund manager with New Star Asset Management in the City of London. He joined JCB in 2002 as a Product Specialist for the company’s skid steer product range based at JCB’s North American headquarters in Savannah, Georgia, USA

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Leading French Hirer invests in new JCB fleet

September 21, 2011
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Leading French Hirer invests in new JCB fleet

A leading French rental company has invested in a fleet of 20 new JCB Loadall telescopic handlers – all painted in their striking blue and white corporate livery.

Bleu Blanc was founded in 2003 and is one of the country’s most important regional rental companies covering Western France with a network of 20 depots.

Employing 90 people and with a fleet of more than 8,000 machines, the company’s main bases are in Brittany, Normandy and Maine et Loire Sarthe. Bleu Blanc is owned by Mr Philippe Jan, who is Chairman, The latest investment in JCB Loadalls includes ten 535-140 models, nine 540-170s and one 535-95.

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UK: JCB launch new range of Toughphone

December 4, 2010
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UK: JCB launch new range of Toughphone

Originally launched in December 2007 and still listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the 'World's Toughest Phone', the JCB Toughphone was an immediate success.

JCB has just announced a new range of Toughphones. Now available in a choice of four handsets to suit a range of budgets, all with unique strengths.

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