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FRED MENCE ADDS 10 JCB 3CX SITEMASTERS TO GROWING FLEET
JCB has won an order worth more than £½ million for a fleet of backhoe loaders made at its World HQ in Staffordshire. News of the deal from civil engineering, plant hire and haulage specialist Fred Mence (Construction) comes just days after JCB celebrated 60 years of making backhoe loaders - a machine invented by company founder Joseph Cyril Bamford in 1953. More than half a million JCB backhoes have been manufactured since then. -
CANCER CHECK RETURNS CHRIS BACK TO HEALTH
IT Systems Administrator Chris Wilde has praised JCB's proatcive approach to employee health after being successfully treated for prostate cancer after it was detected by a company screening programme. Chris went along for workplace health screening offered by JCB in the summer of 2011 after his father died of prostate cancer aged 69. That family link to the condition meant Chris, then 56, was keen to check if he was at any increased risk of suffering the same fate. -
JCB APPRENTICES SCOOP HONOURS AT NATIONAL AWARDS
Talented JCB apprentices have scooped top honours in a prestigious competition which tests their engineering skills and practical and academic knowledge. Both Sion Lloyd and Dan Biggs, who both work at JCB Transmissions in Wrexham, notched up first place finishes in the EEF Future Manufacturing Awards 2013 in a ceremony held at Chester Racecourse. Sion won in “The Outstanding Achievement by a First Year Apprentice Award Wales – Regional Winner” category, while Dan was named “The Outstanding Achievement by a Third Year Apprentice Award – Wales Regional Winner”. -
JCBS 150M PLANS TO CREATE 2500 JOBS WELCOMED BY CHANCELLOR
JCB today announced plans to invest £150 million to expand its operations in Staffordshire and create an additional 2,500 jobs by 2018, which will in turn add a further 7,500 jobs in the UK supply chain (a recent Oxford Economics study concluded that for every 1 JCB job, there are 3 others in the UK supply chain). To mark today’s announcement, The Chancellor of the Exchequer, The Rt. Hon. George Osborne MP visited JCB’s backhoe loader factory in Rocester, Staffordshire. His visit comes the day after he delivered his Autumn Statement, in which he committed Government funding to unlock economic growth in Staffordshire with a major road improvement project on the A50 trunk road in Uttoxeter. -
A JCB DIGGER TO WARM THE HEARTS OF OPERATORS AS WINTER STRIKES
JCB digger drivers are in for some heart-warming news as the first icy blast of winter strikes. With temperatures plunging to below zero today, the company has announced that a new system is now available on its iconic backhoe loaders that automatically heats the cab and engine before the operator arrives for work in the morning. -
DIAMOND YEAR FOR JCB BACKHOE AS COMPANY LOOKS TO FUTURE
JCB’s iconic backhoe loader today celebrated 60 years in production – with the promise of more exciting innovations to come on a machine that has, literally, helped shape the world. Company founder Joseph Cyril Bamford invented the concept of the backhoe and the first JCB model was manufactured in 1953 after he combined a lightweight backhoe with a Major Loadall tractor loader. It created, for the first time, a single machine which combined a front shovel and rear excavator arm. -
JCB ANNOUNCES $500000 DONATION OF KIT TO PHILIPPINES DISASTER
British digger maker JCB today responded to the Filipino typhoon disaster with the news that machines and generators worth more than $500,000 are to be provided to assist in the aftermath of the catastrophe. The company is sending a fleet of three 3CX backhoe loaders to help in the clear up operations following Typhoon Haiyan which was one of the most powerful storms ever recorded on land and which has left up to 2,500 people dead. In addition more than 120 JCB electrical generators are being provided through the company’s Filipino dealer Camec. -
NEW ADDITIONS GIVE JCB LOADALL RANGE INDUSTRY BEST COVERAGE
JCB, the world’s number one producer of telescopic handlers, today further strengthens its range at Agritechnica with the launch of three new Loadall models. The new 525-60 Agri has a maximum payload of 2.5 tonnes and maximum lift height of six metres and brings full-size telehandler performance and features into the compact sector alongside JCB’s smallest Loadall, the new 516-40 Agri. -
AGRITECHNICA PREVIEW FOR POWERFUL NEW FASTRAC
One of the most significant developments in the JCB Fastrac tractor range since its launch 23 years ago is today previewed at Agritechnica with the unveiling of the new 4000 Series machine. The radical new-look machine - which will be launched next year - will replace the current 2000 Series with improvements in all aspects of its design, performance and driver comfort and convenience, resulting in higher levels of versatility and productivity. -
LATEST JCB SKID-STEER AND TRACK LOADERS OFFER HUGE FUEL SAVINGS
The unique Powerboom and side-door access layout of JCB’s skid-steer and compact tracked loaders makes them among the easiest – and safest – machines of their type for daily duties on farms and other rural enterprises. But the latest ‘large platform’ models are not only even easier to operate thanks to new controls and an implement quick-hitch option, they are also more economical.
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