JCB Chairman Anthony Bamford has celebrated an unprecedented milestone with the firm – 60 years’ service.
Having completed an engineering apprenticeship with Massey Ferguson in France, he first walked through the doors of the company’s Rocester factory as an employee on February 24th, 1964 aged just 18 and started work on the shop floor. Sixty years on and Lord Bamford’s commitment shows no waning at the age of 78 as he leads a £100 million project to develop hydrogen combustion engines to power the JCB machines of the future.
Lord Bamford was presented with his long service award by CEO Graeme Macdonald. He also received a gift of an oak tree from company directors.
