Work has started on a new $500 million JCB factory in North America – the biggest-ever investment in the company’s history. At an official ground-breaking ceremony at the site in San Antonio, Texas, Alice Bamford, daughter of company chairman Anthony Bamford, cut the first sod of earth.
The factory will make Loadall telescopic handlers and aerial access equipment, with production scheduled to start in 2026. The factory will also have the capacity to expand into the manufacture of other products in the future.
Chairman Lord Bamford said: “Construction equipment manufacturers sell more than 300,000 machines every year in North America, making it the single largest market in the world. JCB has been growing its share steadily over the past few years and the time is now right to invest in our manufacturing capacity in North America, where we already have one factory. Today really is a milestone day in the history of our family company.”
