JCB named after founder Joe Cyril Bamford is one of the world’s largest manufacturing companies of construction equipment and it has manufacturing plants located on 4 different continents of the world.

Some interesting facts about JCB are given below:

• The first machine built by Mr.JCB was a tipping trailer made out of a £1 welding set and then sold at the local market at the price of £45 back in 1945, a few years after the Second World War. He started out in a small garage that measured 3.6 x 4.57 metres.

• By 1948, JCB had employed six other people who started work on the hydraulic tipping trailer.

• The Hydraulic Arm Tractor was one of JCB’s earliest commercial manufacturing successes and also became Europe’s first Hydraulic tipping trailer.

• The backhoe loader which is an industrial name used to refer to a digger was first introduced by JCB in 1953.

• The word JCB can even be found in the Oxford English dictionary, the name having become synonymous with construction equipment.

• In 1978, JCB introduced the Loadall machine which is used to load goods. It weighs around 11090 kg or 24,449 lbs.

• The first tractor and the speediest one to be ever created were by JCB. In terms of speed, JCB tractors continue to rule the market and are known under the name of Fastrac capable of travelling at 65kph or 40mph. The JCB fastrac has even won the Prince of Wales Award for innovation.

• Sir Anthony was born on the day his father Mr.JCB started his business. Therefore he shares his birthday with the anniversary of JCB.

• Every JCB machine that is manufactured and sold undergoes around 400 different stages of quality checks after it has been built.

• All construction equipment manufactured by JCB and now by many other companies is made yellow in colour with the intention of making it visible on a building site for safety reasons.

• The total number of Backhoes that are produced by JCB each year can be capable of removing around 1.3 billion tonnes of Earth together.

• The filming of the famous kids’ television series Teletubbies was done with the use of two JCB generators for power.

• Around 11000 people all around the world are provided employment through JCB and its products are sold in over 150 countries through 2000 depot locations.

• The present Chairman of JCB is Lord Bamford who has had industry experience that spans over 5 decades.

• At present, JCB manufactures over 300 different kinds of construction machines and therefore it is very likely that wherever you go, you will find a JCB machine at the construction site.

• In 2013, the millionth JCB machine was built which was a 22 tonne tracked excavator made in shimmering silver colour.

• JCB manufacturing units are present in UK and Germany in Europe, Savannah in Africa, Brazil in South America, China and India in Asia.

The 68 year old construction equipment manufacturing company continues to be a world-class company and still family owned that has maintained its standard and reputation over the years offering the best to its clients.