Joseph Bamford

The first JCB backhoe.

Joseph Cyril Bamford combined a front shovel and a rear excavator arm to produce the first JCB backhoe loader in what year?

1971.

1958.

This is the story of JCB.

In October 1945, so just as the war ended, just after the Second World War, Joseph Cyril Bamford, JCB, started making agricultural trailers in a tiny garage in Staffordshire.

And those initials, JCB, became the iconic brand that it is today.

Are you a fan, Tom, as a man that likes plant? Are you a big fan of JCB or other makes tickle your taste buds?

We fortunately had the right sort of product to do that with.

Sir Anthony Bamford is the oldest son of Joseph Cyril Bamford, the man whose initials, JCB, became the standard of quality for digging machines.

It's no good just having a well-engineered product.

You've got to go out and sell it.

JCB also increased its global market share despite flat demand in North America and a 12% market contraction in India.

JCB said it was committed to investment in Britain, highlighting its £100 million transformation of its Staffordshire headquarters JCB's home since 1950 when Joseph Cyril Bamford moved production into a former cheese factory in Roaster.

A £60 million fully automated powder paint plant and a comprehensively modernised shop floor are part of the transformation, helping to secure the future of more than 8,000 UK jobs.

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