Relive 14 of JCB's most shining moments over 75 years!
Long before tech companies boasted of their humble beginnings in garages, JCB founder Joseph Cyril Bamford created his first product - a tipper truck - in a small garage using scrap from World War II.
The company JCB, founded by Bamford, is celebrating its 75th anniversary. This year marks the time when the company produced 750,000 backhoe excavators. Currently, it has 12,000 employees worldwide, 22 factories in five countries/regions, and 750 dealerships in 2,000 locations. It still belongs to the Bamford family.
In addition to the 75th anniversary worldwide, JCB also celebrated its 50th anniversary in North America. The company currently has over 100 construction and agricultural dealerships across 300 locations in North America.
The milestones in the 75-year history include:
1953: Bamford invented the first backhoe excavator of JCB, creating a single machine equipped with a hydraulic rear excavator and a front loader. The company logo first appeared on the machine; five years later, it was registered as a trademark.
1962: The company's Dancing Diggers made their debut and became a fixture at trade exhibitions. The JCB 3C backhoe began production.
1964: The company exported its first JCB 4C backhoe excavator to the United States.
1970: JCB established its US base in White Marsh near Baltimore, Maryland.
1977: The Loadall telescopic boom loader was introduced, which was one of the company's most successful products. The company produced 200,000 Loadall products in 2016.
1988: With the success of the JCB GT, it became a hit. It was an excavator that could move at a speed of 100 miles per hour.
2000: The new North American headquarters of JCB in Savannah, Georgia began to produce the first batch of machines.
2004: JCB entered the engine manufacturing field and launched the Dieselmax engine. Later, it set a world record with the JCB Dieselmax streamlined vehicle, thereby promoting the development of this new production line. The vehicle reached a speed of 350.092 mph on the Bonneville Salt Flats and currently holds this record.
2005: It received a $140 million reward for providing its highly mobile excavators to the US Army.
2013: JCB celebrated the production of its 1,000,000th unit.
2017: JCB entered the electric equipment market and launched its first electric compact excavator, the 19C-1E.
2018: The company introduced a new X series of excavators.
2019: JCB's Fastrac One set the Guinness World Record for the fastest tractor, reaching a speed of 103.6 mph in June. The company was not satisfied with this and developed the Fastrac Two. In October of the same year, its peak speed reached a maximum of 153.881 mph and the average speed was 135.191 mph. 2020: The company marked the production of its 750,000th backhoe excavator. It also released a working prototype of the 220X hydrogen-powered excavator of 20 tons, which JCB claims is the first among construction equipment manufacturers.
