JCB, the world’s third largest construction equipment brand by volume, has 22 plants on
four continents: 11 in the UK and others in India, Brazil, the USA and China. JCB is a
family company, which was founded on October 23rd, 1945, by the late Joseph Cyril
Bamford CBE. His son Anthony, now Lord Bamford, has been Chairman since 1975. JCB
has just celebrated its 80th birthday.
In 2021, JCB unveiled its first ever prototype products powered by hydrogen: a backhoe
loader and a Loadall telescopic handler. JCB’s purpose-engineered zero CO² hydrogen
engine was designed after a challenge to the company’s engineers from Lord Bamford.
As part of a £100 million investment, a team of 150 engineers has been working on the
exciting hydrogen engine project and more than 200 JCB hydrogen combustion engines
have so far been produced, with the first machines now in production.
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