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JCB - Mon July 13, 2020

JCB's Quiet Electric Mini Wins Award

JCB is celebrating the news that its electric mini excavator has scooped one of the world's most prestigious prizes for engineering innovation. The UK's Royal Academy of Engineering announced that JCB's ultra-quiet and zero emissions 19C-1E electric mini excavator has won the 2020 MacRobert Award....

JCB - Mon July 06, 2020

JCB North America Gears Up as the Company Secures New Military Deal

JCB has been awarded a contract to supply the U.S. military with a fleet of specialized high speed excavators over the next eight years in a deal worth up to $269 million. The deal centers on the supply of High Mobility Engineer Excavators (HMEEs) for the U.S....

JCB - Tue June 09, 2020

JCB Introduces Series III Agricultural Telehandlers

The new JCB Series III agricultural telehandlers are designed specifically for agricultural customers, feature the JCB Command Plus cab, and include several other enhancements including increased lift capacity....

JCB - Tue March 31, 2020

JCB's UK Factory Joins Global Call to Action Over Ventilator Shortage

JCB in the United Kingdom is poised to re-start production at a factory closed as a result of the Coronavirus crisis in order to join the global effort to manufacture ventilators, the company announced March 30....

CEG - Wed March 18, 2020

Company Wrench Hosts JCB Demo Day in Columbus, Ohio

Company Wrench held JCB Equipment Demo Day at the Ohio Expo Center in Columbus, Ohio, on Feb. 28. The event attracted construction contractors, municipal maintenance employees and landscape contractors from around the Columbus metro and surrounding areas....

JCB - Tue March 03, 2020

Historic Day as 750,000th Backhoe Rolls Off JCB Production Line

JCB celebrated a unique milestone as its 750,000th backhoe loader rolled off the production line in Rocester, Staffordshire — the very location where the first JCB backhoe was manufactured almost 70 years ago....

JCB - Mon February 10, 2020

JCB Launches Towable Generators for North American Rental Market

JCB Power Products launched its range of RS generators designed specifically for the North American rental market. The range includes five Tier IV Final-compliant, delivering prime power output of 56 kW (70 kVA) to 500 kW (625 kVA)....

Snickers - Mon February 10, 2020

JCB, Extreme Sandbox Partner With Snickers to 'Fix The World'

JCB and Extreme Sandbox collaborated with the Snickers brand, as they launched their new campaign, #SNICKERSFixTheWorld. Snickers hosted its #SNICKERSFixTheWorld event in downtown Miami, Fla., where the iconic chocolate brand invited professional athletes and media to share "why they dig" as they got behind the seat of two full-size JCB 150X excavators, each wrapped in special Snickers livery, to test their excavator operator skills under the supervision of heavy equipment instructors....

CEG - Tue January 28, 2020

Monk JCB Will Relocate to Bigger Facility in Houston

In what could be the heavy equipment industry's equivalent to music's British invasion of the ‘60s, JCB is poised to add significant new dealerships to the company's distribution network in Texas and beyond....

Wed January 22, 2020

JCB Named Supplier of the Year By United Rentals

Construction equipment manufacturer, JCB, was recently recognized by United Rentals Inc. as its 2019 Supplier of the Year. The award recognizes JCB for outstanding value, timely delivery, product support, training and procurement excellence....