In 1945, Joseph Cyril Bamford started the company that bears his initials from a garage measuring 12 by 15 feet.

Today, JCB is still a family-run business but now we employ over 8,000 people and sell our machines in over 150 countries. We also boast some of the finest engineering facilities in the world, located on four different continents in the UK, Brazil, China, Germany, India and North America.

At JCB, part of our huge success is down to the fact that we’re always looking for that next innovative idea: constantly searching for new materials, techniques and systems that can help us to build better products and offer our customers even higher levels of service.

This approach has meant that, from the early days as a family business to the international company we are today, we’ve always been one step ahead. And that’s never been truer than today, with the JCB Dieselmax engine, the world’s fastest diesel.