JCB's royal presentation

HRH The Duke of Gloucester has presented JCB with its 23rd Queen's Award at a special ceremony on 25th September. The award was presented to JCB CEO Matthew Taylor on behalf of JCB Service during the event at the JCB World Parts Centre at Uttoxeter. The company's division won the accolade for achieving a 36% growth in exports between 2004 and 2006. The company's backhoe loader business also won a Queen's Awards this year which was presented in June.

July 25, 2012 Read time: 1 min

HRH The Duke of Gloucester has presented 633 JCB with its 23rd Queen's Award at a special ceremony on 25th September. The award was presented to JCB CEO Matthew Taylor on behalf of JCB Service during the event at the JCB World Parts Centre at Uttoxeter. The company's division won the accolade for achieving a 36% growth in exports between 2004 and 2006. The company's backhoe loader business also won a Queen's Awards this year which was presented in June.

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JCB marks production of 500,00th backhoe

JCB has marked the production of its half millionth backhoe loader with a ceremony at its World Headquarters in Rocester County Staffordshire, England. Chairman Sir Anthony Bamford joined hundreds of employees to celebrate the 500,000th milestone of the machine that the company says made it famous around the world. The 500,000th JCB backhoe to be produced was a 5CX model, which is the most powerful commercially available JCB backhoe ever made, and which is also JCB’s most productive, being able to shift 34

JCB chairman Sir Anthony Bamford and JCB CEO Alan Blake

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JCB strikes gold for exhibition

JCB’s £5 million (€6 million) customer attraction,The Story of JCB, has won two prestigious awards honouring design excellence. The 2,500m² exhibition was opened a year ago at the World Headquarters, Rocester, England, and includes 14 zones which take the visitor on a journey through time, starting in the 1820s when the Bamford family were blacksmiths in nearby Uttoxeter through to the present day when JCB has 22 plants worldwide.
The first accolade was won at the Roses Creative Awards in Manchester, nort

JCB worldwide head of creative Steve Brazier

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Half a million and counting as major JCB engine milestone marked

A JCB business which has powered its way to international success has celebrated the production of half a million engines - enough to stretch from London to Paris.

Four cylinder diesel engines first began rolling off the line at JCB Power Systems in Derbyshire, central England, in November 2004 when the company employed just 64 people. In the first year of production less than 10,000 engines were produced. The Foston-based business has grown dramatically since then and the workforce now stands at almost