“Many times, people say that the backhoe-loader market is a declining market – it’s shrinking, backhoes are going away. And that’s not true,” says Diego Butzke, product manager, JCB. While he ...

Back in 2005, the heavy equipment manufacturer JCB set out to build the world's fastest diesel-powered land speed record vehicle and dubbed it the JCB Dieselmax. With a tuned tractor engine jetting ...

JCB has this week unveiled its latest generation of backhoe loaders, with a large number of new features that aim to boost worldwide sales of the machine it launched 70 years ago. Richard Brooks, ...

JCB is celebrating 60 years of its iconic backhoe loader. The world’s first backhoe rolled off the British firm’s assembly line back in 1953, making 2013 the machine’s diamond anniversary. Its concept ...

And, to make it an even more special day, the team welcomed retired JCB welder Ken Harrison, aged 100, to join in the celebrations. The first JCB backhoe rolled off the production line in Rocester, ...

STAFFORDSHIRE excavator manufacturer JCB has marked the 60th anniversary of its iconic backhoe machine. Company founder Joseph Cyril Bamford invented the concept of the backhoe and the first JCB model ...

JCB has introduced a shrunk-down version of 2CX backhoe loader following a multi-million pound investment. The 3CX Compact is based on its predecessor, which was launched more than 60 years ago and ...

JCB has passed the production milestone of 500,000 backhoe loaders, with its half-millionth machine a 5CX destined for a customer in Russia. JCB’s founder, Joseph Cyril Bamford, invented the backhoe ...