JCB Machine News & Articles

MAGNIFICENT MILESTONE AS 750,000TH JCB ENGINE COMES OFF THE LINE
20 Dec, 2021

JCB is celebrating a major milestone for its award-winning engine. The 750,000th engine has just come off the line at JCB Power Systems in Derbyshire where production first began in 2004. Engine production was extended to India ...

Read more

WRAPS COME OFF HYDROGEN REFUELLER AS JCB UNVEILS INDUSTRY FIRST
25 Oct, 2022

JCB, developer of the world’s first working construction machines powered by hydrogen, today unveiled another world first for the industry - a mobile hydrogen refueller. JCB is investing £100 million in a project to produce super-efficient ...

Read more

JCB CEA TO SUPPLY EQUIPMENT TO AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCE AS PART OF PROJECT LAND 8120
27 Aug, 2021

JCB CEA is pleased to announce it is one of a team of equipment partners that will support Prime Contractor, Ventia, under a new contract with the Department of Defence, Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group ...

Read more

THE BOOTS WHO WERE MADE FOR WORKING NOTCH UP 600 YEARS’ SERVICE
23 Oct, 2020

AS JCB prepares to mark its 75th birthday tomorrow there’s one family with an extra reason to toast the milestone after notching up a staggering 600 years’ service to the company. The Boot family started its ...

Read more

JCB LEADS THE WAY WITH FIRST HYDROGEN FUELLED EXCAVATOR
02 Jul, 2020

JCB has developed the construction industry’s first ever hydrogen powered excavator as it continues to lead the sector on zero and low carbon technologies, the company announced today. The 20-tonne 220X excavator powered by a hydrogen ...

Read more

HELP ON THE MENU AS JCB SUPPORTS THE VULNERABLE AND HOMELESS
03 Apr, 2020

JCB has launched an international aid initiative in the communities around its factories to help people in need of food as a result of disruption caused by the Coronavirus pandemic. The company’s catering staff in the ...

Read more

OPERATOR COMFORT THE DESIGN PRIORITY FOR NEW JCB EXCAVATORS
18 Nov, 2019

JCB has developed advanced new 220X crawler excavators, the first models in the next generation of JCB tracked machines for the global construction market. Over a four-year development period, JCB has employed a programme of intensive ...

Read more

EARTHWORKS COMPANY RELIES ON JCB LIVELINK
15 Jul, 2019

Peter Stadelbauer has been in the bulk earthworks, plant hire and drainage industry for 50 years. As the Managing Director for ACI Excavations, Peter has lost count of how many backhoes and wheel loaders he’s ...

Read more

30 TONNE EXCAVATOR AND 456 WHEEL LOADER USED IN COFFS HARBOUR QUARRY
01 Apr, 2019

The Woolgoolga Quarry purchased a 30 tonne excavator and 456 wheel loader through their local JCB dealer, North Coast Construction Equipment (NCCE). According to Ben Atkins, Production Manager of The Woolgoolga Quarry, the JCB 30 ...

Read more

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS CHOOSE JCB EXCAVATORS
19 Mar, 2019

Archaeological Excavations is an Australian owned company that specialises in earthmoving, excavation and sieving of archaeological and historical sites. Their extensive team of experienced archaeologists work across government research and heritage projects, salvage, sieving of ...

Read more

NINETEEN JCB’S AND COUNTING FOR MELBOURNE CONTRACTING COMPANY
04 Feb, 2019

Civil Force is an earth and civil contracting company that services Geelong and surrounding areas. According to Shane Norris, Managing Director for Civil Force, he made the switch to JCB when he purchased his first ...

Read more

13 TONNE EXCAVATOR INCREASES PRODUCTIVITY BY 20% ON NSW COTTON FARM
12 Sep, 2018

Toby Makin, General Manager of Australia Food and Fibre Kooramba Cotton Gin, bought a new JCB 13 tonne excavator in November last year. He has already noticed a 20% improvement in cycle times using the ...

Read more

DEMOLITION COMPANY CUTS FUEL COSTS WITH 20 TONNE EXCAVATOR
07 Aug, 2018

The super-efficient 20 tonne JCB excavator is slashing fuel costs for contractors, with one demolition contractor in South Australia saying he’s cut fuel costs by up to $400 per week. Mr Dapy’s Demolition, run by Sean ...

Read more

JCB’S FOUR AND FIVE TONNE EXCAVATORS
31 Jul, 2018

JCB's 4 and 5 tonne excavators represent a new generation of compact excavators with greater control, efficiency, performance and strength. These excavators are highly productive, compact, agile, innovative and economical to own. They also have exclusive ...

Read more

3 STEPS TO IMPROVE FUEL EFFICIENCY FOR EXCAVATOR OPERATORS
04 Jul, 2018

Some excavators are always operated in the heavy work mode which uses the most fuel. By using integrated work modes, you can improve your productivity with less fuel. JCB makes this easy for excavator operators with linked work modes ...

Read more