17.11.2014

JCB opens new Jaipur plant

JCB has opened two new production buildings in Jaipur – an investment of £62 million.

The two facilities are located on a 115 acre site and provide 300,000 square metres of new manufacturing space. JCB is celebrating 35 years of manufacturing India, having started production under a joint venture agreement in 1979 at a site in Ballabgarh, near Delhi, which is now JCB India’s headquarters. Since then the company has built 200,000 machines in India, and India has been JCB’s largest single market since 2007.
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The new plant in Jaipur

JCB now has five production plants in India, building backhoe loaders, excavators and tractor cranes. The Jaipur location has already begun producing components and from next year will begin building telescopic handlers and skid steer loaders for the local market. It will also provide additional backhoe loader capacity and when fully operational will employ more than 1,000 people.

The new plant was formally opened by Lord – Anthony – Bamford and Vasundhara Raje, the chief minister of Rajasthan on November 14th.
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Lord Bamford and Vasundhara Raje unveil a plaque to open the new facility