Operations
JCB has 18 factories in the UK, Germany, North and South America, India, and China. The company employs some 7,000 people on four continents and sells its products in 150 countries through 1500 dealer depot locations. The company has a range of more than 300 products.
The firm is headquartered in Rocester, United Kingdom, which is also the production site for Backhoe Loaders and Telescopic 'Loadall' handlers. It has a further three factories in nearby Cheadle, Staffordshire (JCB Earthmovers, JCB Landpower and JCB Compact Products), one in Rugeley (JCB Cab Systems), three in Uttoxeter (JCB Attachments, JCB Heavy Products and JCB World Parts Centre), one in Foston in Derbyshire (JCB Power Systems) and one in Wrexham in North Wales (JCB Transmissions).
Its Indian factories are based in Ballabgarh (Haryana) and Pune, its US factory is in Pooler, Georgia, its Brazilian factory in Sorocaba, and its Chinese factory was completed in 2005 in Pudong near Shanghai. JCB also owns Vibromax, a German compaction equipment company based in Gatersleben.
The company has also licensed its name and image to a line of consumer power tools, manufactured by Alba PLC.
JCB sells its products around the world through franchised dealerships, many of which are often exclusive and cover whole countries.
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