JCB creating hundreds of jobs with £50m investment in new plant

[Great In Grass]

JCB has announced an investment of more than £50 million in a new plant, creating hundreds of jobs and doubling production of cabs used on its machines.

Work is under way on a facility adjacent to the A50 in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, next to two existing JCB plants.

The hi-tech factory will have the capacity to produce around 100,000 cabs a year.

It will include a computer-controlled production line, a fully-automated painting facility and robotic welding, and will create more than 200 new jobs by 2022.

Chief executive Graeme Macdonald said: “This new factory will be the most advanced and productive cab facility in the world and will bring even greater levels of efficiency to the business.

“The investment is one of the biggest in the company’s history and underlines our commitment to manufacturing in Britain and in our home county of Staffordshire.”

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[roscoe erf]

JCB has announced an investment of more than £50 million in a new plant, creating hundreds of jobs and doubling production of cabs used on its machines.

Work is under way on a facility adjacent to the A50 in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, next to two existing JCB plants.

The hi-tech factory will have the capacity to produce around 100,000 cabs a year.

It will include a computer-controlled production line, a fully-automated painting facility and robotic welding, and will create more than 200 new jobs by 2022.

Chief executive Graeme Macdonald said: “This new factory will be the most advanced and productive cab facility in the world and will bring even greater levels of efficiency to the business.

“The investment is one of the biggest in the company’s history and underlines our commitment to manufacturing in Britain and in our home county of Staffordshire.”

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Thank f**k for a good news story rather than the doom and gloom pedaled on here by some

 

[grainboy]

Don’t mean to be cynical but, how many jobs, if everything is computer controlled, automated and robotic, ??? .

 

[Great In Grass]

Don’t mean to be cynical but, how many jobs, if everything is computer controlled, automated and robotic, ??? .

200 new jobs apparently.

 

[Great In Grass]

Thank fudge for a good news story rather than the doom and gloom pedaled on here by some

A moan is the only thing that makes some people happy.

 

[Wastexprt]

Don’t mean to be cynical but, how many jobs, if everything is computer controlled, automated and robotic, ??? .

I was at a compost facility the other week that produces 1000 pallets of compost a day, with 5 staff. Two of those on the loading shovels outside filling the hoppers. JCB looks as though it is making 100 000 cabs with 200 people, at least it will work wonders for their productivity figures.

 

[betweenthelines]

they gonna put 2 cabs on every machine?

 

[A1an]

“Fully automated painting facility“, that can only be a step forward.

 

[yellow belly]

Farming has been destafing since the horse was yoked to the plough
Tractor average size now over 150 hp. One man can do what 20 did in the 1950s in a much safer environment

 

[kiwi pom]

A moan is the only thing that makes some people happy.

Very true. A positive thread and it has few views or likes, sad isn't it.
200 plus new jobs is quite an achievement these days I would have thought.

 

[chaffcutter]

Actually it will replace the cab factory at Rugeley, and the 500 staff there can move to the new works, the 200 quoted are extra, so will employ 700 total, according to tv news tonight.

 

[Derky]

JCB are going forward. Talking to them at Hillhead they know what they are doing and they are investing. By far the most helpful and interesting stand there. When the X cab gets on the Js130 it will be a superb machine.

 

[Shovelhands]

JCB are going forward. Talking to them at Hillhead they know what they are doing and they are investing. By far the most helpful and interesting stand there. When the X cab gets on the Js130 it will be a superb machine.

Are they simply sticking an X cab on the other JS models then? Or going to give them a total rework like the 220? I was told it will be a rework of the whole range, in time. I thought the X Cab was a good bit wider than a JS cab?

New cab coming for the loadall Range too, so I was led to believe?.....

 

[Derky]

They will rework the range throughout with the JS130 being the next in spring 2019. They are looking at a loadall cab......

 

[Shovelhands]

They will rework the range throughout with the JS130 being the next in spring 2019. They are looking at a loadall cab......

I’ve booked an x220 demo.....

 

[dubs]

hopefully they will build a bigger cab for the telehandlers, very tight between steering wheel and seat.
pain in the arse when jumping in and out 30 times a day.

 

[Shovelhands]

hopefully they will build a bigger cab for the telehandlers, very tight between steering wheel and seat.
pain in the arse when jumping in and out 30 times a day.

I honestly have not found that to be a problem and I dont think it’s a bad cab really. But it’s been the same basic frame for years now, and probably could be better in some areas. They will be particularly interested to offer better forward visibility, and do something similar to manitou with a more panoramic windscreen, as I believe they are conscious of the fact they have lost sales to manitou because of this.

 

[Cab-over Pete]

It’s good to see a British company doing so well.

I’d like to know why other companies can’t do it on the UK. All we ever hear is cutbacks and shifting production to the other side of the world. If JaCoB can do it, why have others failed?

While I’m here, Sir Anthony buzzes over my yard nearly every day in his Westland, but he’s never waved at me once when I’m on my Loadall. You would think that’s the least he would do after all the money I’ve spent with him!!

 

[Superted820]

Well done Jcb. We all say buy British produce, so farmers should set an example by buying British kit where possible.

 

[Grassman]

Don’t mean to be cynical but, how many jobs, if everything is computer controlled, automated and robotic, ??? .

Its a problem for the future thats for sure.
How to distribute money to the population when so few are actually working doing stuff!