JCB has celebrated a manufacturing milestone, the production of the 200,000th JCB Dieselmax engine, the first having rolled off the line in November 2004 at JCB Power Systems in Foston, County Derbyshire, England, after years of development and an £80 million (€103 million) investment. The milestone has been achieved with the production of 170,000 engines at Foston and 30,000 in India, where manufacturing began in April last year.
JCB has celebrated a manufacturing milestone, the production of the 200,000th JCB Dieselmax engine, the first having rolled off the line in November 2004 at JCB Power Systems in Foston, County Derbyshire, England, after years of development and an £80 million (€103 million) investment. The milestone has been achieved with the production of 170,000 engines at Foston and 30,000 in India, where manufacturing began in April last year.
Director of Engine Programmes Alan Tolley said: “Since 2004, the JCB Dieselmax engine has earned an unrivalled reputation for reliability and durability in the off-highway sector. It has also given JCB complete control over its destiny in powertrain technology.”
In 2006, two slightly modified Dieselmax engines powered the JCB Dieselmax car to a diesel land speed record of 350mph on the Bonneville Salt Flats in the USA, a record that still stands.
JCB engines are now fitted into more than 70% of the machines JCB manufactures as well as substantial numbers of third part products.
JCB Power Systems employs around 250 people.
