JCB has announced the appointment of Subir Chowdhury as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer at JCB India. Chowdhury joined JCB India in 2005 as Executive Vice President - Operations and was promoted to the role of Chief Operating Officer in 2017, having successfully spearheaded the expansion of JCB India from a single factory operation in New Delhi in 2006 to a network of five factories today in Pune, Jaipur and New Delhi. A sixth factory is currently under construction in Gujarat, which is due to open in 2020.