JCB to build largest US factory in Texas
JCB plans to build a new factory in San Antonio, Texas, that will create 1,500 jobs over five years, the company announced today.
The company, which has its North American headquarters near Savannah, Georgia, plans to open a 720,000-square-foot plant on a 400-acre site in San Antonio.
JCB says it will announce later which of its machines will be manufactured in Texas.
A news release from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s office said the new plant would manufacture “telescopic handlers and aerial work platforms,” and the project is expected to create more than $265 million in capital investment. As incentives, the state is giving JCB a $5.7 million grant.
Currently, the company has 1,000 employees in Savannah. The 500,000-square-foot Savannah plant opened in 2001. There, it makes skid steer loaders, compact track loaders and Teleskids. It also builds the High Mobility Engineer Excavator and Light Capability Rough Terrain Forklift for the U.S. military and other NATO-aligned forces.
In 2018, the company announced it had ceased production of its 3CX backhoe in Savannah to make room for production of its 505-20TC compact telehandler. The backhoe production moved to England. The company also opened a parts warehouse and distribution center in Miami to free up more manufacturing space at the Savannah plant, which at the time had 600 employees.
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