JCB

 Joseph Cyril Bamford.

J C Bamford Excavators Limited

Type	Private
Industry	Heavy equipment
Founded	1945
Headquarters	Rocester, United Kingdom
Key people	Sir Anthony Bamford, Chairman
Products	Construction, Demolition & Agriculture Machinery
Revenue	£2.75 billion (2012)
Employees	Approximately 7,000
Website	www.jcb.com

JCB (formally J C Bamford Excavators Limited) is a British Multinational corporation, with headquarters in Rocester, United Kingdom. engaged in the manufacture of equipment for construction, demolition and agriculture. It is the world's third-largest construction equipment manufacturer. It produces over 300 types of machines, including diggers (Backhoes), excavators, tractors and diesel engines. It has 18 factories across Asia, Europe, North America, and South America; its products are sold in over 150 countries.
The firm was founded in 1945 by Joseph Cyril Bamford, after whom it is named, and continues to be owned by the Bamford company. In the UK "JCB" is often used colloquially as a generic description for mechanical diggers and excavators and now appears in the Oxford English Dictionary, although

                                                                                         

Car passing under the JCB 4CX backhoe loader