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    JCB Doubles Plant in Texas in Response to Tariffs

    April 3, 2025
    Move expands the site from 500,000 square feet to 1 million.
    Related To: JCB Americas
    This visualization depicts the 720,000-square-foot facility to be built in San Antonio, Texas.
    This visualization depicts the 720,000-square-foot facility to be built in San Antonio, Texas.

    JCB is set to double the size of a new factory currently under construction in Texas as the company confirmed that newly announced tariffs will impact its business in the short-term.

    JCB has been manufacturing in the United States for 50 years. Its existing manufacturing plant in Savannah, Georgia, has operated for 25 years and employs around 1,000 people. Last year, JCB bought 400 acres of land in San Antonio after recognizing the need to produce even more machines in North America.

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    JCB has revised its original plan for a 500,000-square-foot factory with plans to double its size to one million square feet. The new $500 million plant is due to start production next year and employ up to 1,500 people.

    “JCB has been in business for 80 years this year and we are well accustomed to change,” Anthony Bamford, chairman, in a statement. “The United States is the largest market for construction equipment in the world, and President Trump has galvanized us into evaluating how we can make even more products in the USA, which has been an important market for JCB since we sold our first machine there in 1964.”

    Stated Graeme Macdonald, CEO:

    “In the short term, the imposition of tariffs will have a significant impact on our business. However, in the medium term, our planned factory in San Antonio will help to mitigate the impact. We are thankful that the tariff is only 10%, and we can only hope that the UK Government will conclude negotiations on a trade deal in the coming days and weeks.”