Machinery manufacturer JCB has revealed plans for a £100m investment at its global headquarters.
JCB’s headquarters factory in Rocester, Staffordshire, is getting a fully automated powder paint plant, costing £60m, as well as a modernisation of the shop floor, with new machining centres, friction welders and cylinder boring machines.
The investment was announced as the British family company prepares to celebrate its 80th birthday – and that of its chairman Anthony Bamford – tomorrow (23rd October 2025). The company is making the occasion by giving the entire global workforce of more than 19,000 people an additional day’s holiday on Friday 24th October.
JCB chairman Anthony Bamford said that investing in the World HQ, JCB’s home since 1950, was an important and logical step for the company. “Basing JCB in the UK makes business sense, just as it has always made business sense,” he said. “The work ethic in our country remains strong – especially in the Midlands, with its deep engineering heritage.
“It makes perfect sense to invest heavily in our British factories and the £100m we are investing now will put us at the forefront of our industry. Obviously, we are expanding overseas, not least in America, where we have been for decades. But the UK is our home.
“We directly employ more than 19,000 people around the world, more than 8,000 of whom are in the UK. And even though around three-quarters of our UK production is exported, we continue to make a huge contribution to this country and to the national economy.”
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