Recently, Mr Johnson visited JCB’s latest factory in India which is located in Vadodara near the port city of Surat on the West Coast of India. The factory is a £100 million investment plant in Gujarat which will fabricate parts for global production lines.
While unveiling an inauguration stone to officially open the new facility, Mr Johnson said: “Joining the Prime Minister today at the opening was JCB’s Chairman Lord Bamford, who led JCB’s expansion in India in the late 1970s, including the opening of its first factory in Ballabgarh, near Delhi. Today JCB has six factories in India at locations including Jaipur and Pune.”
Lord Bamford said: “In its first year of full production, JCB India manufactured just 39 machines and by next year will have made a total of half a million. This country is now a major engineering power and being here has transformed our business. It has been a fabulous success, with so much more potential for growth. Such progress has only been possible by continued investment and the opening of our new Gujarat facility is an important step in growing our business here and around the world.”