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In 1953, he developed JCB's first backhoe loader, and the JCB logo appeared for the first time. It was designed by Derby Media and advertising designer Leslie Smith. In 1957, the firm launched the "hydra-digga", incorporating the excavator and the major loader as a single all-purpose tool useful for the agricultural and construction industries.
His grandson, Jo Bamford, briefly worked at JCB before moving into the hydrogen energy sector. Bamford died in a London clinic on 1 March 2001. [ 1 ] At his death, JCB was the largest privately owned engineering company in Britain, employing 4,500 people and manufacturing 30,000 machines a year in 12 factories on three continents.
JCB (heavy equipment manufacturer), a British manufacturer of heavy industrial and agricultural vehicles JCB (callsign JAYSEEBEE; ICAO airline code JCB); see List of airline codes (J) JCB (credit card company), originally Japan Credit Bureau, a credit card company based in Tokyo, Japan; JCB (wine label), a wine label by vinter Jean-Charles Boisset
This included the launch of the JCB Workmax. In October 2011, Bamford was given an additional role as managing director of JCB Compact Products. The combined turnover of both businesses at the time was in excess of £150 million. [8] In 2011, Bamford partly funded the purchase of a 500 acre former BAE Systems-owned Woodford Aerodrome. [9]
"Backhoe fade" or "JCB fade" is a term coined by the telecommunications field to refer to accidental damage or complete severing of a communications cable by a backhoe or similar construction activity. [13] [14] The term is a play on other types of signal loss, especially on wireless networks.
Backhoe Loader Cat 420E A JCB 3CX backhoe loader A JCB backhoe loader performing work in India. A backhoe loader, also called a loader backhoe, loader excavator, tractor excavator, [1] digger or colloquially shortened to backhoe within the industry, is a heavy equipment vehicle that consists of a tractor-like unit fitted with a loader-style shovel/bucket on the front and a backhoe on the back.
George Herman Babcock (1832–1893) – co-invented an improved safety water tube steam boiler, co-founder of Babcock & Wilcox; Joseph Cyril Bamford (1916–2001) – founder of the JCB company, manufacturing heavy plant, and especially backhoes; Eugenio Barsanti (1821–1864) – early developer of internal combustion engine
Anthony Paul Bamford, Baron Bamford (born 23 October 1945), is a British billionaire businessman who is the chairman of J.C. Bamford Excavators Limited (JCB). He succeeded his father, Joseph Cyril Bamford, as chairman and managing director of the company in 1975, at the age of 30. He was knighted in 1990. [3]