JCB set to scale new heights as it enters $8bn market

JCB Access

Manufacturer JCB, best known for its famous yellow diggers, has launched a brand new range of products as the company bids to become a major player in the powered access market.

The Staffordshire company has been developing and engineering a line-up of powered access machines in secret for the past two years. By the end of 2017 the newly-launched JCB Access business will be offering a total of 27 new platforms.

The powered access market is estimated to be worth around S8bn and the firm is hoping that its brand strength will provide it with immediate results.

The first of the new machines sold anywhere in the world has just been delivered to Oxford-based 2 Cousins Powered Access – with hundreds of other orders following from around the world.

JCB Chairman Lord Bamford said: “The access market is a truly global market and offers immense opportunities for growth for JCB. It’s a market that is ripe for a new supplier with the ability to offer industry leading, round-the-clock product support.”

Powered access platforms are a common sight around the world where temporary access is needed for people to work at height, particularly on construction sites.

The new JCB Access products – designed in-house to meet the needs of rental companies and contractors worldwide – will initially be offered in the UK, France, Germany and North America.

By the end of 2017, JCB’s range of access platforms will include nine electric and three diesel scissor lifts from which can lift to 45 feet, five articulating booms which can go to a height of 81 feet and 10 diesel telescopic booms which can go to 136 feet.

JCB Access Managing Director, Richard Butler said: “We have been truly overwhelmed by the positive reaction from the industry. Enquiries and early sales have soared above expectations and when established major players such as 2 Cousins place immediate orders it fully justifies JCB’s entry into the sector.”

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