Before the sale was announced, Anthony Bamford, chairman of British excavators manufacturer JCB, had expressed interest in purchasing Jaguar Cars in August, the year previously ; only to back out when told the sale would also involve Land Rover, which he did not wish to buy.

While brands that were previously renowned within the fashion industry have also diversified into the safety footwear market, industrial brands like Caterpillar, Michelin and JCB have also given out licenses to produce safety footwear.

JCB also owns Vibromax, a German compaction equipment company based in Gatersleben.

JCB has also made its name in the tractor world by producing one of the first such machines that features proper suspension and is capable of travelling at speed on roads.

JCB also makes a range of military vehicles, which also concentrate on load-handling and excavation.

There is also a leather factory in Breyten called JCB Leather Works.

The city also includes Orient Expedition, which is a train ride around Lego City, Traffic and Adventure Land, with Lego safari animals along the track, Digger Challenge, sponsored by JCB, which offers guests the chance to operate a mock hydraulic digger, and also console gaming area Xbox Gaming Zone.

The Wraith II is identified by all of alterations found on the Silver Shadow II and additionally an Everflex covered roof ( also available as an option on the Silver Shadow II ), a smaller rear opera-style window ( some customers deleted the smaller back window: for example Jo Bamford of JCB ) and different wheel covers.

Other differences include the earth-moving machine JCB called " Jekub " in the UK version but " CAT " in the US editions.

* In 1958 the singer Lenny Green had a song called JCB and Me.

While we're singin, ' Don't forget your shovel if you want to go to work !< nowiki >'</ nowiki >" It was further referenced in the video for the same song ; as the line is sung, the characters in the JCB pass a shop called " Christie's Shovels ".

In 1945, Joseph Cyril Bamford founded J C Bamford Excavators Limited in Uttoxeter, now known as JCB.

Rear view of a J. C. Bamford | JCB 3CX showing the backhoe being employed to remove a tree stump.

The archetypal backhoe loader, a restored J. C. Bamford | JCB 3C MkII, showing the conventional arrangement of front loader ( left ) and backhoe ( right )

The backhoe loader was invented in the UK in 1953 by Joseph Cyril Bamford, founder of J. C. Bamford ( JCB ), by equipping a farm tractor with both a backhoe and a front-mounted loading bucket.

They include Toyota, Nissan, General Motors, J. C. Bamford ( JCB ), Harris Assembly and Hilux.

JCB ( formally J C Bamford Excavators Limited ) is a British multinational construction, demolition and agricultural equipment company headquartered in Rocester, United Kingdom.

JCB was founded in 1945 by J. C. Bamford, after whom it is named.

KPMG, the UK accounting firms, Ernst & Young and PricewaterhouseCoopers, IKEA, Trafigura, J C Bamford Excavators ( JCB ), LEGO, Bosch, Rolex and Victorinox are some examples of Europe's largest privately held companies.

* 2006: JCB Dieselmax broke the FIA Diesel Land speed record from 1973, eventually setting the new record at over.

It was developed by the founding payment brands of the PCI Security Standards Council, including American Express, Discover Financial Services, JCB, MasterCard Worldwide and Visa International, to help facilitate the broad adoption of consistent data security measures on a global basis.

Typically, a country's national payment association, in coordination with MasterCard International, Visa International, American Express and JCB, jointly plan and implement EMV systems.

On the first dig of the JCB he successfully halted the work which was subsequently stopped until the end of that summer season when it began again.

Godley Station, the center for business development, has been successful in attracting large companies such as JCB to the area.

Many manufacturers have their own versions of the skidloader ( often referred to as a Skidsteer in the Construction Industry ), including: Wacker Neuson, LiuGong, Volvo, John Deere, Case, JLG, JCB, New Holland, Gehl Company, Mustang, ASV, Caterpillar, Bobcat, Komatsu, Hyundai, and more.

One of the main employers in Uttoxeter is the global construction, demolition and agricultural equipment company JCB.

The old JCB site in the centre of Uttoxeter is currently lying vacant and is awaiting redevelopment, after the firm moved operations to one of its sites on the edge of town.

Uttoxeter Rugby Club was formed in 1982 when JCB Rugby club began to play its games at Oldfields sport and social club in Uttoxeter establishing the first rugby side in the town traditionally associated with football.

The 1974 episode " A Day Out ", which features a prison work party, was filmed in and around the Welsh village of Penderyn, the prisoners ' ' ditch ' being excavated by a JCB.

The JCB Dieselmax land speed record-holding car is an example of such a system.

Issues JCB credit cards.

So in theory the full course of studies might lead in succession to the degrees of e. g. Bachelor of Arts, Licentiate of Arts, Master of Arts, Bachelor of Medicine, Licentiate of Medicine, Doctor of Medicine ; the same succession, bachelor-licentiate-doctor, has persisted till today, for instance, in Sacred theology: Bachelor of Sacred Theology ( STB ), Licentiate of Sacred Theology ( STL ), and Doctor of Sacred Theology ( STD ), and in Canon law: Bachelor of Canon Law ( JCB ), Licentiate of Canon Law ( JCL ), and Doctor of Canon Law ( JCD ).

It flows past the JCB factory at Rocester and shortly after it joins the River Dove near the hamlet of Combridge.

Firms like Caterpillar, Komatsu, Case, JCB, Euclid, Allis Chalmers, Liebherr, LiuGong, Terex, Fiat-Allis, John Deere and International Harvester manufactured large tracked-type earthmoving machines.

Taking a combined 29 % BCA / personal stake in Group Lotus, Wickins negotiated with the Inland Revenue, and then brought in new investors: merchant bank Schroeder-Wagg ( 14 %); Michael Ashcroft, Baron Ashcroft's Bermudan operating company Benor ( 14 %); Sir Anthony Bamford of JCB ( 12 %).

To demonstrate his faith in the hydraulic failsafes on JCB machines ( which lock the arms in the event of a loss of hydraulic pressure, preventing them from crashing to the ground ), Joe Cyril Bamford arranged to have several backhoes raise themselves up on their arms, and drove his car beneath them.

Also within the Parish is Wootton Lodge, a 17th century house with deer park, owned by the Bamford family ( JCB ).

* 1990 JCB Fastrac high speed agricultural tractor uses this system for its rear suspension.

* 2008 JCB Fastrac high speed 7000 series agricultural tractors now use this system for front and rear suspension.

In 1957, the firm launched the " hydra-digga ", incorporating the excavator and the major loader as a single all-purpose tool, which was useful for the agricultural and construction industries, with which JCB grew.

The JCB display team ( JCB Dancing Diggers ) tour agricultural shows and produce videos, showing some of the unusual ways in which such vehicles can support themselves or manoeuvre.