British construction equipment manufacturer JCB has announced plans to double the size of its new US factory, in response to President Trump’s newly imposed 10% tariffs on all UK imports.
The Staffordshire-based company, one of Britain’s largest privately owned firms, will expand its planned San Antonio facility in Texas from 500,000 to 1 million sq ft, as part of a strategy to scale up American manufacturing operations and protect its market position in North America.
The $500 million plant, which is set to begin production in 2026, will employ up to 1,500 workers and manufacture Loadall telescopic handlers and aerial access equipment for the US market.
Lord Bamford, chairman of JCB, said: “President Trump has galvanised us into evaluating how we can make even more products in the USA, which has been an important market for JCB since we sold our first machine there in 1964.”
He added that the company was “well accustomed to change” and that the US remained “the largest market for construction equipment in the world”.
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