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PLATINUM EDITION CELEBRATES 70 YEARS OF JCB BACKHOE INNOVATION JCB is celebrating 70 years of manufacturing its iconic backhoe loader with the unveiling Platinum Editions of the 3CX and 4CX models. Company founder Joseph Cyril Bamford CBE invented the backhoe concept and the first JCB model was manufactured in 1953 after he combined a lightweight […]

MINISTER’S INSIGHT INTO MONEY-SAVING BRITISH POTHOLE FIXER Transport Minister Mark Harper was given a live demonstration of a machine which is helping fix Britain’s roads and end the scourge of potholes. The Minister was shown the JCB Pothole Pro during a visit to the company’s Derbyshire engine plant and saw for himself how the machine […]

Freeport-McMoRan uses Cat MineStar™ to convert fleet IRVING, Texas, Oct. 31, 2023 – Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) and Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) announce that the two companies are collaborating to convert the mining company’s fleet of 33 Cat® 793 haul trucks at its Bagdad mine in Arizona to an autonomous haulage system (AHS) using Cat MineStar™ Command for […]