Tuesday 10 June 2008

Bamford

JCB, or "J. C. Bamford (Excavators) Ltd." as it is more properly known, is a family business named after its founder J. C. Bamford, producing distinctive yellow-and-black engineering vehicles, diggers ("Backhoes") and excavators.

In the UK, the word "JCB" is sometimes used colloquially as a genericised trademark for any such type of engineering vehicle, now appearing in the Oxford English Dictionary, although it is still treated as a trademark. JCB now make over 220 types of machines for construction, industry, and agriculture

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._C._Bamford

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