JCB is set to double the size of a new factory currently under construction in Texas, as the company confirmed that newly announced tariffs will impact its business in the short term.
JCB has been manufacturing in the U.S. for 50 years and bought 400 acres of land in San Antonio, Texas, in 2024 after recognizing the need to produce even more machines in North America, where the company’s existing manufacturing plant in Savannah, Georgia, has operated for 25 years.
The original plan for a 500,000-square-foot factory in San Antonio has been revised, with JCB doubling the size to one million square feet. The new $500 million plant is due to start production in 2026 and employ up to 1,500 people.
“In the short term, the imposition of tariffs will have a significant impact on our business,” said JCB CEO Graeme Macdonald. “However, in the medium term, our planned factory in San Antonio will help to mitigate the impact.”
JCB Chairman Anthony Bamford added, “JCB has been in business for 80 years this year and we are well accustomed to change. The United States is the largest market for construction equipment in the world and President [Donald] Trump has galvanized 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.”
