JCB gets compaction equipment company.* JCB JCB Noun trademark, Brit a large machine used in building, that has a shovel on the front and a digger arm on the back [initials of Joseph Cyril Bamford, its manufacturer] JCB® n abbr Inc., a U.K.-based construction equipment company with its U.S. headquarters in Savannah Savannah, city, United States Savannah, city (1990 pop. 137,560), seat of Chatham co., SE Ga., a port of entry on the Savannah River near its mouth; inc. 1789. , Ga., has announced the acquisition of German-based Vibromax Compaction Equipment GmbH. The company will be known as JCB Vibromax and will be managed as part of the JCB Group, with local management retained in Germany and in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . Products will be marketed as JCB Vibromax and will carry the JCB logo, and production will continue at the existing factory in Gatersleben near Leipzig. The acquisition is expected to be completed in early September, subject to regulatory approvals. Vibromax designs, manufactures and distributes compaction equipment, including a line of single-drum soil compactors, vibratory vibratory /vi·bra·to·ry/ (vi´brah-tor?e) vibrating or causing vibration. vibratory vibrating or causing vibration; vibritile. tandem rollers and trench rollers, as well as light equipment such as tampers and plate compactors. JCB has been manufacturing construction equipment for more than 60 years. With a world headquarters in Staffordshire, England, the company has manufacturing facilities in the U.K., North and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and India. It has also acquired land and permission to build a factory in China. |
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