JCB has 17 manufacturing plants on four continents: 10 in the U.K., three in India and others in the U.S., China, Germany and Brazil. The company employs more than 8,000 people worldwide. JCB celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2005. The company is privately owned by the Bamford family. Its Chairman, Sir Anthony Bamford, is the son of the company’s late founder, Joseph Cyril Bamford, for whom the company is named. JCB manufactures more than 279 distinct machines including: backhoe loaders, Loadall telescopic handlers, tracked and wheeled excavators, wheeled loading shovels, articulated dump trucks, rough terrain fork lifts, mini excavators, skid steers loaders, JCB Vibromax compaction equipment and ground-care equipment. For the U.S. Army, JCB is currently producing the High Mobility Engineer Excavator (HMEE) an innovative, high-performance, multi-purpose, armored backhoe loader, capable of traveling with a military convoy, on or off the highway. JCB has won more than 50 major awards for engineering excellence, exports, design, marketing, management and for environmental care. JCB has won 21 Queens Awards for Technology and Export Achievement, more than any other British company.