{"id":30061,"date":"2025-04-19T15:49:22","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T22:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/jcb-plans-san-antonio-factory-expansion-to-dodge-trumps-tariffs\/"},"modified":"2025-04-19T15:49:22","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T22:49:22","slug":"jcb-plans-san-antonio-factory-expansion-to-dodge-trumps-tariffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/jcb-plans-san-antonio-factory-expansion-to-dodge-trumps-tariffs\/","title":{"rendered":"JCB plans San Antonio factory expansion to dodge Trump\u2019s tariffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech\">\n    <button class=\"text-to-speech__button button\"><\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"text-to-speech__button__icon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/static\/images\/audio_icon.svg?482016190122\" alt=\"-\"><\/p>\n<p>        Listen to the article<br \/>\n        <span class=\"text-to-speech__button__audio-length\">3 min<\/span><br \/>\n    <\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech__controls\">\n        <audio controls=\"\" class=\"js-text-to-speech\" preload=\"none\"><source src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/dmgi9movl\/video\/upload\/q_1\/v1744984923\/news\/text_to_speech\/jcb-san-antonio-texas-plant-tariffs_yrrkit.wav\" type=\"audio\/mp3\"><\/source><\/audio><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech__controls__text\">\n            This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\">feedback<\/a>.\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Dive Brief:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>Heavy machinery maker JCB <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jcb.com\/en-gb\/news\/2025\/04\/jcbs-new-usa-plant-to-double-in-size-in-wake-of-trumps-tariffs?page=1\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>announced earlier this month<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>\u00a0that it\u2019s doubling the size of its upcoming San Antonio factory in an effort to evade President Donald Trump\u2019s <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supplychaindive.com\/news\/trump-tariffs-status-canada-mexico-china-eu\/743577\/\" target=\"_blank\">tariffs<\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>The revised Texas site plan, which is still under construction, will increase the facility\u2019s size to 1 million square feet, the U.K.-based company said in the release.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>The $500 million plant, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturingdive.com\/news\/jcb-to-build-265m-north-america-plant-in-san-antonio-alamo-city-texas\/696818\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>initially announced in 2023<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>, will create 1,580 jobs with an average wage of $54,889, according to <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/25899529-staff-presentation\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>a 2024 presentation for city officials<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>. Production is set to begin next year.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Dive Insight:<\/h3>\n<p>JCB manufactures more than 300 products for customers in 150 countries and has an estimated 15,000 employees across 21 other manufacturing facilities worldwide, including in the U.K. and China.<\/p>\n<p>CEO Graeme Macdonald said in a statement that the president\u2019s recent tariffs would have a \u201csignificant impact\u201d on the company in the short-term, but that the San Antonio factory would help mitigate those effects in the medium term. <span><span><span><span><span><span>The machinery maker said in an email that it had no more information to share on what the short-term impacts may entail.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The company has one facility in the Shanghai area that employs more than 150 workers,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>according to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/internationalcareers.jcb.com\/china\" target=\"_blank\">its international career website<\/a>.\u00a0JCB currently has one U.S. facility, located at its North America headquarters in Savannah, Georgia, which produces JCB\u2019s tracked and wheeled excavators, skid steer and t<span>eleskid<\/span>\u00a0steer as well as military products, according to the international career website. Its largest factory is located at its headquarters site in Staffordshire, U.K.<\/p>\n<p>Until the San Antonio factory begins production, however, the U.K. and India facilities will manufacture the<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>telescopic handlers and two variants of aerial work platforms, the presentation stated.\u00a0<span><span><span><span><span><span>When the San Antonio factory comes online, it will initially manufacture its <span>loadall<\/span> telescopic handlers and aerial access equipment, according to a <span><span>June 2024 press release<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>JCB<\/span><\/span> broke ground on the San Antonio facility last summer and will be the machinery manufacturer\u2019s second largest, the company said.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span><span>The facility lays on over 400 acres, which JCB acquired last year for potential expansions and to build other products, according to a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/jcb-breaks-ground-at-new-500-million-north-american-factory-302164040.html\" target=\"_blank\">June 2024 release<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>\u201c<span><span><span>JCB<\/span><\/span><\/span> has been in business for 80 years this year and we are well accustomed to change,\u201d Chairman Anthony Bamford said in a statement. \u201cThe United States is the largest market for construction equipment in the world and President Trump has <span><span><span>galvanised<\/span><\/span><\/span> 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.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/jcb-san-antonio-texas-plant-tariffs\/745705\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. 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