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JCB India launched its largest

ever 52 Tonne Excavator at

Excon 2025

JCB India launched a new JCB India launched over 10 new products at South Asia, Africa Region and South-East Asia
portfolio of technologically EXCON 2025, marking one of the company’s visiting us. EXCON allows us to understand
advanced machines most substantial showcases to date. The new evolving market needs and demonstrate how
our latest solutions align with both global and
line-up included the 52-tonne excavator,
and digital solutions JCB’s largest excavator manufactured in India’s infrastructure demands.”
at EXCON 2025, South India for both domestic and global export JCB’s product strategy continues to be
Asia’s largest construction markets, enhanced backhoe loaders, the anchored in a customer-first philosophy.
equipment exhibition. The latest Excavator range (2-5 ton), and several Every solution is engineered with a singular
showcase reflected the technologically advanced, industry-first focus on Lower Cost of Ownership, higher
company’s continued solutions. fuel efficiency, improved machine uptime,
enhanced safety and ergonomics, ensuring
Speaking at the launch, Deepak Shetty, CEO
focus on customer and MD, JCB India, “EXCON is a forum that maximum productivity at project sites.
driven innovation, and brings together customers, policymakers, Speaking about the launches Shetty said,
integrated support contractors, financiers, suppliers, and “At JCB, we believe, “If it is important for the
solutions — reinforcing technology leaders, creating an ecosystem for customer, it is important for us”. Entering new
JCB’s leadership in strategic collaboration segments, improving fuel efficiency, and
the construction and and long-term business prioritising operator safety are not just design
infrastructure equipment growth. JCB exports choices — they are at the heart of JCB’s
engineering DNA. Every machine we launch
to more than 135
sector. countries from India at EXCON this year demonstrates that belief.”
and this year we also Sustainability remains a defining theme
have customers from in JCB’s innovation roadmap. In 2023, the

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