JCB India has made one of its biggest product announcements at Excon 2025, unveiling more than ten new machines and digital technologies aimed at strengthening its position in both domestic and global construction equipment markets. The highlight of the launch is the new 52-tonne excavator, the largest excavator ever manufactured by JCB in India. This machine is designed not just for the domestic market but also for exports, marking a significant step toward India becoming a global hub for heavy equipment production. Alongside this flagship model, the company introduced enhanced backhoe loaders, a refreshed 2–5-tonne excavator range, and a series of industry-first, technology-driven innovations focused on improving efficiency, safety, and sustainability across construction operations.
Deepak Shetty, CEO and Managing Director of JCB India, emphasised the company’s expanding global footprint. He stated that JCB now exports machines to more than 135 countries and that visitors from South Asia, Africa and Southeast Asia were present at Excon to explore the new product offerings. According to Shetty, exhibitions like Excon give the company a strong opportunity to understand evolving customer needs and align its engineering and product roadmap with both global expectations and India’s rapidly expanding infrastructure requirements.
JCB’s new product line reflects the company’s long-standing customer-first approach. Every machine introduced this year has been engineered with four core priorities—lower cost of ownership, higher fuel efficiency, improved machine uptime, and enhanced operator safety and ergonomics. These updates aim to directly address contractor concerns around rising fuel costs, project delays, and workforce productivity. The company believes that by integrating smarter technologies and design improvements, machines can remain productive for longer hours while reducing both operational expenses and environmental impact.
Sustainability continues to be a defining theme across JCB’s innovation strategy. In 2023, the company introduced the world’s first hydrogen engine for a backhoe loader, capable of delivering diesel-equivalent performance with zero carbon emissions. Building on that momentum, JCB has now expanded its hydrogen technology portfolio by launching a hydrogen-powered genset. Shetty highlighted a broader global trend, explaining that many countries are adopting hydrogen at a rapid pace and that JCB intends to stay ahead of this transition. He reiterated that when India accelerates its hydrogen infrastructure, the company will be fully prepared to support future-ready, clean-energy construction fleets.
JCB also announced significant upgrades in digital solutions. The company launched its Parts Online portal, an e-commerce platform that provides customers instant access to genuine spare parts through a simplified, transparent experience. The platform aims to reduce delays caused by parts unavailability and offer faster turnaround for maintenance and service requirements. Additionally, JCB showcased its next-generation telematics system, which provides real-time insights into machine health, operating performance, and uptime optimisation. As part of its operator skilling initiatives, the company also introduced the Operator App, designed to empower machine operators to proactively manage maintenance and detect issues before they escalate.
Training and skill development form another major focus area. Earlier this year, JCB launched the Daksh backhoe simulator, which allows operators to learn in a safe, controlled environment without the high fuel and maintenance costs associated with traditional training. The simulator supports better learning outcomes and significantly reduces training expenses. JCB further announced that a similar excavation simulator will be introduced in early 2026, extending advanced training to more machine categories.
Supporting all these innovations is JCB’s extensive service and dealership network across India. With more than 700 dealer outlets, five strategically located parts warehouses stocking over 40,000 unique spare parts, 300+ service vans, 183 parts vans, fully equipped Workshop-on-Wheels units and more than 9,500 trained service and mobile engineers, the company aims to deliver timely assistance wherever customers operate. This ecosystem is designed to reduce downtime and maintain high fleet reliability, reinforcing JCB’s customer-first commitment across India’s construction landscape.