JCB has recently announced that it will be investing £65m in a new factory in India. The news comes as the company prepares to celebrate 40 years of manufacturing in the country.

The new factory will be located in Vadodara near the port city of Surat on the west coast of India. It will manufacture parts for global production lines. This plant will be JCB’s sixth in India.

The factory will house laser cutting, welding and machining technology. It will be capable of processing 85,000t of steel annually.