JCB factory to start producing ventilator housings to help combat Covid-19

JCB will be joining the national effort to manufacture ventilators in a bid to fight the coronavirus outbreak.

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JCB factory to start producing ventilator housings to help combat Covid-19

Having announced two weeks ago its nine manufacturing facilities in the UK will remain closed until at least the end of April, JCB is poised to re-start production at its Cab System plant in Uttoxeter....

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