Construction Equipment Guide
470 Maryland Drive
Fort Washington, PA 19034
800-523-2200
Fri March 02, 2001 - National Edition
Joseph Bamford, the founder of privately-held construction equipment manufacturer JC Bamford, died on Thursday at age 84.
Bamford’s initials, JCB, were emblazoned on his excavators and diggers, and became a generic term for the machinery which entered the Oxford English Dictionary in 1985.
The JCB Group remains owned by Bamford’s son, Anthony Bamford, who is chairman and managing director.