JCB wins contract to supply 1,000 diggers in Brazil The loaders will be made at JCB's $100m (£67m) factory in Sao Paulo, which was opened by David Cameron in September last year and where an additional 80 jobs will be created, but the contract will also support British jobs at the company's UK factories. Carlos Hernandez, managing director of the Brazil business, said the company was glad to be able to "contribute to the economic development of Brazil, particularly to support the agricultural sector," by improving the infrastructure and services available to the smaller municipalities. A third of all farms in Brazil are family businesses in remote parts of the country where the roads need to be upgraded, and the investment forms part of the government's growth plans. JCB first started manufacturing in Brazil in 2001, and is already exporting machines to other South American countries from its base there. Its expansion in Brazil comes at a time when many British companies are targeting entry or growth in the country's fast growing economy.