Why this project qualifies
With $500 million in facility-specific investment and 1,500 permanent operating jobs announced, this project clears both of AFT's qualifying thresholds ($100 million in facility-specific investment OR 100 permanent operating jobs). This project also meets AFT's primary-source verification and physical U.S. manufacturing-footprint requirements.
View full methodology →Why it matters
The industrial machinery & equipment context.
Industrial Machinery & Equipment tracks qualifying U.S. factories producing machinery, automation systems and industrial equipment used in manufacturing, construction, agriculture, mining, material handling and infrastructure. Automotive, aerospace, shipbuilding and electrical-grid equipment remain in their dedicated AFT industries.
Project record
At a glance
- Company
- JCB
- Industry
- Industrial Machinery & Equipment
- Location
- San Antonio, Texas
- Investment
- $500.0M
- Permanent jobs announced
- 1,500
- Status
- Under Construction
- Announced
- Oct 13, 2023
- Opening timeline
- Not yet announced
- Added to tracker
- Aug 19, 2026
Sources
Official references
- Texas project announcement https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-announces-jcb-manufacturing-facility-expansion-in-san-antonio
- JCB revised $500 million, one-million-square-foot construction scope https://www.jcb.com/en-US/explore/insight/news/2025/10/jcb-san-antonio-facility-construction-goes-vertical
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