JCB has produced its 100,000th compact excavator, a 24,250-pound 100C-1. It is one of 22 models in today's JCB compact excavator range. The company's first compact excavator-an 801 model weighing in at 3,307 pounds-rolled off the production line in 1989, a year when the global manufacturer produced just over 450 machines. By 1992, JCB's compact excavator range had expanded to four models with 1,000 units produced annually. The compact excavator sector is one of the most competitive areas of the global construction equipment market and is worth an estimated $5.85 billion annually, according to JCB. More than 20 manufacturers compete for the business, and with almost 200,000 sold worldwide each year, it is the single largest sector of the annual 700,000-unit construction equipment market.
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