JCB secures record breaking contract
Staffordshire-based construction giant JCB has won one of its largest ever contracts. The company has secured an order for 94 industrial forklifts from a company appointed to be its materials handling fleet service provider.
The machines – made at JCB Utility Products in Cheadle, Staffordshire – are now being used by materials handling specialists Barloworld Handling at JCB’s 11 plants across Staffordshire, Derbyshire and Wales.
The multimillion pound deal for the JCB Teletruks is one of the biggest to be placed in the UK this year for industrial forklifts.
JCB appointed the company to manage its entire 310-strong materials handling fleet earlier this year.
Chris Nowell, JCB industrial general manager, said: “This is one of the biggest single orders in the UK this year for industrial forklifts and is one of the largest ever deals we’ve done for JCB Teletruks. Many businesses including JCB now rely on the benefits of forwards reach because of the time it saves loading and unloading.”
Barloworld is the largest independent distributor of lift trucks in the world with operations covering the UK, Holland, Belgium, South Africa and the US.
