JCB in big military boost
Staffordshire-based JCB says it has won one of its largest British Army machine orders in its 65-year history. The order for 236 machines aims to be delivered by the end of January 2011.
Excavator manufacturer JCB says it won the deal in "the face of fierce global competition". ALC, a joint venture between Amey and Babcock International Group, which is the service provider to the Ministry of Defence for plant and mechanical handling equipment for the British Army, awarded the contract for 138 JCB 4CX backhoe loaders and 98 JCB 436eHT wheel loading shovels.
The backhoe loaders are made at JCB’s HQ in Rocester and the wheeled loading shovels at JCB Earthmovers in Cheadle.
JCB CEO Alan Blake said: "JCB has now become the primary supplier of plant and mechanical handling equipment to the British Army.
"As a British company it is fantastic that we have been awarded the opportunity to support our armed forces in this way and help ensure they are successful on operations, training and in their many other tasks around the world."
