JCB has been awarded one of the largest British Army machine orders in its 65-year history. The order for 236 machines was won in the face of fierce global competition and will be delivered by the end of January 2011.
ALC, a joint venture between Amey plc and Babcock International Group plc, 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 World HQ, Rocester, and the wheeled loading shovels at JCB Earthmovers, Cheadle.
It follows an ALC order in 2007 for 420 JCB Loadall telescopic handlers which are currently in service with British troops all over the world, including Afghanistan. JCB's largest ever military order was for $230 million from the United States military in 2005 for JCB's High Mobility Engineer Excavator (HMEE). That order was for up to 800 machines. |
