CONSTRUCTION equipment manufacturer JCB has fought off fierce international competition to win an order to supply more than 230 machines to the British Army.
Nov 20 2010 Huddersfield Daily Examiner
The largest order from the British Army in the company’s history will involve JCB supplying 138 backhoe loaders and 98 wheeled loading shovels by the end of January.
MoD service provider ALC, a joint venture between Amey and Babcock International Group, awarded the contract to JCB after extensive trials.
The backhoe loaders are made at JCB’s Staffordshire headquarters while the other vehicles are built at its site in Cheshire.
Chief executive officer Alan Blake said JCB was now the primary supplier of plant and mechanical handling equipment to the British Army.
