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JCB lands the big one with A-Plant in the UK

JCB has secured one of its biggest deals in the UK – more than 1,200 machines and a range of generators worth more than €61 million. The order from equipment hire company A-Plant includes more than 600 Loadall telescopic handlers and more than 450 mini and midi excavators, as well as rough terrain forklift trucks, site dumpers, backhoe loaders and tracked excavators. In the past three years, A-Plant has ordered more than €156 million worth of equipment, including this order.
October 26, 2017 Read time: 1 min

255 JCB has secured one of its biggest deals in the UK – more than 1,200 machines and a range of generators worth more than €61 million. The order from equipment hire company 6264 A-Plant includes more than 600 Loadall telescopic handlers and more than 450 mini and midi excavators, as well as rough terrain forklift trucks, site dumpers, backhoe loaders and tracked excavators. In the past three years, A-Plant has ordered more than €156 million worth of equipment, including this order.

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