{"id":9545,"date":"2017-01-05T22:17:17","date_gmt":"2017-01-05T22:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minutes.machine.market\/?p=9545"},"modified":"2017-01-05T22:17:17","modified_gmt":"2017-01-05T22:17:17","slug":"jcb-wins-big-order-a-142m-deal-to-supply-the-us-army-with-a-massive-fleet-of-machines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/jcb-wins-big-order-a-142m-deal-to-supply-the-us-army-with-a-massive-fleet-of-machines\/","title":{"rendered":"JCB wins big order – a $142M deal to supply the US Army with a massive fleet of telehandlers"},"content":{"rendered":"

JCB<\/a>, based in Rocester, UK has started 2017 by winning one of the biggest single orders in its 71-year history \u2013 a $142-million deal to supply the United States Army<\/span><\/span> with a massive fleet of machines.<\/p>\n

The company announced today that the army is to receive more than 1,600 light-capability rough terrain forklifts<\/a> for tasks all around the world, including loading and unloading aircraft and shipping containers, for \u00a3115 million<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n

The new 527-58M<\/a>\u00a0is one of the machines in JCB’s range of commercial Loadall telescopic handlers \u2013 a machine which is now celebrating 40 years in production. JCB bosses said it is the biggest-selling product of its kind in the world.<\/p>\n

The new machine in all its glory.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

JCB CEO Graeme Macdonald said: “This order<\/span><\/span> is fantastic news for JCB and a great way to start the New Year. It is the second-highest-value order in the company’s history, and I congratulate everyone who has worked to secure this valuable contract in the same year that we mark 40 years of telescopic handler production.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The largest single deal in JCB’s history also came from the US Army<\/span><\/span> in 2005, when a $206 million – or \u00a3168 million – order was placed to produce hundreds of high-speed military versions of JCB’s iconic backhoe loader.<\/p>\n

\"JCB-Military-Loadall\"<\/p>\n

That machine, the High Mobility Engineer Excavator (HMEE), reaches speeds of up to 60mph and was subsequently sold to allied forces around the world, including the UK, Sweden, Germany, Australia and New Zealand.<\/p>\n

Like the HMEE, the new 527-58M rough-terrain forklifts will be produced at JCB’s North American Headquarters in Savannah, Georgia. They will be powered by the 84hp (63kW) JCB DieselMax engine produced at JCB Power Systems in Foston, Derbyshire.<\/p>\n

A JCB spokesman said: “At 2m wide and 1.98m high, the military<\/span><\/span> spec 527-58M is optimized to work in confined spaces. With a travel speed of 20mph, the machine has a maximum lift capacity of more than 2.26 tonnes and a lift height of 5.8m. The 527-58M has been marinised to meet the operational needs of the services during wading and fording.”<\/p>\n