by Crane Market | Jul 6, 2017 | Constuction & Business News, Manufacturer News
A LEADING civil engineering and plant hire firm has placed its largest ever equipment order for JCB machines worth £1 million. The new investment has seen Flimby-based Ashcroft Construction purchase 17 new machines in total, including: a JCB 8008 micro-excavator;...
by Crane Market | Jan 5, 2017 | Constuction & Business News, Crane & Lifting News, Equipment & Construction Videos, Manufacturer News
JCB, based in Rocester, UK has started 2017 by winning one of the biggest single orders in its 71-year history – a $142-million deal to supply the United States Army with a massive fleet of machines. The company announced today that the army is to receive more than...
by Crane Market | Nov 9, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Manufacturer News
Staffordshire, UK digger maker JCB has scooped up a £35 million order for 1,200 of its machines, bought by the UK’s biggest plant hire firm. The contract from A-Plant – which bought 1,500 JCB machines worth £50 million last year – will mean a busy time for the...
by Crane Market | Sep 29, 2016 | Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
WAITE PARK, MN — An equipment operator was hurt after a JCB telehandler he was operating tipped over. The incident happened at about 2:15 p.m. yesterday at 1500 Highway 23 West in Waite Park. Waite Park police chief Dave Bentrud says the telehandler was moving a light...
by Crane Market | Sep 6, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Crane & Lifting News, Equipment Rental News, Manufacturer News
The firm is buying mainly JCB Loadall telescopic handlers and a smaller number of rough terrain forklift trucks as it ramps up its fleet with the most technologically advanced machines on the market. Watling JCB has been chosen to supply 700 machines worth more than...