JCB celebrates £3.5m plant hire replacement order
STAFFORDSHIRE excavator manufacturer JCB has secured a £3.5m contract win as part of a UK plant hire company’s fleet replacement programme.
Mechplant, the plant hire at mod the ESH Group, is investing in a series of new mini-excavators and compaction rollers as part of the modernisation.
The company has taken delivery of JCB 8018, 8025, 8050 and 8085 mini and midi excavators made by JCB Compact Products in Cheadle, along with VMT160-80 and VMT260-120 rollers. The machines have been purchased from JCB dealer TCHarrison JCB.
Steve Makinson, Joint Managing Director of Mechplant said: “We are absolutely committed to providing our customers with the latest equipment and technologies available. Many are in the utilities and construction sectors; the work they do is essential, underpins our regional infrastructure and has to continue. To do that – they need the right tools for the job.
“We are proud to be making this investment and to be investing in British manufacturing with JCB and trading with their local distributor, TC Harrison JCB.”
Mechplant serves clients in a range of sectors throughout the north of England from its group regional headquarters in Northumberland, Durham, Cumbria and Yorkshire.
ESH Group provides construction and construction related services to both public and private sector clients and has an annual turnover of approximately £150m and directly employs around 1,000 people.
Services provided include civil engineering, design and build, refurbishment, fencing, landscaping, plumbing, waste management, facilities services, construction materials recycling, social housing, speculative housing and commercial development.
