Plant equipment manufacturer JCB has won a £9m contract to supply a plant hire business with £9m worth of machinery
Staffordshire construction manufacturer firm JCB has been awarded a £9m contract. This latest deal follows an order of £115m from the US Army and a £5.5m deal with Scottish plant hire business Lomond Plant in January.
This new contract for £9m will see JCB supply 160 Loadall telescopic handlers to Nixon Hire as part of the firm’s expansion into Nottingham.
Creating a partnership
Nixon Hire currently has 14 depots across the UK and one in Doha, Qatar. The £9m contract will see the firm take delivery of the new machines over the next few weeks from JCB dealer Scot JCB.
Managing director of Nixon Hire Graham Nixon said: “Nixon Hire is delighted to further cement its solid partnership with JCB with this large telehandler order.
“We pride ourselves in offering modern, technologically advanced products from market leading brands and JCB certainly meets this criteria.
“Having worked together successfully for many years, we know it’s a name we can trust to deliver a quality and reliable product to our customers.”
Fantastic start to the year
Dan Thompstone, UK and Ireland sales director of JCB, said: “2017 is a momentous year for JCB Loadall telescopic handlers as we mark 40 years of production of a machine which quite literally changed the materials handling market beyond recognition.
“We are delighted to start what is a milestone year with a fantastic order from one of our biggest UK customers.”
Nixon Hire is a family run business with a history spanning 50 years. The firm purchased the Nottingham site, which was formerly owned by Hewden Group before it went into administration.
Nixon added: “Many of the machines as part of this order will stock the recently acquired site in Nottingham.
“This new depot is in a prime location for Nixon Hire and falls in line with our plans for expanding our depot network further south.
“I can confirm that we will offer our customers products from each of our divisions to include plant, accommodation, toilet and welfare facilities.”
