Brazilian ministry orders 1,000 JCB backhoes in £40m deal

Posted on 11 Mar 2013

JCB has won a massive £40 million order for more than 1,000 iconic backhoe loaders in a deal which is designed to help transform parts of rural Brazil.

Brazil’s Ministry of Agrarian Development has signed a tender for the JCB backhoes worth more than £40 million. The 1,000 machines will be delivered throughout 2013 and put straight to work improving rural roads to ensure food produced for sale gets to market much quicker. The machines will be manufactured at JCB’s new $100 million…

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