总部位于英国的租赁公司Ardent Hire Solutions已向JCB订购了525台伸缩臂叉装机，交易总价为2600万英镑（约3000万欧元）。这是继该公司在2019年与JCB签订价值7500万英镑（8670万欧元）的订单之后的又一笔大订单。

这家租赁公司总部位于伦敦，主要为住宅、民用和建筑业提供租赁服务。公司首席财务官朱利安·奥尼尔（Julian O’Neill）说：“我们的伸缩臂叉装车机队的规模在英国是最大的，这项巨额投资加强了我们在伸缩臂叉装车租赁行业的地位。”

该公司订购了一系列JCB小型525-60和540-200装载式伸缩臂叉装车，工作范围在6米至20米之间。新机器都配备JCB的LiveLink远程信息处理系统，可以帮助客户提高生产率并降低成本。

订单还包括25台JCB 3CX挖掘装载机，随着新冠肺炎疫情的好转，英国的设备市场开始反弹，该公司也将扩大其设备规模。

据了解，这些设备交付之后，该公司将拥有7,000台机器，平均使用时间不到三年。

原文如下：

Ardent Hire adds over 500 JCBs

By Leila Steed

UK-based Ardent Hire Solutions has ordered 525 loadall telescopic handlers from JCB in the UK, in a deal worth ￡26 million (€30 million).

Ardent Hire Solutions in the UK expands telescopic handler fleet with over 500 new JCB machines.

The giant order, which also includes 25 of JCB’s 3CX backhoe loaders, sees the company expand its fleet as the country’s equipment market starts to rebound from the Covid-19 pandemic.

The rental firm, which is headquartered in London, provides plant hire services to the country’s housing, civil and construction sectors.

Julian O’Neill, Ardent’s Chief Financial Officer, said, “Our telehandler fleet is already the largest anywhere in the UK and this substantial investment strengthens our position in the telescopic handler hire sector.”

Ardent ordered a range of JCB’s compact 525-60 and 540-200 loadall telescopic handler models, with reaches of between 6m and 20m. The rental company’s new machines all include JCB’s LiveLink telematics system, which helps increase productivity and reduce costs by feeding real-time information into Ardent’s ‘Site Manager’ digital platform.

Steve Fox, JCB Group Managing Director for Global Major Accounts, said, “We are delighted that Ardent Hire Solutions has placed this substantial order with JCB given the very competitive nature of the UK equipment supply market.

“The size of the order shows enormous faith in the quality of JCB’s machines and also underlines the need to invest in new machinery to support the growth in the UK construction industry, which continues to recover strongly after the Covid-19 pandemic.”

The machine investment, which follows Ardent’s 2019 order with JCB worth ￡75 million (€86.7 million), will be fulfilled by dealer Watling JCB.

The new telescopic handlers will be utilised across Ardent’s 11 UK depots, joining a fleet of 7,000 machines with an average of less than three years old.

Source: https://www.khl.com/news/ardent-hire-adds-over-500-jcbs/8010499.article