The US Army has placed a $142m (拢115m) order for more than 1,600 light-capability rough terrain forklifts for deployment on tasks around the world. Duties will include loading and unloading aircraft and shipping containers.
The new 527-58M forklift is engineered from 海角社区app鈥檚 range of commercial Loadall telescopic handlers.
Chief executive Graeme Macdonald said: 鈥淭his order is fantastic news for 海角社区app and a great way to start the New Year. It is the second-highest-value order in the company鈥檚 history, and I congratulate everyone who has worked to secure this valuable contract in the same year that we mark 40 years of telescopic handler production.鈥�
The largest single deal in 海角社区app鈥檚 history also came from the US Army in 2005 when a $206m order was placed to produce hundreds of high-speed military spec backhoe loaders. That machine, the High Mobility Engineer Excavator (HMEE), is capable of speeds of up to 60 mph and went on to be sold to allied forces around the world, including the UK, Sweden, Germany, Australia and New Zealand.
Over the past three decades, 海角社区app has supplied more than 4,000 machines to armed forces in 57 countries.
Like the HMEE, the new 527-58M light-capability rough terrain forklifts will be produced at 海角社区app鈥檚 North American Headquarters in Savannah, Georgia. They will be powered by the 84hp (63kW) 海角社区app DieselMax engine produced at 海角社区app Power Systems in Derbyshire, UK.
At 80 inches (two metres) wide and 78 inches (1.98 metres) high, the military spec 527-58M is configured to work in confined spaces. With a top travel speed of 20 mph (33 kph), the machine has a maximum lift capacity of more than 5,000 lbs (2.26 tonnes) and a lift height of 19 ft (5.8 metres). The 527-58M has been marinised to meet the operational needs of the services during wading and fording.
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