18.05.2012

A-Plant spends £24 million

A-Plant, the UK operation of Ashtead has placed orders for new equipment worth over £24 million.

The investment is the second phase of the company’s £60 million capital expenditure programme for this year and follows a £26 million investment in September.

The latest order, aimed at both fleet expansion and renewal of older units, includes telehandlers from JCB, which along with dumpers, excavators and rollers makes up half the spend. One of the largest investment areas is around £7 million for powered access equipment, including diesel and electric scissors and boom lifts from Genie, JLG and Niftylift.

A-Plant chief executive Sat Dhaiwal said: “At A-Plant we recognise that customers want the most recent and best quality machines - investment in this equipment will help to achieve this. We understand that it is crucial to involve everyone in high-profile investment decisions such as this and so ensured we underwent an extensive consultation with our staff at the sharp end to identify what equipment was required to increase customer satisfaction and deal with customer demand.”

“What’s more, over the next five years we plan to invest over £330 million in new equipment to ensure that we have one of the youngest most extensive and state-of-the-art fleets of equipment in the hire industry.”