A leading Russian civil engineering contractor has purchased hundreds of JCB products – a deal worth around $57.5 million – to work on two of the region’s highest profile construction projects.

The order was announced recently as Tim Burnhope, managing director of JCB Sales, joined a delegation of business leaders to Russia led by business secretary Lord Mandelson.

The contractor, MOCT, will use the equipment on road, bridge and tunnel improvements to the Winter Olympic transport infrastructure at Sochi, on the Black Sea Coast, and again in Vladivostok, for the construction of a road bridge in advance of the 2012 Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) summit.

As part of the massive deal, MOCT has ordered JCB Generators, JCB 3CX and JCB 4CX backhoe loaders, JS200W and JS160W wheeled excavators, JCB456 wheeled loading shovels, JCB Robot skid steer loaders and JS330 Auto tracked excavators – all supplied by JCB’s dealer, Lonmadi.

Burnhope said: “MOCT is one of the largest civil engineering contractors in Russia. This substantial order is a further endorsement of JCB products and the service and support offered by our dealer in European Russia, Lonmadi.

“The new depot is part of a continuing expansion program for the JCB dealer network, which now has over 70 sales and services branches throughout Russia. Another key part of MOCT’s decision to purchase JCB machines was the newly opened parts centre in Moscow, which supports customers with same-day or next-day parts delivery.”