JCB has secured an order for more than 1,000 backhoe loaders from Brazil's Minister of Agrarian Department worth more than £40 million.
The order for the 3C machines comes as the company marks 60 years of backhoe loader production. The machines will be delivered throughout 2013 where they will begin road and food production.
The machines will be manufactured at a factory opened last September by David Cameron in Sao Paulo. Transmissions and axles will be supplied by JCB Transmissions in Wrexham and 12,000 hydraulic cylinders by JCB’s World HQ at Rocester.
The latest order comes after JCB Brazil supplied more than 1,000 backhoes last year to the same customer as part of the first phase of the development of rural roads.
"This is a very important deal for JCB and we are delighted to have secured the tender for a second year running" said JCB CEO Alan Blake.
"It is huge testament to the quality and versatility of JCB's backhoe loaders and it’s fantastic to win an order of this size as we celebrate 60 years of backhoe loader production this year.”
JCB Brazil Managing Director Carlos Hernandez said: "It is a great honour to have been chosen again to supply another 1,000 backhoes that will be used to improve the infrastructure and services of the smaller municipalities.
"We are really pleased we can contribute to the economic development of Brazil, particularly to support the agricultural sector."
A third of all farms in Brazil are family enterprises in remote areas of the country where the road network needs to be upgraded.
The purchase of the machines is to facilitate that development and help meet federal government growth plans.
In Brazil there are more than 400,000 family farms and the machines will be used in more than 1,000 municipalities in small cities with less than 50,000 inhabitants.
The backhoe loader is the 4th most popular machine in construction equipment circles.
