Manitou

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World Leader for All-Terrain Lift Trucks

Today MANITOU is an international group employing more than 2000 people present in more than 100 countries, with some fifteen or so subsidiaries (of which 7 manufacturing) and 500 sales outlets around the world.

Installed in the west of France in Ancenis, MANITOU has been directed since 1998 by Marcel Claude BRAUD, the founder’s son.

In 2004 59% of MANITOU’s turnover was achieved on the international market.

In 2004 the group recorded a consolidated turnover of 822.2 million Euros.

Today MANITOU proposes the most comprehensive range on the market, in three major sectors of activities:

  • construction (44% of sales in 2003)
  • farming (29% of sales in 2003)
  • industry (27% of sales in 2003)

To provide solutions adapted to the needs of professionals in these three sectors, MANITOU has successfully diversified its offer and proposes seven major, easily identifiable product ranges:

MANITOU
Semi-industrial all-terrain trucks with telescopic booms

MANISCOPIC
Telescopic lift trucks

MANILOADER
Articulated loaders with pivoting arm

MANIACCESS
Lift truck for lifting personnel

MANITRANSIT
On-board trucks

MANILEC
Warehousing equipment

MANIHOE
Telescopic arm-handlers with back-loading shovel

History

The first all terrain truck was produced in 1957 and resulted from a simple and original idea: Marcel BRAUD, the company’s founder, thought of reversing the diagram of a farm tractor and giving it a lifting boom and hydraulic steering.

It was to be called MANITOU and gave its name to the family firm. Its success among users very quickly made it a generic name.

Contact:

Communication Department / Pascale Noel-Hudson - Chloe Sauvage

p.noel-hudson@manitou.fr / c.sauvage@manitou.fr

Tel : 02 40 09 10 56
Fax : 02 40 09 21 90

Articles by Manitou

All-Terrain Lift Trucks

  • MANIHOE, Handling or earthworks, why choose? »
    This patented concept machine, the first of its kind in the world, draws on MANITOU's considerable expertise which has already been put to use on more than 100,000 MANISCOPIC machines.

  • MANITOU launches its MT 14 range »
    Already familiar in thousands of construction sites throughout the world and regarded by many professionals as THE benchmark, the range of MANITOU 13 metre telescopic handlers is evolving.

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