MANITOU, leader mondial de la manutention tout-terrain

In the early 1970s, MANITOU developed a presence in industrial applications by marketing its own range of semi-industrial forklift trucks under the MANITOU brand and by distributing in France industrial forklift trucks under the TOYOTA brand. Later, this product range was broadened significantly by the manufacture and distribution of other equipment, notalby MANITRANSIT truck-mounted forklifts, MANILOADER compact wheeled loaders, MANILEC warehousing equipment, and MANIACCESS access platforms. These product ranges address the needs of the very large number of customers present in industrial sectors as diversified as munfacturing, mass-market retailing, the timber industry and waste management.

In 2005, the MANITOU Group accentuated its policy of complementarity of its product ranges by enlarging its offering to include low-capacity industrial forklift trucks. In July 2005, it acquired a young Chinese company located in Hangzhou, specialised in the manufacture and distribution of engine-powered masted industrial forklift trucks of lifting capacity 1.5 to 3 tonnes. Through its new subsidiary, the Group will thus be able to supplement its MANITOU INDUSTRY range and distribute its forklift trucks in all the countries in which the Group is not tied by distribution agreements with other partners.

In 2008, MANITOU obtained 25% of its turnover in the Industrial sector.

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