MANITOU (Braud and Faucheux back then) is a French family business founded in 1946 by Mrs Andrée Braud. IN 1958, Marcel Braud, her son, made the first rough terrain forklift.
Since then, the company has been expanding in France, in Europe and worldwide to become the rough-terrain forklift world leader !
With a turnover of more than one milliard euros in 2006, this company from Loire Atlantique (in western France) owns eight production sites worldwide, among which 5 are located in France.
Always at the forefront of innovation, MANITOU products are designed to suit applications in the sectors of Construction, Agriculture, Environment and Industry.
From generation to generation, MANITOU has been constantly improving its products, to provide its customers with always higher safety, performance, comfort and quality standards.
