Société Anonyme – SA (French publicly-traded limited company)
Traded as
Euronext Paris: MTU
CAC Small component
Founded
1957
Headquarters
Ancenis, France
Revenue
€2.87 billion (2023) [1]
Net income
€143 million (2023) [1]
Number of employees
5,500
Website
www.manitou-group.com/en/
Manitou is a French heavy equipment manufacturer that makes forklifts, cherry pickers, telehandlers, and other heavy equipment. Manitou started in France in 1957 when Marcel Braud designed the first forklift truck for use in rough terrain.[3] Its headquarters are in Ancenis.[4]
The firm expanded internationally, with Manitou UK formed in 1971, Manitou Italia in 1985, Manitou BeNeLux in 1990, Manitou Portugal in 1993, Manitou Australia in 2004, Manitou Vostok (Russia) in 2005, and Manitou Poland in 2007.[3]
Company revenues first exceeded €1 billion in 2007.[3]
Yanmar purchased 6.26% of the company in 2012.[3]
Manitou was a finalist at the European Rental Awards 2019 organised by the European Rental Association.[5]
In November 2022, it was announced Manitou had acquired one of its authorised service and repair companies, the Castelfranco-based, Gi.Erre.[6]
In December 2022, it was announced Manitou had acquired an 82 percent stake in easyLi, the Chasseneuil-du-Poitou-based producer of lithium-ion batteries.[7]
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acquired in September 2008 for US$30 a share by the French equipment maker ManitouGroup. This allowed the company to expand its telehandler market into the...
lacrosse Thomas, Robert Murray. Manitou and God: North-American Indian Religions and Christian Culture. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2007. ISBN 0313347794 pg...
North Manitou Island (/mæˈnətu/ MAN-ə-too) is located in Lake Michigan, approximately 12 miles (19 km) west-northwest of Leland, Michigan. It is nearly...
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undergo vision quests as a means of establishing a relationship with a manitou that becomes their guiding patron; prior to the 20th century, almost every...
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Manitou Dawn, known as simple Dawn or The Manitou, is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. She would first...
a subsidiary of True North Sports & Entertainment. Camp Manitou was founded in 1930 by a group of six service clubs in Winnipeg: Rotary, Cosmopolitan,...
Club Manitou was an infamous mid-west summer resort nightclub-casino located in Harbor Springs in northern Michigan, United States that existed from 1929...
Big Manitou Falls is a waterfall on the Black River, a tributary of the Nemadji River. The falls are within Pattison State Park in Douglas County, Wisconsin...
miles (19 km) west of downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado. The town of Manitou Springs lies at its base. The mountain is named in honor of American explorer...
Broadmoor-Sea Island Company which operates The Broadmoor hotel, The Broadmoor Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railway and the Sea Island resort. The Anschutz Corporation...
enhancement strategies for the Manitou River and Blue Jay Creek. The association has rehabilitated 17 major sites on the Manitou River and three major sites...
Kansa and Osage languages; and Wakatakeh in Quapaw.[citation needed] Manitou Sioux language The Indians' Book. Edited by Natalie Curtis Burlin. p38-40...