



With a view to ensuring the growth of its industrial and commercial activities, on 21st September 2005 MANITOU announced that it had acquired a majority holding (90%) in the capital of the HANGZHOU IRISMAN MH EQUIPMENT Corp company, who specialises in the manufacture and distribution of internal combustion industrial fork-lift trucks.
The MANITOU organisation have finalised plans for the construction of a spare parts distribution centre on the Ancenis site (Savinière business park) to accompany and facilitate growth in the SPARE PARTS sector and to provide a logistical organisation that is in phase with the needs of their clients.
This communiqué gives a brief presentation of the MANITOU Group: its history, profile, products and key figures etc.