One day in 1957, Marcel Braud, the founder of Manitou, thought up the principle of an original device by turning around the shape of a farm tractor and adding to it a lifting mast and hydraulic steering?
Thus the world's first rough-terrain forklift-truck was born. It proved the company's success and led to it becoming world famous. Manitou now has a presence in over 120 countries.
Whilst trying to find Manitou Forklifts in and around Shetland you may wish to know that a warehouse employee became trapped under the forklift he was driving, after it fell over on to him causing his death.











