13.03.2006

New parts operation for Manitou

Manitou is spending €23 million on a brand new parts operation on a 13 hectare site close to the Auto-route at the company’s headquarters town of Ancenis.

Manitou’s parts business has revenues of almost €107 million, over 10 percent of total revenue. With its target to double revenues to almost €2 billion by 2014, the need for a larger parts facility is a key building block.
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An artists impression of the new Manitou parts operation

The site has already been acquired with construction beginning in the spring, the first two buildings providing 22,000 square metres of warehouse space, with a 5,500 square metres covered “concourse, will be completed by February 2007.” This is expected to satisfy the company’s needs through 2010.

After that a 6,000 square metre extension is planned to take the company through till 2020.

The New warehouse will include a wide range of high tech equipment, including automated storage and retrieval systems with extensive use of bar coding.