MANITOU

Back in 1957, Marcel Braud, the founder of MANITOU, had a brilliant idea – to reverse the layout of a conventional farm tractor, and add a lifting mast and hydraulic steering. The result was the world’s first rough-terrain fork-lift truck. The concept was an immediate success with users and MANITOU has become a household name. Today, MANITOU is a major international group with its headquarters at Ancenis in the west of France. With fifteen subsidiaries throughout the world, the group globally employs some 2000 people.

A PULSE™ data acquisition system is extensively used in both R&D, and for sound power measurements to ensure that MANITOU products comply with the EU Directive 2000/14/EC, and other relevant noise legislation throughout the world.