News Release
Three generations of IDP leadership recognized for Potain excellence at bauma 2019
4/11/2019
Three generations of IDP (International Development Programmes) leadership joined Potain to celebrate the company’s success at bauma 2019 in Munich, Germany. The Cairo, Egypt-based company has been a Potain dealer for 44 years, and is one of the longest-running Potain dealers in the world.
Christophe Chatonnet, Potain customer service manager for the Middle East and India, presented the company with an award for its market coverage and performance in 2018, recognizing its exceptional sales of Potain tower cranes and service to customers in the region.
“This is our 14th bauma, and we only missed one, when the volcano erupted over Iceland and we couldn’t physically be here,” said Adnan Akil, chairman of IDP. “This year we have three generations of IDP leadership here in Munich to celebrate with Potain!”
The Manitowoc Company, Inc. (“Manitowoc”) was founded in 1902 and has over a 117-year tradition of providing high-quality products and support services that are tailored to customers’ needs. Its 2019 net sales were approximately $1.83 billion. Manitowoc is one of the world's leading providers of engineered lifting solutions. Through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Manitowoc designs, manufactures, markets and supports comprehensive product lines of mobile telescopic cranes, tower cranes, lattice-boom crawler cranes, boom trucks and industrial cranes under the Grove, Potain, Manitowoc, National Crane, Shuttlelift and Manitowoc Crane Care brand names.