News Release
Manitowoc appoints new French Potain dealer: Axyom
12/2/2019
Manitowoc Cranes has appointed Axyom, a French construction equipment sales company, as a new distributor of Potain self-erecting cranes in northern France. Based in Normandy, Axyom will expand its offering to customers by incorporating the Potain Igo, Igo T and Hup self-erecting crane ranges.
Jean-Baptiste Dubois, general manager of Axyom, explains: “We have many clients in the construction sector, and the Potain self-erecting range will perfectly complement their needs; we know they will be well-received in the market.”
Axyom is well-established in northern France and has a team of almost 50 people, including a quality after-sales service force with experienced technicians on-hand.
With this new distribution partnership, Manitowoc now has a dynamic network of 13 distributors in France.
Axyom is expecting its first delivery – an Igo M 14 – in the beginning of 2020.
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.