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Our history

More than
50 years’ expertise

It all started in 1966 when André Guichard asked his son Jean-Pierre to join him in creating the first catalogue sales company in France. Over the years, the small company has evolved to become a 'mid-cap' company on a European scale, with 27 subsidiaries and over 700,000 items available!

Our history

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Our key dates

  1. Zack For the 7th consecutive year, the Gonesse head office is one of the Best Workplaces, and 12 other subsidiaries among the group are certified.
  2. Zack Manutan acquires a majority interest in startup Zack.
  3. Pichon New headquater and logistics platform for Papeteries Pichon and extention of the warehouse of Gonesse.
    Manutan France, Manutan Belgium, IronmongeryDirect and ElectricalDirect are certified 'Best Workplaces'
  4. Well-working Repositioning of the Manutan brand for the 'Businesses' division: 'Well-working'
  5. Kruizinga Acquisition of Kruizinga, specialist in the online distribution of storage and handling equipment in Benelux
  6. Manutan's own brand Launch of Manutan’s own brand
    Strengthened presence on the British tradespeople market with the acquisition of Essex Electrical Wholesalers
  7. Pichon Acquisition of Papeteries Pichon, specialist in the distribution of school supplies to nurseries and primary schools in France
  8. Ironmongery Ikaros Acquisition of IronmongeryDirect in the United Kingdom, specialist in the distribution of hardware products to tradespeople, and Ikaros Cleantech in Sweden and Finland, specialist in environmental protection products
  9. Casal Acquisition of Sports et Loisirs (Casal Sport), specialist in sports equipment for schools, local councils and federations in France
  10. DREDA Opening of the Group’s European Centre in Gonesse (France), symbol of the Group’s uniqueness, ambitions and business, human and environmental vision
  11. Camif Collectivités Strengthened presence on the local authorities market with the acquisition of Camif Collectivités in France, which is renamed as Manutan Collectivités
  12. Rapid Racking Acquisition of Rapid Racking in the United Kingdom, specialist in shelving and storage solutions
  13. The symbolic milestone of 500 million euros in turnover is passed
  14. Establishment in Spain, Hungary, Slovakia and Poland
  15. First range of European products Creation of the first range of European products
  16. First commercial websites Launch of the first commercial websites and provision of e-procurement solutions for Key Accounts
  17. Acquisition of Plus in the Czech Republic, Fabritec in Switzerland and Euroquipment in the United Kingdom and founding of the company Witre OY in Finland
  18. Legal restructuring of the Group’s parent: Manutan International, the Group’s holding company
  19. Founding of the Portuguese subsidiary
  20. Overtoom Witre Denmark Acquisition of Overtoom, market leader in the Netherlands and Belgium, and establishment of Witre in Denmark
  21. Witre Acquisition of Witre AB in Sweden and Witre A/S in Norway
  22. Founding of the German subsidiary
  23. Founding of the Italian subsidiary
  24. Founding of Manutan in Belgium
  25. Key Industrial Equipment Founding of the subsidiary Key Industrial Equipment in the United Kingdom
  26. André and Jean-Pierre Guichard Founding of Manutan, the first French industrial equipment catalogue sales company, by André and Jean-Pierre Guichard
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