• The company began to acquire Gehl Co. just as credit tightened in 2008.
• Manitou's sales to the construction industry fell 25.7% between 2007 and 2008.
• President Jean-Christophe Giroux says the company plans to compete with Bobcat with a product that would be the largest skid-steer loader.

"We certainly did some white-water rafting back in 2008 and 2009," he said during an event in Punta Umbria, Spain, on May 31. "But we kept the boats intact and afloat. We are profitable again."