After 33 years at Manitowoc Eric Etchart has retired. He was president and general manager from 2007 to 2015. Most recently based in the USA, Etchart also worked in China, Singapore, Italy and France.

Etchart will now work outside the crane industry on company boards and as a non-executive director in international businesses. He will be a guest of Manitowoc at the Bauma exhibition in Munich, Germany, in mid-April.