Manitou BF has appointed Christian Caleca, a former vice president of Trelleborg Group, as its new chief operations officer. Caleca, 50, a graduate of ESSEC, was vice president, responsible for several business units, at Trelleborg for 10 years. According to Manitou, Calleca has held the positions of commercial director, industrial director and vice president with different industrial groups. He will be responsible for the industrial department, domestic and international commercial departments and purchasing and logistics at Manitou.