public function getActManufacturer()
    {
        // if active Manufacturer is not set yet - trying to load it from request params
        // this may be useful when category component was unable to load active Manufacturer
        // and we still need some object to mount navigation info
        if ($this->_oActManufacturer === null) {
            $this->_oActManufacturer = false;
            $manufacturerId = \OxidEsales\Eshop\Core\Registry::getConfig()->getRequestParameter('mnid');
            $manufacturer = oxNew(\OxidEsales\Eshop\Application\Model\Manufacturer::class);
            if ($manufacturer->load($manufacturerId)) {
                $this->_oActManufacturer = $manufacturer;
            }
        }

        return $this->_oActManufacturer;
    }