{foreach from=Manufacturer::getManufacturers() item=manufacturer}
    {$manufacturer.id_manufacturer}
    {$manufacturer.name}
{/foreach}

{foreach from=$chars item=char name=chars}
    <li>
    <ul>
        {if $manuf[$char]}
        {foreach from=$manuf[$char] item=mnf name=mnfs}
        <li><a href='{$mnf.link}'>{$mnf.name}</a></li>
        {/foreach}
        {else}
            <li>нет производителя</li>
        {/if}
        </ul>
        
    </li>
            {/foreach}

{assign var='let' value='а,б,в,г,д,е,ё,ж,з,и,к,л,м,н,о,п,р,с,т,у,ф,х,ц,ч,ш,э,ю,я'}
{assign var='manufactures' value=Manufacturer::getManufacturers()}

{foreach from=explode(',', $let) item=l}
    {foreach from=$manufactures item=manufacturer}
        {assign var='ln' value=$manufacturer.name|truncate:1:''|lower}
        {if $ln === $l}
         <li><a href="{$link->getManufacturerLink($manufacturer.id_manufacturer)}">{$manufacturer.name}</a></li>
        {/if}
    {/foreach}
{/foreach}