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VW Company Limited designs and manufactures stretcher trolleys that meet the needs and requirements of all their users. In 2003, we identified the need for a fully CEN compliant stretcher trolley within the UK. After considerable market research, it was agreed to design an all-new stretcher trolley, taking into account the requirements of all the relevant CEN & BSI standards, and the desires of the users. As part of the design brief, the ability to manoeuvre within confined spaces and passenger lifts was included, such that the stretcher trolley could be converted to wheelchair format. A single piece ambulance fixing kit was a pre-requisite; however the greatest design challenge proved to be meeting the maximum stretcher trolley weight parameter of 45kg, exclusive of mattress and belts. A completely new stretcher trolley design was developed, known as the MedAssist that utilises a fulcrum, as opposed to a scissor-lift arrangement; thereby allowing for a much shorter wheelbase, facilitating the wheelchair configuration and meeting all relevant standards and user requirements. We intend to continue to expand our product range with the Universal MedAssist stretcher trolley, a universal locking device and other improved medical equipment products. VW Company Limited founded in 1919, is wholly owned by the Newship Group, a long established privately owned British manufacturing group with assets of over 30 million and diverse interests both in the UK and Europe.
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NAICS Code Automobile Manufacturing: 336111
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Ferdinand Piech and Porsche family eye Audi board seat: report
- 2008-03-07
FRANKFURT AFP — Influential Volkswagen supervisory board president Ferdinand Piech and the Porsche family want to join the supervisory board of VW's lucrative Audi division, a press report said Friday. "There are clear signals that lead one to believe the families want stronger representation at Audi," the Financial Times...
Volkswagen supervisory board chief under fire at shareholder meet
- 2007-04-19
HAMBURG AFP — Volkswagen supervisory board chief Ferdinand Piech found himself under heavy fire at the annual shareholder meeting of Europe's biggest car maker here on Thursday. Critics argued that Piech's familial ties with VW's new major shareholder, luxury sports car maker Porsche, created a conflict of interests with...
Volkswagen chief nominated chairman of Scania
- 2007-03-06
STOCKHOLM AFP — Volkswagen's new chief executive Martin Winterkorn has been nominated as chairman of Swedish truck maker Scania in a new phase in the plans for a three-way tie-up with German group MAN, Scania said Tuesday. Winterkorn will replace Bernd Pischetsrieder as supervisory board chief, Scania said in...
Lower Saxony denies seeking allies in battle with Porsche for VW
- 2006-12-18
FRANKFURT AFP — The regional state authorities of Lower Saxony has denied a newspaper report that said they were seeking support from other shareholders in Volkswagen in the escalating battle for control of the German auto giant with luxury sports car maker Porsche. The Financial Times had reported in its...
VW prepares more management changes
- 2006-11-16
BERLIN AFP — Germany auto manufacturer Volkswagen plans more management changes imminently following the announced departure last week of of chief executive Bernd Pischetsrieder, a newspaper has reported. The executive in charge of the VW brand, Wolfgang Bernhard, would resign later on Thursday, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung said. Quoting "informed...
Major VW shareholder slams chief exec's sudden departure
- 2006-11-13
FRANKFURT AFP — The US investment fund Tweedy Browne, a big shareholder in Volkswagen, has criticised the departure of chief executive Bernd Pischetsrieder and denounced corporate governance issues at the company. "It is unthinkable to just dismiss the chairman of the board as he is about to turn the company...
Fate of Volkswagen chief to be decided April 20: report
- 2006-03-04
BERLIN AFP — Volkswagen Chairman Bernd Pischetsrieder, under attack from workers and the car maker's supervisory board over an unpopular restructuring plan, will learn his fate on April 20, German media reported. The weekly Der Spiegel, said the supervisory board is due to meet then to decide whether to...
'Open issue' whether Pischetsrieder can remain head of VW: Piech
- 2006-03-01
FRANKFURT AFP — It is an "open issue" whether Bernd Pischetsrieder can remain chief executive of European auto giant Volkswagen, the head of the car maker's supervisory board Ferdinand Piech said in a newspaper interview. "It's really an open issue," Piech told the Wall Street Journal Europe on Wednesday....
Porsche chairman to take seat on Volkswagen's supervisory board
- 2006-01-20
FRANKFURT AFP — Wendelin Wiedeking, head of the German luxury sports car maker Porsche, is to take a seat on Volkswagen's supervisory board with immediate effect, a Porsche spokesman said. The spokesman said Wiedeking would take up his position immediately, while Porsche's finance chief Holger Haerter would take a...
Piech stays on VW board
- 2005-10-11
FRANKFURT AFP — Ferdinand Piech, former Volkswagen chief and a member of the Porsche family, is to remain head of the VW's supervisory board at least for the time being, despite concerns of a possible clash of interests as part of Porsche's plans to take a stake in VW. ...
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