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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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VW hires Neumann to lead electric car unit
Financial Times
- 2009-11-11
Volkswagen has poached back the former chief executive of Continental for a newly created post to oversee the development of electric engines, highlighting the rapidly increasing importance of zero-emission vehicles for the industry.Karl-Thomas Neumann will start in December as head of electric mobility and group chief officer, reporting directly...
VW and BMW voice unease at Magna plans
Financial Times
- 2009-09-15
Magna's plans to take a majority stake in GM's lossmaking European arm Opel triggered a backlash yesterday when German carmakers Volkswagen and BMW voiced unease over the deal and warned that they would review their business relationships with the Canadian car parts supplier.Ferdinand Piëch, VW chairman, said that Europe's...
BlueMotion VWs to be Made in the U.S.A.?
BNET
- 2009-05-06
Volkswagen is investing $1 billion in a state-of-the-art car plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Stefan Jacoby, president of VW Group of America, said at a Washington, D.C. forum May 6 that the cars coming out of the plant could include one of the very economical BlueMotion diesels. In Polo form,...
Fighting for their share of mar ket; Vauxhall, Ford and VW launch salvo at the credit crunch
- 2008-08-15
Byline: RALPH MORTON THE new Vectra replacement - the Vauxhall Insignia - was launched at the British Motor Show last month. It goes on sale in January next ye a r. It's more stylish and far more convincing than any previous Vectra before it. Hence the...
VW eyeing 10 pct of Indian car market
- 2008-08-04
FRANKFURT AFP — Volkswagen, the biggest European car maker, is aiming to bag 10 percent of India's burgeoning market within five years, a director said Monday in the business daily Handelsblatt. "We want to move quickly in terms of volume," VW's president in India Joerg Mueller said. The...
Germany launches programme to develop hybrid vehicles
- 2008-06-26
BERLIN AFP — The German goverment and industrial partners including auto giant Volkswagen launched Thursday a programme to encourage the development of more environmentally friendly hybrid vehicles. Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel pledged 15 million euros (23.5 million dollars) to the project which has four years to come up with...
VW sales slip in May but post record five-month figure
- 2008-06-20
FRANKFURT AFP — Volkswagen sales slipped in May but Europe's biggest car maker nonetheless posted a record five-month figure of 1.57 million vehicles, it said Friday. The VW brand sold 318,600 vehicles worldwide last month, a drop of 0.8 percent from May 2007, a statement said. But the...
Local briefs: Crash and jam
- 2008-06-09
A CRASH on the M62 caused major congestion early today. Three cars were involved in the shunt on the westbound carriageway between Outlane and Ripponden - junctions 23 to 22 - at 6.45am. The cars were two black VW Passats and a silver Ford Focus. No-one was hurt, but...
Focus is on fresh air
- 2008-05-02
FORD is planning the rebirth of its Capri to rival VW's forthcoming Scirocco as UK buyers go coupe crazy. Both cars were hugely successful in the 1970s then they disappeared from the market for a couple of decades. But now every manufacturer worth its salt is reintroducing the...
VW aims to overtake Toyota by 2018: report
- 2007-11-21
FRANKFURT AFP — Volkswagen, already the biggest European car maker, aims to overtake Toyota of Japan as the biggest worldwide in 2018 by selling 11 million vehicles, the German magazine Capital said Wednesday. VW, which sold 5.7 million cars and lorries last year, expects to reach its goal primarily...
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