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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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Neil Winton: Worst may be ahead for Europe's carmakers
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- 2009-08-11
Europe's car manufacturers performed pitifully in the second quarter with the exception of Germany's Volkswagen and to a lesser degree Italy's Fiat, but all are banking on the underlying markets rallying and riding to their rescue. Most are likely to be disappointed. Europe's car markets have been propped up in...
VW's new people's car
- 2007-09-14
Byline: By STEVE HUGHES VOLKSWAGEN has unveiled a new people's car at the Frankfurt Motor Show this week. A direct rival for the highly acclaimed new Fiat 500, the Volkswagen Up has its engine in the rear, just like the original Beetle! Measuring just under three and...
Quentin Willson: Hatch is no catch
- 2005-11-27
COULD the humble family hatch be doomed? Judging by the latest offerings from Fiat and VW, a wind of change is about to billow through the medium-size car market. This week VW have announced details of their Dune supermini SUV, with tough suspension, rugged bodykit and bullish...
Victory for VW
- 2005-01-21
Byline: By John Murdoch A quarter of a century after becoming the first German manufacturer to win the Dakar Rally, Volkswagen has written a further page in the history of the world's toughest rally with one of its Race-Touaregs claiming the event's first podium finish by a diesel-powered car....
Rear View Mirror: DEALS of the WEEK
- 2004-05-09
NEW HERE'S proof that you really can reduce your motoring costs over three years. By shopping at a supermarket, you could secure a brand new 04-plate Fiat Punto Active for pounds 5,499. That's a healthy saving of pounds 1,300. Call 08701 222966. USED TRY THIS bargain runabout:...
Quentin Willson's Motoring Column: DEALS of the WEEK
- 2004-05-02
NEW HERE'S proof that you really can reduce your motoring costs over three years. By shopping at a supermarket, you could secure a brand new 04-plate Fiat Punto Active for pounds 5,499. That's a healthy saving of pounds 1,300. Call 08701 222966. USED TRY THIS bargain runabout:...
Brake recall affects almost 50% of cars sold this year.
- 2002-02-14
Brazil, Feb 13, 2002 50,000 or 50% of the cars sold in Brazil this year may have a defect in their brake systems. The faulty component, built by the German multinational Continental Teves, was sold to the four largest manufacturers, VW, Fiat, General Motors...
The art of overtaking; The European car industry.(how to succeed in Europe's overcrowded car market)(Brief Article)
- 2001-09-08
How to succeed in Europe's overcrowded car market NEXT week's Frankfurt Motor Show will see the appearance of a whole range of new models, as Europe's car makers jostle for position in a market that is stagnant and afflicted with overcapacity. Ford of Europe...
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- 1999-06-12
CHECK OUT THESE EASY RIDERS Thinking of buying a new van to see your business into the new millennium? Then act fast because it's a great time to buy, with dealers oversupplied with stock and itching to make a sale. There are some great deals around right now...
Spanish socialists, privatising the right way?(Special Issue on Politics and Policy in Democratic Spain: No Longer Different?)
- 1998-10-01
Few students of contemporary Spanish politics have sought to explain the seemingly paradoxical commitment to privatisation of state enterprises by the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party PSOE. Focusing on the sales of two major companies Seat and Enasa formerly belonging to Spain's National Industry Institute INI, this essay argues that INI...
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