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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 to acquire bigger stake in Porsche
Financial Times
- 2009-10-20
Volkswagen on Tuesday said it would buy 49.9 per cent in Porsche's sports car business by the end of the year, a larger stake than originally planned, as Europe's largest carmaker said that overall sales in the third quarter had been "very good".VW said that it had agreed with...
VW seals ?3.3bn Porsche deal
Financial Times
- 2009-08-13
Volkswagen is to pay ?3.3bn ($4.7bn) for a 42 per cent stake in Porsche's main production division, the two German carmakers said yesterday as they thrashed out more details of a move towards a full integration.In a move that will amount to a rescue of debt-laden Porsche, VW will...
Volkswagen Saga: Major Short Squeeze
Seeking Alpha
- 2008-10-30
Trader Mark submits: We are obviously not involved with this "greatest short squeeze in history" as Volkswagen (VLKAY.PK) is on a German exchange and I wouldn't touch something this random and crazy with your 10 foot pole but some interesting developments - first Porsche (which is trying to buy shares...
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...
German state buys VW shares to retain blocking minority stake
- 2008-06-18
FRANKFURT AFP — The German state of Lower Saxony has bought 500,000 more Volkswagen shares to maintain its minority blocking stake in the biggest European car maker at about 20 percent, a statement said on Wednesday. "Lower Saxony wants to preserve its minority blocking" position, a spokesman for the...
VW mulls selling new Golf in the United States
- 2008-06-17
FRANKFURT AFP — German carmaker Volkswagen will decide in a few months whether to sell the newest version of its Golf model in the United States, given the weakness of the dollar, a spokesman said on Tuesday. "A decision should be taken in the early fall, following the summer...
German state wants to keep minority blocking stake in VW: premier
- 2008-04-17
FRANKFURT AFP — The German state of Lower Saxony wants to preserve a minority blocking stake in Volkswagen to ensure the company's stability, regional premier Christian Wulff said Thursday in a press interview. "After the war, Volkswagen was destined to become a group owned by the people, with its...
VW says will create 8,500 jobs this year
- 2008-03-16
BERLIN AFP — Germany's Volkswagen plans to create some 8,500 new jobs worldwide in 2008 after several lean years at the biggest European car maker, a company spokesman said Sunday. The spokesman confirmed remarks in the German press by human resources chief Horst Neumann, who said half of the...
Porsche says it has demanded changes to VW statutes
- 2008-03-14
FRANKFURT AFP — Porsche, the German sports car maker, cranked up pressure on Volkswagen Friday, saying it had urged the biggest European carmaker to scrap corporate statutes that have been ruled illegal. The manufacturer of the 911 sports car currently owns 31 percent of the shares in VW and...
VW affirms global goal, welcomes looming Porsche takeover
- 2008-03-13
WOLFSBURG, Germany AFP — Volkswagen, the biggest European car maker, vowed Thursday to become "the best auto manufacturer in the world" and welcomed a looming takeover by luxury sports car maker Porsche. VW also said that early 2008 sales underpinned a trend that saw the group post record results...
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