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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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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,...
VW Aims for a Big U.S. Comeback
BNET
- 2008-08-05
Expect to see a lot more of everything from Volkswagen of America in the next decade, starting right about now -- more advertising, more products, and hopefully, from their point of view, a lot more cars on the road than you've ever seen from VW, even back in the 1960s....
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...
Volkswagen's U.S. plant may make Porsches, Audis
- 2008-05-16
Volkswagen's planned U.S. factory is likely to also make upscale Audis and Porsches, VW of America CEO Stefan Jacoby said Thursday. In an interview with USA TODAY, Jacoby said of the planned U.S. plant: "For Audi and Porsche, it would be an opportunity to add on...
Carmakers aim diesels at U.S. market
- 2007-04-19
WASHINGTON -- Nissan plans to sell a diesel-power version of its Maxima sedan in the USA in 2010, joining a small but rapidly growing parade of diesel sellers. And Volkswagen says that, for the first time, it is developing diesels specifically for the U.S. market and...
Diesel-powered passenger cars aiming for bigger chunk of US market
- 2004-01-08
DETROIT, United States AFP ? The diesel-powered passenger car, immensely popular in Europe but conspicuously rare in America, may be the US auto market's wave of the future, thanks to advances in pollution and noise reduction and a financial boost from a pending clean-engine law. "From our past experience...
Chicago Tribune Transportation Notes Column.
- 2002-06-23
Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 23--VW TO BRING BACK MICROBUS: Once again, Volkswagen sees a future by looking to its past. The German automaker will revive the Microbus, the pioneer minivan, and offer it in the U.S. in the 2006 ...
A bed with your Big Mac?
- 2001-01-15
ZURICH, Switzerland NYT -- They have been roadside icons for decades, and within the next few months, McDonald's golden arches will also be a beacon for the tired as well as the hungry -- but just in Switzerland, for now. The first two Golden Arch Hotels will open in locations...
European Automakers Refine Lines for 1995. (Originated from Detroit Free Press)
- 1994-09-21
Sep. 22--As a force in the American marketplace, European vehicles don't amount to much. When the tally is in for the '94 model year, Europe will wind up with a little less than 3 percent of the total U.S. market, and a little over 4 percent of...
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