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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 works council files complaint against Porsche
- 2007-11-26
FRANKFURT AFP — The workers' council at Volkswagen, the biggest European car maker, has filed a legal challenge to the number of seats held by VW workers on the supervisory board of a new holding company set up by Porsche, the labour union IG Metall said Monday. The workers'...
Porsche wins new ruling in German labour court
- 2007-10-24
FRANKFURT AFP — A German court rejected Wednesday a request by the Volkswagen workers' council to suspend the registration of sports car maker Porsche under a European statute that would see workers' representation reduced on a new supervisory board, a court spokesman said. The council, backed by the IG...
Porsche, VW workers square up in German takeover drama
- 2007-09-24
STUTTGART, Germany AFP — Friction is mounting between German automaker Porsche and workers at Volkswagen, where employee representatives fear losing their influence if VW is swallowed up by Porsche. Porsche head Wendelin Wiedeking fired the first shot earlier this month, unveiling his plans to take control of Volkswagen, the...
The big squeeze; European car firms.
- 2006-02-18
Is only just beginning for Europe's carmakers JUST as General Motors has long been an icon of American business, so Volkswagen is a symbol of the German industrial economy. Unfortunately, the comparisons do not stop there. Late last year, GM announced big job cuts....
German magazine says 30,000 VW jobs could go
- 2005-09-10
BERLIN AFP — Volkswagen VW will shed up to 30,000 jobs, mostly in Germany, as part of its cost-cutting plan, according to the German weekly auto magazine Automobilwoche in its Monday edition. Quoting an internal estimate, the magazine said "between 25,000 and 30,000 jobs will be in danger in...
VW to add 1,000 employees to Puebla workforce.
- 2005-01-17
MEXICO CITY, Jan 17, 2005 (El Economista/Corporate Mexico by Internet Securities, Inc. via COMTEX) -- Volkswagen de Mexico will create 1,000 new jobs during the first quarter of 2005, as it begins producing its Jetta A4 model once again at its plant MEXICO CITY, Jan...
Volkswagen workers walk out in Hanover, wage talks to continue
- 2004-11-02
FRANKFURT AFP — Hundreds of workers at German auto maker Volkswagen's Hanover plant walked off the job, as management and union representatives readied to resume deadlocked wage and job talks. Two stoppages were scheduled throughout the day, while around 30,000 workers were expected to gather at VW headquarters in...
Warning strikes continue at VW as wage talks resume
- 2004-11-01
FRANKFURT AFP — The powerful IG Metall labour union staged further warning strikes at car maker Volkswagen as deadlocked wage talks were set to enter their sixth round. Around 600 workers on the night shift downed tools at VW's factory in Brunswick, north Germany and IG Metall said it...
The day the factories stopped; German labour.(Industry Overview)
- 2004-10-23
Car workers bear the brunt of a global reality for many German employees ADAM OPEL built his first cars in Russelsheim over 100 years ago. It was there on October 19th that thousands of German car workers marched under union banners to save their...
VW workers reject salary increase and declare strike.
- 2004-08-19
MEXICO CITY, Aug 19, 2004 (CNI/Corporate Mexico by Internet Securities, Inc. via COMTEX) -- Volkswagen employees have rejected the latest offer made by the German company, which offered a total salary increase of 5.4%. Thus, at midday today workers w MEXICO CITY, Aug 19, 2004 (CNI/Corporate...
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