Summary:
The UK based SME is a market leader in the field of mobility and hospital products seeking distribution and commercial agreements. Privately owned, it is renowned for its innovation, design and manufacturing capabilities.
Advantages include an established product range that has had major success in the UK hospital and sports market.
Partners sought in USA, Canada, Germany, Italy and Spain will be well established within their country and have a successful history of selling this range.
Description:
The Client is a privately owned British company based in the UK. They are a market leader in the field of mobility and rehabilitation products. This includes mobility scooters, manual wheelchairs, power wheelchairs, walkers, hospital products and sports wheelchairs.
The company has successfully sold mobility scooters in the UK for over 20-years, making it one of the biggest providers within this market. The range consists of the following levels of product –
• Small/transportable Class 2 scooters – 4mph/6kph.
• Medium sized Class 2 scooters – 4mph/6kph.
• Large sized Class 3 scooters – 8mph/10kph.
The manual wheelchair options include –
• Steel configured frames in a choice of sizes.
• Aluminium configured frames in a choice of sizes.
The company has designed cost effective/high specification entry level 4mph/kph power chairs. This includes models with suspension and also with a seat riser option.
There is a wide range of walking frames consisting of tri-walkers and four wheeled walkers.
Hospital products include Portering Chairs, Commodes and Showering Chairs.
The sports portfolio consists of a wide selection of wheelchairs –
• Rugby – Murderball.
• Rugby League.
• Basketball.
• Badminton.
• WCMX – Skate Park.
• Tennis.
• Dance.
• Multisport.
All products that are designed and manufactured in the UK have been vigorously tested before they are launched into the market.
Hospital products have been designed with feedback from Healthcare professionals throughout the UK. The proposals they put forward are incorporated into the design of the products which means they are 100% correct for the environment.
This includes –
• Rolling road product testing.
• Frame testing.
• CAD design.
A selection of power chairs have been crash tested to allow a person to be transported in a vehicle, with the aid of the appropriate tie-down clamps.
The client has several high-profile contracts and partnerships with UK and World disability sport organisations.
Type (e.g. company, R&D institution…), field of industry and Role of Partner Sought:
1. Distributors to the healthcare sector with an established network (Distribution services agreement)
End-user organisations via a Commercial sales agreement:
2. Hospitals and Healthcare partnerships
3. Health & Social Care (care homes, and independent living organisations)
4. Disability sports organisations
Stage of Development:
Already on the market
Comments Regarding Stage of Development:
Highly successful in the UK Market. The company is ISO 9001 & ISO 14001 certified.
IPR Status:
Design Rights,Patents granted,Exclusive Rights,Copyright
External code:
BOUK20210325001