Summary:
The French company designs, produces and commercialises a wide range of adaptive sports equipment for disabled people. Its main product is an all-terrain wheelchair that enables mobility-challenged people to participate in hiking excursions in mountains, nature parks or simply to enjoy a stroll in nature.
The company is looking for distributors or agents.
Description:
The company was established in 1849 and has a long history of manufacturing, metalworking tube and pipe bending. In 2003, they decided to diversify towards conceiving and selling their own adaptive sports equipment.
They developped a wide range of products to allow mobility impaired people to take part in leasure and sporting activities :
- All-terrain weelchair that enables any person with reduced mobility or disability, children or adult, to get involved in hiking excursions or running activities.
- Easy to handle, all-terrain chair for kids that enables hiking and running on all types of terrains. Very comfortable and secure, it has been developed for children under 25 kg.
- Amphibian chair allowing to get in and out of the water safely. It can be used in swimming-pools and by the sea
Their products are being used during many events such as the marathon in PARIS, Athens, Ottawa, etc. and also on the Santiago de Compostela.
Every year, events are organised around their products : a World Championship in Saujon, a European Championship in Saint-Etienne, a Spanish Championship, Open Nordic Championship in Sweden, etc
They are keen to give access to nature sports to everyone, encourage confidence and resilience in people with disabilities, create social links and promote solidarity and self-improvement.
They want to expand activities in Europe, and are now looking for suitable commercial partners.
Type (e.g. company, R&D institution…), field of industry and Role of Partner Sought:
The company is looking for a commercial partner under a distribution services agreement or a commercial agency agreement ; ideally with distributors or commercial agents with a similar range of products for outdoor sports equipment, involved or not in the disability community within the single market.
Their range of product is complementary with adaptative bikes.
Technical Specification or Expertise Sought:
Distributor or agent who already develop brands in the field of sports, and possibly active on sports events.
Stage of Development:
Already on the market
IPR Status:
Design Rights,Copyright
External code:
BOFR20210201001
