New Van Raam bikes dealer in the United Kingdom

Van Raam has a new dealer in the United Kingdom. Tomcat, the British manufacturer of trikes will sell special needs bicycles in the United Kingdom as a Van Raam dealer.

About Tomcat

Tomcat is a manufacturer of tricycles and assistive technology for children and adults. In 1997, the founder of Tomcat Bob Griffin, met his wife Anne and her son Thomas. Thomas had Angelmans Syndrome, a profound disability characterized by learning disabilities, sleep disturbance and poor coordination. Bob and Thomas became best friends and bob looked for ways for Thomas to increase his exercise so that he would sleep better. Bob developed a special trike, which he named Tomcat.

Tomcats products are entirely British made and along the way, the company have won many European technology grants and industry awards, including the prestigious Queens Award for Innovation.

Tomcat mainly sells trikes, but they also have custom chairs, a custom rollator and special shoes in assortment. The tricycles can be adapted to any handicap.

Van Raam partnership with Tomcat

Tomcat is a dealer of Van Raam bicycles in the United Kingdom since October 2018. Tomcat will sell 7 Van Raam bikes and Van Raam bikes can also be tried out in their showroom in Gloucestershire.

Tomcat has published a press release that tells about the new collaboration between Tomcat and Van Raam. Read the comments below from the director of Tomcat Bob Griffin and from the commercial director of Van Raam Ronald Ruesink.

Bob Griffin, managing director at Tomcat, tells about the collaboration with Van Raam:

“We are very pleased to be partnering with Van Raam whom we have known for many years, and whose standards in quality, ethics and customer care, mirror our own. Though our companies both service the same sector, our products are very different, therefore this partnership will enable us to offer our many customers – from the very young through to senior citizens and multi-user locations – a complete spectrum of products that will address every level of ability, difficulty and aspiration.”

We are very pleased to be partnering with Van Raam whom we have known for many years, and whose standards in quality, ethics and customer care, mirror our own.

Ronald Ruesink, commercieel directeur adds:

"Van Raam is very pleased with the cooperation with Tomcat. We believe that the culture and the way of doing business and innovation are very similar. Van Raam has also won a lot of (international) awards and prizes regarding innovation, design and people management.

“We see a lot of countries in Europe with a high penetration of Van Raam special need bikes. We believe that Tomcat can help us to achieve this same penetration in the UK.”

These are hopeful words, Van Raam is looking forward to this partnership with Tomcat!

Curious about the press release that Tomcat wrote?

View press release

We see a lot of countries in Europe with a high penetration of Van Raam special need bikes. We believe that Tomcat can help us to achieve this same penetration in the UK.

Partnership Van Raam and Tomcat in the press

AMP (Acces & Mobility Professional) shared an article on their website. Read the article on AMP here.
Bikebiz also shared some fragments of the press release. Read the article on Bikebiz here.

Van Raam special needs bikes at Tomcat

Special needs bikes made by Van Raam can be purchased in the United Kingdom at Tomcat. On the Tomcat website you can find the different Van Raam models that they will sell. These models are: