Van Raam produces uniquely special needs bicycles and specializes in tricycles, transport bikes, scooterbikes, wheelchair bikes, tandem bikes, double rider bikes, and low step trough bikes (also known as comfortbikes). Each model is also available as an electric bike (Pedelec).
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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.
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 Thomasbecame 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.
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.
Bob GriffinRonald 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 thepress release that Tomcat wrote?
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.
Ronald RuesinkBikebiz also shared some fragments of the press release. Read the article on Bikebiz here.
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:
Parent child tandem Kivo
Wheelchair transport bike VeloPlus;
Mobility scooter bike Easy Go;
side by side tandem Fun2Go;
Three-wheel tandem Twinny Plus;
Wheelchair bike OPair;
Tricycle Easy Rider
Parent child tandem Kivo
Wheelchair transport bike VeloPlus
Mobility scooter bike Easy Go
Side by side tandem Fun2Go
Three-wheel tandem Twinny Plus
Wheelchair bike OPair
Tricycles for adults Easy Rider
Curious about Van Raam bicycles in other countries? You can read the following articles:
Tomcat SNI Ltd was founded in 1997, in October 2018 they started selling Van Raam bicycles. Nazia White, Head of Marketing at Tomcat is in business since 2017, and is happy to tell you more about the company and the things that make Tomcat unique.
Van Raam bikes does not only provides custom bikes/special needs bikes for the Dutch market. Also, throughout Europe we have dealers who sell Van Raam bikes, as in Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Finland, France, Italy, Norway, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. Recently, we also have a dealer in the United States of America (USA).
Our bikes are sold through a dealer or local bicycle shop, you cannot buy a bicycle directly from Van Raam. The dealer orders the bike from us and also provides delivery, service and warranty. Van Raam bicycles are produced in the Netherlands, but the bikes are available in almost all of Europe. Recently we have a new dealer in Scotland, Wheels Cycling Center from Callander.
Earlier this year, the first container with special needs bikes prepared for America. This week, Sander, Jeffry and Edwin loaded a new container with Van Raam bicycles for America.
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