The corporate parent of emergency services bodybuilder O&H, Venari Group, has brought all aspects of its ambulance production process in-house.
The news follows the commissioning of a new £800,000 component manufacturing centre and will create 10 additional production roles at its Brighouse headquarters.
Every internal aspect of the firm’s ambulances, including the ambulances’ lockers and componentry, will now be manufactured in-house from raw material.This makes the firm the first fully self-sufficient manufacturer of its kind in the UK, it claims.
Venari Group says that the move will allow it to increase quality, efficiency and safety on its vehicle range, while increasing capacity and decreasing lead times on large quantities.
O&H vehicle technology technical director Wes Linton commented on the commissioning of the new department: “Now that O&H sits proudly within Venari Group, we have the capability and an obligation to drive unrivalled quality throughout our entire production process. UK ambulance manufacturing has essentially stood still for decades so it is our job to stride forward to the benefit of our world-class NHS ambulance trusts.”
