Mountain Trike Company celebrates grand opening of newly expanded production facilities
All-terrain wheelchair manufacturer The Mountain Trike Company recently welcomed customers, distributors and councillors to the grand opening of its newly expanded production facilities.
Since 2011 in a small village on the outskirts of Nantwich in Cheshire the Mountain Trike Company have been manufacturing wheelchairs that help change the lives of wheelchair users.
Surrounded by countryside and an entrance hidden by evergreens is the Mountain Trike Company – a location that couldn’t be more appropriate for a company who for 13 years have been making wheelchairs designed to help access the great outdoors.
The increase in the product range and sales were the key driving factors for the expansion of the premises, the firm states.
Manufacturing partner GB Engineering, who make the Mountain Trike frames, chassis parts and drivetrain had also seen a boom in their manufacturing so needed more space. Fortunately, there was space to expand the premises on the existing site which meant less disruption and could be achieved sympathetically to the local rural area.
The official opening and cutting of the ribbon was done simultaneously by long term Mountain Trike ambassadors Richard Brooks and Steve Hughes who said a few words about the joy their Mountain Trike’s have given to them and their families over the years.
Tim Morgan, Mountain Trike Managing Director, and Craig Grimes, Managing Director at Experience Community said a few words, Tim highlighting the journey of the company to date and Craig talked about how the relationship between Mountain Trike and Experience Community has developed and Craig went onto discuss all the work they do to support making the countryside more accessible.
Once the formalities were over guests had a tour of the premises and chatted and networked.
Talking about the event, Managing Director, Tim Morgan said, “it has been fantastic to mark the occasion and invite some of our key supporters along. Our new larger premises will make such a difference – each Mountain Trike is hand finished and we had run out of room in our previous much smaller space. We now manufacture 5 models which are made up of so many different components so storage was a real problem too.
“We can now unpack and store parts efficiently, build and test the Trikes with room to manoeuvre. More importantly the office is now located in the same area which makes team communication much easier – it was quite a walk before and surprising what a difference this makes. The whole working environment is so much better which will not only have a positive effect on productivity but staff moral too.”
Tim, went on to say, “I’m delighted with the new space and it now feels we can continue to grow and expand the Mountain Trike Company. Thank you to everyone who joined us to celebrate our opening.”
Last year, the Mountain Trike Company announced a new partnership with Steering Developments and the launch of the SDMotionTrike, a fully electric powered, joystick controlled, off-road wheelchair.
