Case Study: Medical Devices

Custom-crafted Wheelchairs

Wheelchairs for People on the Go

One of our customers manufactures custom lightweight wheelchairs for sports and everyday use. They come to us for customized carbon fiber side guards, foot plates and seat plates – every one is designed specifically for its user.

We’ve worked together to develop a smooth system for processing orders that results in perfect, made-to-fit parts for every one of their customers. We’re proud to work with this customer for eight years and hope there’ll be many more.

BY THE NUMBERS

684

wheelchair parts supplied to date

2016

Paralympic Games official chair

Hundreds

of lives improved with a lightweight wheelchair

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