March 2022 - RMA Special Vehicles

RMA Automotive and Mercedes-Benz Framework Purchase Agreement

March 24, 2022

March 24^th, 2022. RMA Automotive announced that it has entered into a Framework Purchase Agreement with Mercedes-Benz AG. The Framework Purchase Agreement, enables RMAA to purchase new Mercedes-Benz Commercial Vehicles as a Body Builder for the purpose of modification and resale. The commercial vehicles are the Sprinter, Vito, V-Class and Citan.

RMAA already has a body builder relationship with Mercedes-Benz and recently TPSV, RMAA’s specialist manufacturers of cash-in-transit vehicles using lightweight composite panels, completed a consignment of Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Cash-in-Transit vehicles for a long standing customer The new agreement builds on this body builder relationship by streamlining the purchase of new vehicles direct from the factory.

Roger Immel, General Manager TPSV Sales stated, “We are extremely pleased to have reached this point after a long and thorough evaluation process. Our own company values, enshrined in our high standards of workmanship, engineering and customer service, reflect those of Mercedes-Benz. We look forward to building on these shared principles and growing this relationship in the future.”

RMA Special Vehicles will offer all their specialist modifications for Emergency Response, Police & Security and Industrial Vehicles across the range of Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicles. “Mercedes-Benz build some of the best commercial vehicles in the world and this agreement lets us be even more competitive providing customers an even wider product offering. We have multiple customers requesting Mercedes-Benz vehicles and we will be tendering on many new exciting body builder projects with Mercedes-Benz,” said Seb Robertson, General Manager, Global Modification Sales for RMA Special Vehicles.

RMA Special Vehicles are produced at RMA Automotive’s manufacturing facilities in Thailand, Turkey, Dubai, South Africa and Australia. Vehicles are sold to customers globally with over 100,000 vehicles delivered.

About RMA Special Vehicles

RMA Special Vehicle Modifications are performed on a wide range of vehicles for a variety of different applications. Categories include Emergency Rescue (Ambulances, Medical Transport, Fire Rescue & Police), Security (Defense, Security, Cash-in-Transit), Industrial (Commercial & Mining), and RMA X (4X4 and Right-hand Drive Conversions, Off-road modifications and accessories).

RMA Special Vehicles are expertly engineered, from the ground up. Engineers develop the prototype with purpose-built parts, which is then extensively tested before it enters production.

RMA Special Vehicles are produced at RMA Automotive’s global manufacturing plants in Thailand, Turkey, Dubai, South Africa and Australia.

Specialists in the manufacture of Cash-in-Transit Vehicles, TPSV, a member of RMA Group, use patented ultra-light composite materials for paneling and ballistic grade armoring.

www.rmaspecialvehicles.com

About RMA Automotive

RMA Automotive is a major global supplier of special modified vehicles, fleets, accessories, parts, after sales support and technician training. RMA Automotive has been producing Special Modified Vehicles for over 30 years, with over 100,000 vehicles delivered globally. RMA Automotive specialize in engineering, product development, fleet hub services, logistics and distribution, and vehicle storage for a range of customers with diverse needs, including governments, international aid organizations, and multinational companies who rely on the large-scale capacity and high quality standards.

RMA Automotive, is headquartered in Thailand, at its 90,000m² Assembly & Distribution Center, in Laem Chabang Free Zone. Additional manufacturing facilities are located in Turkey, Dubai, South Africa and Australia.

www.rmagroup.net/automotive

About RMA Group

Headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand, RMA Group employs over 8,000 people and has an operational presence in 14 countries. RMA is the partner of choice for leading automotive, equipment, services and food brands in Southeast Asia and beyond. Operations consist of RMA Automotive special vehicle manufacturing, distribution, retail and fleet hub services; RMA heavy and agricultural equipment distribution, EFG food franchising and delivery services, engineering and financial services. RMA Automotive manufacturing plants are situated in Thailand, Myanmar, Turkey, Dubai, South Africa, and Australia. Ford Global Fleet Sales is the global export distributor for Ford with offices in the US and Dubai.

www.rmagroup.net

www.ford.globalfleetsales.net

RMA Automotive Announces the Launch of RMA Paint

March 22, 2022

RMA Automotive announces launch of RMA Paint
RMA Paint is contained within RMAA’s Assembly & Distribution Center
Military camouflage, infra-red, special edition and end of line paints
OEM quality finish
3,800 vehicles per year output

Bangkok, March 22^nd, 2022 – RMA Automotive (RMAA) have announced the launch of RMA Paint with the opening of a new paint facility located within RMAA’s Assembly and Distribution Center in Laem Chabang, Thailand. The state-of-the-art paint facility offers customized paint solutions to RMAA’s customers, OEMs, dealers and fleet owners, both in Thailand and across the world.

RMA Paint offers customers an infinite range of colours and is not constrained by the normal operating limits of an OEM’s production facility. OEMs can benefit in this way by having access to end of range colours or special and limited edition colours, without increasing their plant complexity. Other specialized paint products are matt paint as well as military camouflage and infrared reflective paint.

Corporate customers can order paint colours that are made up exactly to their corporate colour palette. They also can work with RMAA’s in house designers to develop matching branding and decals, and have these printed and applied – all as part of a one stop service offering.

Seb Robertson, General Manager Modification Sales for RMA Special Vehicles, praised the facility. “RMA Paint lets us give our customers even more choices when they order their fleet vehicles from us. Vehicles can now be specially painted and branded all under one roof at our manufacturing plant, thereby increasing efficiency, ensuring highest quality standards and cutting down on costs.”

RMA Paint facility incorporates the latest application technology to give an OEM quality finish. The sanding booth utilizes vacuum orbital sanders and a booth air flow system that removes the air through a water filter. Unwanted dust is trapped to reduce the risk of contamination.

A unique spray and bake booth system enables vehicles to remain in the booth during the spraying and baking process, thereby eliminating exposure to dust from the outside air.

Hydraulic lifts position paint technicians at the perfect place and at hard to reach angles anywhere around the vehicle.

The booth is designed with a voluminous interior to accommodate high roof trucks, vans and minibuses. Current capacity stands at around 3,800 vehicles per year.

RMA Paint

Inquiries: rsvinquiries@rmagroup.net

Call: Seb Robertson +66 81 7549368 / Prajwal Vasisht +66 81 3727536

Website: www.rmaspecialvehicles.com/rmapaint

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/rma-special-vehicles

Facebook: www.facebook.com/RMASpecialVehicles

Instagram: www.instagram.com/rmaspecialvehicles/

YouTube: www.youtu.be/Hw5iCLdx9Mw

About RMA Special Vehicles

RMA Special Vehicle Modifications are performed on a wide range of vehicles for a variety of different applications. Categories include Emergency Rescue (Ambulances, Medical Transport, Fire Rescue & Police), Security (Defense, Security, Cash-in-Transit), Industrial (Commercial & Mining), and RMA X (4X4 and Right-hand Drive conversions, off-road modifications and accessories).

RMA Special Vehicles are expertly engineered, from the ground up. Engineers develop the prototype with purpose-built parts, which is then extensively tested before it enters production.

RMA Special Vehicles are produced at RMA Automotive’s global manufacturing plants, with the headquarters and largest facility located in Thailand. Global manufacturing plants are also located in Myanmar, Turkey, Dubai, South Africa and Australia.

Specialists in the manufacture of Cash-in-Transit Vehicles, RMA Special Vehicles use class leading modification techniques such as patented ultra-light composite materials for their ballistic grade bullet proofing.

RMA Special Vehicles are fitted with tailored solutions and unique safety innovations, developed by RMA Automotive for a wide range of applications from Industrial to Defense and anything in between.

www.rmapsecialvehicles.com

About RMA Automotive

RMA Automotive is a major global supplier of a wide range of special modified vehicles, fleets, accessories, parts, after sales support and technician training. RMA Automotive has been producing Special Modified Vehicles for over 30 years, with over 100,000 vehicles delivered globally. RMA Special Vehicles dominate in their category of robust and tough vehicles, suited to a range of applications and diverse customer needs. Large fleet customers such as Governments, international aid organizations, and private multinational companies rely on the large-scale capacity and high quality standards of RMA Special Vehicles.

RMA Automotive, is headquartered in Thailand, at the 90,000m² Assembly & Distribution Center, in Laem Chabang Free Zone. RMA Automotive has manufacturing facilities in Turkey, Dubai, South Africa and Australia.

About RMA Group

Headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand, RMA Group employs over 8,000 people and has an operational presence in 14 countries globally. RMA is the partner of choice for leading automotive, equipment, services and food brands in Southeast Asia and beyond. Operations are special vehicle manufacturing, automotive distribution, retail and fleet hub services; heavy and agricultural equipment distribution, food franchises and engineering services. RMA Automotive manufacturing plants are situated in Thailand, Turkey, Dubai, South Africa, Myanmar and Australia (Minecorp). Ford Global Fleet Sales, the global export distributor for Ford, has offices in the US and Dubai.www.rmagroup.net

RMA Automotive South Africa Opens New Modification Center

March 16, 2022

Pretoria, March 16^th, 2022 – RMA Automotive South Africa (RMAASA) have moved into their new stand-alone Vehicle Modification Center. Located in the Silverton automotive manufacturing hub northeast of Pretoria, the newly purchased 1,500m² facility will be dedicated to the development of RMAASA’s vehicle modification business and supply of RMA Special Vehicles.

At the same time, RMAASA’s Ford Vehicle Personalization facility will relocate to its newly built premises within Ford Motor Company Southern Africa. It will operate independently from the Modification Center.

RMAASA’s new Modification Center has a single manufacturing floor of 950m², and a storage and parts facility. Offices, meeting rooms, and the engineering studio make up an additional 310m² and are located on the upper mezzanine level. All of RMAASA’s administrative, HR and financial operations will be housed at the facility with twelve permanent staff having been relocated here.

The additional production space and parking will increase output capacity significantly compared to the previous facility which had been located within Ford Motor Company, and with the added benefit of now being able to work on all brands of vehicles. Outdoor vehicle storage is available for up to twenty vehicles in front of and behind the building.

Brendan Londt, Country Manager for RMAASA points out, “We are ready to partner with any of the South African OEMs, fleet owners and dealers. We can deliver outstanding products that we are engineered in house according to our customer’s requirements. Our engineering and manufacturing strengths are now complemented by our ‘fit for purpose’ facility making it the perfect new home for RMA Special Vehicles”.

RMAASA recently achieved BBBEE Level 4 status which enables it under South African Law to bid for lucrative Government and parastatal vehicle tenders as well as on a wider range of jobs partnering with other BBBEE compliant customers.

RMAASA has long standing relationships with many OEMs and fleet owners and has a long track record of producing a range of special vehicles such as minesite vehicles, security and police vehicles for the South African market.

Media inquiries: Brendan.londt@rmagroup.net

Telephone: +27 (0) 12 803 0118 / +27 (0) 82 777 3900

Website: www.rmaa-sa.co.za

About RMA Group

RMA Group is headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand, with operations in fourteen countries and over 8,000 employees globally. RMA is the partner of choice for leading automotive, equipment, services and food brands in Southeast Asia and beyond.

RMA Automotive operations include automotive distribution, manufacturing, special vehicle modification and vehicle personalization and global fleet services (Ford, JLR, Mahindra, Mazda,

Mercedes-Benz, Mitsubishi), agricultural, heavy and power equipment distribution (John Deere, JCB, TCM, JLG, Himoinsa). Other core operations are vehicle and equipment rental and leasing (AVIS, Budget), food franchising in partnership with international food brands (EFG); engineering services (Comin Asia) and financial services (BSP).

Test-SECURITY FORCE 1 TON PICKUP

March 10, 2022

The tough 1 ton 4X4 pickup is fitted with a front bull bar with electronic winch, lightbars, snorkel with GPS tracker, spare wheel and jerry can holders, and an upgraded brake and suspension system. Providing private policing and security agencies the best vehicle for the job.