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Bangkok, August 15^th, 2021 RMA Special Vehicles have launched a purpose built Vaccine Carrier for the speedy transportation of vaccines in a super chilled cargo box. The Vaccine Carrier uses an engine driven refrigeration system that takes the temperature down to a staggering –25° C.

The cargo box interior is fully insulated with high density PU sandwich panel technology. It has a fully sealed finish and anti-bacterial washable surfaces. The insulated floor is trimmed with durable plywood and a washable anti-slip PVC covering. A unique racking system on two sides of the cargo box allows for the storage of up to 5,000 vials of vaccine.

RMA Special Vehicles recently delivered 60 Vaccine Carriers to the Cambodian Government. Built in Thailand, the Ranger Single Cab Pickups were completely modified at RMA Automotive’s Assembly and Distribution Center, before being shipped to Cambodia.

Seb Robertson General Manager Global Modification Sales RMA Special Vehicles stated, “We are proud of the fact that RMA could respond quickly to the market’s need for a well-equipped and capable vaccine truck. This has been a time critical project and our engineers and technical teams managed to develop and build the Vaccine Carriers in record time.”

The RSV Vaccine Carrier is built on the load box of a 1-Ton 4X4 Pickup Pickups provide agile handling over tough terrain and where basic road infrastructure is crumbling or non-existent. The entire modification has been carefully engineered to fit within a 1-Ton 4X4 Pickup’s maximum permissible load weight (GVM).

All RMA Special Vehicles carry RMA’s one year manufacturing warranty.

Vientiane, August 12^th, 2021– Lao Ford City reveals new Ford Everest XLS line-up at a launch event held at the Vientiane Showroom.

The Ford Everest is available in three derivatives, the Everest XLS, Everest XLS Sport and Everest XLS Expedition. The Ford Everest XLS 4X4, powered by the popular 2.2L TDCi engine delivering 160 PS and 385 Nm of Torque, offers customers additional premium features over the Everest Trend which is on sale in Laos, alongside the range topping Everest Titanium.

At the reveal Wayne McIntosh, Managing Director Lao Ford City commented, “The Ford Everest XLS offers Laos customers more choices when looking to purchase a versatile SUV that meets their lifestyle needs. The Everest is already a top seller in Laos and customers will be impressed by the additional features that we are offering them.”

The Everest XLS comes with a new front grille and Everest lettering on the hood, projector LED headlamps, alloy wheels with all-terrain tyres, a reinforced side step and Terrain Management System with four driving modes and electronic diff lock. The XLS Sport receives additional styling features with a black grille, black front bumper inlays, black door handles and side mirrors and black alloy wheels. 

The Everest XLS Expedition, known as Everest Extreme outside of Laos, is a special edition modified  in Thailand by RMA Special Vehicles. It is a civilian version of the immensely successful Everest Light Utility Vehicle of which RMA has already delivered over 3,500 vehicles to the French Army.  

The Everest XLS Expedition, is fitted with a steel front bulbar with electric winch, snorkel, roof rack, a rear swing arm with rear mounted spare wheel and jerry can. All-terrain tyres provide an increase in ride height and greater ground clearance. The suspension upgrade raises the Everest’s GVM to 3.5 tons. Seats are covered with a hard wearing canvas. Optional installations are mesh windows and light protectors, Codan radio and antennas, a PA system, exterior work lights and a long range fuel tank.

Guests were able to inspect the Everest XLS Expedition where it received much attention. As part of the launch activities, LFC proudly handed over two Everest XLS models to launch customer AVIS Lao to be added to their rental  fleet.

Laem Chabang, August 1^st, 2021 – RMA Special Vehicles have delivered a customized  Aerial Platform Vehicle to New Caledonia. The customer is the country’s Electricity Utility who will be deploying it immediately in this mountainous island nation.

The RSV Aerial Platform equipment is produced by Socage, a global leader in the manufacture of aerial platforms. The leading boom can reach a height of  13 meters, an outreach of 7.20 meters and has a basket rotation of 90° to the left and right respectively.  It is supplied with four stabilizers, an oil tank, a frame hydraulic distributor block and a subframe electric system. Its unique light weight structure means it can be fitted on 1-Ton Pick-up and remain within the vehicle’s gross weight operating limit.

The RSV Aerial Platform is fully compliant with regulation 2006/42/EC machine directive European Safety Standard.  

“This is the first order of RMA Special Vehicle’s New Aerial Platform from the Electricity Utility of New Caledonia,” explains RMA Group’s Ratchaphon Sirayobhas (Lek), Asia Pacific Regional Fleet Manager. 

“We had to make sure that the vehicle matched each and every of the customer’s requirements including European certifications, working height, weight limitation and homologation requirements.”

The RSV Aerial Platform is equipped with safety features such as a buzzer when the basket is moving and an emergency hand pump should the engine fail. It uses a highly efficient differential filtering hydraulic system, with high-efficiency filters in the supply and return lines. It fitted with a cross control movement limiting device and heat protection device for the electric system.

The RSV  Aerial Platform modification is done at RMA Automotive’s Assembly and Distribution Center, located in Laem Chabang, Thailand.

Phnom Penh, July 28^th, 2021 – RMA Cambodia and members of the Cambodia Government presided over the handover of 60 Ford Ranger Vaccine Trucks to the Cambodia Ministry of Health and Ministry of National Defense.

H.E. Ou Vanndin, Secretary of Ministry of Health, various Government Officers, Ford Cambodia Management Team, ADC Ford Technical Expert and the Service Team attended the handover ceremony. The Cambodia Government procured the Vaccine Trucks through the Ministry of Health and RMA Automotive completed the entire order within 90 days. Ford Cambodia worked closely with the ADC Team in the development of the Vaccine Trucks, ensuring fast turn around time and speedy delivery to the Ministry of Health.

This Vaccine Truck is equipped with freezers to keep the temperature at a staggering -25˚C as required for the safe transport of vaccines requiring storage at sub zero temperatures. Each is fitted with a custom built racking system that can accommodate up to 5,000 vaccine vials per vehicle.

A video and training manual have been developed for smooth operating guidelines, in addition to on-ground vehicle operations training to the Ministry of Health.

The Vaccine Trucks will be deployed immediately for the national roll out of COVID vaccines in the country.

Bangkok, Thursday Septemer 24^th, 2020 – RMA Automotive presented a state-of-the-art MobileStroke Unit to Siriraj Hospital at a handover ceremony in the hospital grounds.

Jointly designed and engineered by RMA Automotive (RMAA) and Mahidol University, the Mobile Stroke Unit enables doctors to treat a patient during the time critical window while transferring them to the hospital.

Siriraj Hospital liaising with Mahidol University, conceptualized the Stroke Recovery Vehicle to treat patients during their transfer to hospital, thereby increasing their recovery chances by 99%.

The vehicle is equipped with a CT scanner, monitors and connections to link the attendant doctors to the specialists at Siriraj Hospital; an examination area, shelving and storage, and an insulated cabin between the driver and patient area for medical practitioners. It uses clean and quiet battery packs instead of Diesel generators found in other similar vehicles.

Kevin Whitcraft, RMA Group CEO, attending the handover ceremony stated, “We are extremely proud of having developed this unique life saving vehicle. This was made possible by the close co-operation between our engineers at RMA Automotive and the doctors and specialists from Siriraj Hospital and Mahidol University.”

Development, planning and manufacture was done at RMA Automotive’s Assembly and Distribution Center in Laem Chabang, Thailand. Led by engineering and product development team Wallop Sakulimsap, Wichai Jaiboon and Sureeporn Nuchitprasittichai, the RMAA engineers designed and built the vehicle from the ground up, paying special attention to the use of light weight materials to keep the overall vehicle mass down. Thus the Mobile Stroke Unit retains the performance and handling it was designed with, allowing it to nimbly cut through traffic on route to hospital.

Stanley Chan, General Manager Group Product Development at RMAA points out “we placed much emphasis on weight distribution so as not to interfere with the vehicle’s safe handling and performance. Using a front mounted engine Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, more weight could be placed over the rear axle to accommodate the heavy medical equipment, the patient and medical attendants.”

Further weight savings were achieved using a state of the art self-lifting stretcher developed by Ferno, in place of a hydraulic operated built in stretcher hoist.

The first Mobile Stroke Unit will be deployed by Siriraj Hospital immediately with another two more units on order.

Bangkok, Tuesday November 6^th, 2020. RMA Automotive announces the launch of RMA Special Vehicles, the amalgamation of its Special Vehicle Modifications under one brand.

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 being in Thailand. Global plants are located in Myanmar, Turkey, Dubai, South Africa and Australia.

Seb Robertson, General Manager Sales stated at the launch, “RMA Automotive has been producing special modified vehicles for over 25 years, with over 100,000 vehicles delivered globally. With our experienced sales support and dedicated after sales service teams, we are increasing this number steadily as we grow our customer base and tailor-made product offering.”

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, global peace organizations, and private multinational companies rely on the large scale capacity and high quality standards of RMA Special Vehicles.

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

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.

About RMA Group

Headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand, RMA Group employs over 7,800 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 automotive distribution and special vehicle manufacturing, 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.

 About RMA Automotive

RMA Automotive is a major global supplier of a wide range of special modified vehicles, fleets, accessories, parts, after sales service and training. Over 30 years of experience, engineering, responsiveness and competitive pricing has made RMA Automotive one of the world’s fastest-growing international suppliers of modified vehicles, with over 100,000 units delivered to customers.

RMA Automotive, is headquartered in Thailand, within a 90,000m² Assembly & Distribution Center. RMA Automotive has manufacturing facilities in Myanmar, Turkey, Dubai, South Africa and Australia. 

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