Goods Mate product launch

Press release 15/07/2010

Swallow Evacuation and Mobility Products Limited are pleased to announce the launch of the first Mobile Goods/Cargo handling product that can also evacuate a wheelchair user in their own wheelchair.

Working in conjunction with the Arcadia Group, the Goods Mate can carry goods up-to 100kg, up and down stairs, at the touch of a single button with no operative balancing requirement. The unit can also take a wheelchair user in their own non-motorised wheelchair, thus enabling the Arcadia Group the ability to have one product that fulfils two very different purposes:

• Firstly, staff can take goods in tote boxes, up and down stairs, in a safe manner without any lifting or manual handling on the stairs.
• Secondly, should the need arise that a wheelchair user needs to be evacuated from above or below ground, the unit can allow safe egress from the building without the need to transfer the occupant out of their own chair, this also eliminates the need for manual handling of the occupant as well.

In addition, with the nature of lifts, they can break down on a regular basis, therefore Goods Mate allows the company not to be reliant on a lift engineer in the future.

Finally, this product helps with compliance of the Fire Reform Order, Disability Discrimination Act & Health and Executive Manual Handling Guidelines.