Van Raam produces uniquely special needs bicycles and specializes in tricycles, transport bikes, scooterbikes, wheelchair bikes, tandem bikes, double rider bikes, and low step trough bikes (also known as comfortbikes). Each model is also available as an electric bike (Pedelec).
Van Raam is a Dutch producer of unique custom bikes. Want to know more about our company or special needs bikes?
Menu
Search
Our bikes
News
Van Raam has moved! From January 2019 Van Raam can be found at the Guldenweg 23 in Varsseveld. All Van Raam bicycles are produced in a new, modern factory. The new company building is 13,500 m2 and besides the production of the adaptive bicycles there is also a large showroom where you can make a test ride by appointment. On these pages you can view photos of the construction process of the new premises.
There's a lot happening inside the building. The first Kardex Shuttle lift storage systems are built up.
In addition to all the craftsmen that are working hard on the construction, the Van Raam employees also had work to do. We put a nice long maypole with a poem next to the new building.
Overview photo new premises Van Raam. (3 October 2018)
Overview photo new premises Van Raam (4 september 2018).
Showroom (ground floor) and offices.
Showroom (ground floor) and offices.
The 2nd floor (3rd level)
2nd floor, still without the partition walls.
View from the 2nd floor from the office of Jan-Willem Boezel, technical director at Van Raam.
2nd floor with, among other things, offices for the R & D department.
Supply of electricity (utilities).
Colleagues from the purchasing department / business office take a look at the construction.
Blocks to lay on the concrete mats.
Concrete mesh on the blocks in the technical room.
Delivery of the first glass for the premises.
Connecting of the warehouse to the office space.
Connecting of the warehouse to the office space.
Canopy above the loading docks.
Ornamental stones for the offices.
Underfloor heating in the techcenter.
Concrete mats in the assembly hall.
The underfloor heating is already filled and pressurized.
Technical room
The new canteen for Van Raam employees will be placed on the first floor.
The floor of the 2nd storey. There are mainly offices on this floor.
Our project manager for the new construction is occasionally present very early. Here you see the new premises in the morning mist. (6.30 A.M.)
Our contractor Klaassen Groep has been working hard again during the past period. Meanwhile, work has been done to the floor in the production hall, paint shop, assembly hall and warehouse. Large elements have been placed to place the last floor of the office, as can be seen in the timelapse video.
The production hall has also been built.
At the place where the employee parking space comes, 25 sources of 130 meters deep have been drilled for geothermal heat.
Lutec makes the vertical ventilation system for the production space. This system filters the air and brings clean air in because of the welding smoke.
Overview photo new premises Van Raam.
Construction of Van Raam offices.
Top view of the new Van Raam factory.
Top view of new Van Raam building (end of July 2018). With a drone, video images have been made this week.
The Marketing and Sales department takes a look at the new building.
Marketing / sales department 'in the new showroom'.
Here are the new offices for the sales department.
Ronald (commercial director) has already found his new office.
After the visit to the new building on the bike back to Van Raam.
The reception / administration department, together with project leader Peter, also took a look at the construction.
The reception / administration department takes a look at where the new factory is located.
This week also a number of technicians from pre-assembly, module construction and spoke lines were on construction.
On the left side of the photo you see the warehouse. The production hall (bottom / front of the photo) has yet to be built and a start has been made with the assembly hall (at the top of the photo).
Overview photo Van Raam new building.
Construction offices.
Summary photograph no-build Van Raam calendar week 28. With a drone, video images have been made this week.
Concrete floor of the new Van Raam canteen.
Placing the first roof panel of the warehouse.
Floor of the offices (for the warehouse)
Preparations for placing the floor of the Van Raam canteen.
Wall cladding of the warehouse.
Visit of the R&D department to the Van Raam new building.
Support beams for the roof of the paint shop.
Walls installed of the Van Raam offices.
Top view of the new Van Raam building (early July 2018)
Ground pipes of the technical space to other areas, like the Van Raam.
The installation of the concrete wall of the Van Raam warehouse.
Technical service room.
Van Raam warehouse.
The construction of the new building is already called "The Colosseum".
Steel beams are attached to the concrete beams.
Two different test walls have been put together.
The cable pipes that go into the ground are also ready.
Top view of the new Van Raam building (June 2018)
The construction of the new building and the organization around it is in full swing.
With the drawing in hand Ariën, André, Harry and Jan-Willem look at the size of the assembly hall.
At VSMI Van Raam looked at a powder coating machine that is almost the same as what will be added to the new paint shop at Van Raam.
The warehouse staff also took a look at the building to get an idea of the amount of space.
By Mombarg Beton we were invited to see where our concrete columns are made.
The mold that is used to make the concrete piles.
The first concrete pile is placed.
More and more concrete piles have been placed.
The installation activities of HEVA have also started.
On the pictures below you can see how the lot currently looks. On the first photo you can see the pit for the blasting cabinet and on the second picture you can see the reduction of the paint shop. The third photo is a top view of the place where the office spaces are located. On photo 4 you can see the following rooms from left to right: the staff entrance, washing and changing rooms, technical service room and technical room. On the last photo is an aerial photograph of the entire lot and the contours of the building.
This week the lowering of the paint shop was realized (see 1st image) and concrete was poured.
This week, our architect ERS Architekten bna created an animation video.In this video you can see what the new Van Raam building will look like from different sides. You can see the different halls such as the showroom, production and assembly as well as the loading docks where trucks can easily load the Van Raam bicycles. A first impression of how the bicycle test track could look like is also included in the animation below.
This week, concrete has been poured for the large poles that will be placed in the building. You also see two pictures taken with the drone to see whatthe parcel looks like now.
This week the formwork (temporary/permanent mold) was made and preparations were made to pour the concrete. The four site offices are also placed on the lot. From now on the construction meetings and work discussions of the new building can take place here.
This week the excavation work started and the terrain was increased. There is also dewatering performed. Dewatering is a process in which groundwater is pumped up at various places and drained via a pipeline, to locally and temporarily lower the groundwater level.
In this past week, Peter Heinen, Project Manager of the construction, put the first shovel in the ground and he marked the area with pickets. Peter made photosof the parcel with a drone and with these photos they could make an outline of the new building, what can be seen on the two bottom photos.
We have donated the trees on our parcel to care farm 'De Lindeboom'. They have taken care of the cutting and clearing of the trees and they will use the trees to make and sell firewood.
In addition to cutting down the trees, the first provisions, such as electricity and water, were also affected.
See the pictures below for an impression of the new Van Raam building/factory, this new building will be built by contractor KlaassenGroep in 2018.
Photos and more information about our new building and the contractor can be found in a previous article.
In 2017 we announced that Van Raam would move to a new location in town. In the press release you can find more information about this move.
Follow all the news about the new building on our special Construction-page which will be regularly updated.
 the end of this year (2018) /start of next year (2019) we will move with the entire company to a different location in Varsseveld, the Netherlands. The new building of Van Raam, with a size of approximately 13,500 m2, is designed by ERS Architekten bna from Terborg (the Netherlands) and will be built on a plot of 25,000 m2.
The last weeks few weeks were all about Christmas, New Year’s Eve and the beginning of 2019. Despite this, our employees were also finishing the new Van Raam factory. Meanwhile, the first official working week after the holidays is almost over and we look back on a week of finishing things up but also starting new things. In this article we look back on the period of the Christmas holidays and we give you the most recent updates and photos of our new business premises.
In January 2019 Van Raam moved into the new company building at Guldenweg 23 in Varsseveld. Meanwhile, Van Raam has continued to grow and is short of space in the current building. Therefore, Van Raam has build a new building, located directly next to the large commercial building. The building was ready in early 2022. Read more about the expansion in the article 'Van Raam expands further in Varsseveld'.
We are happy to assist you! Please check our contact page or contact us directly using the options below.
