Allow up to five days for a type A model (medical transport), three weeks for types B (rescue and emergency care) and C (intensive care and monitoring). “It has to go quickly,” insists the president of BSE since 1993. To increase productivity, processes have been put in place. Starting with a specially acquired machine that manufactures furniture integrated into vehicles.
Prioritizing noble, high-end wood, “which can be cleaned with a Kärcher”, BSE also calls for innovation. Constantly. Essential to stand out from the Portuguese or Polish competition. “We do not necessarily have the same assets and facilities,” breathes the manager who conceptualized, with his teams, an antibacterial health unit in 2009. “This makes it possible to eradicate the two most resistant bacteria: Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus. » Covid, too, since 2020.
Mi-Custom, mi-Ranger
If BSE manufactures classic ambulances, notably for Jussieu Escape, one of its biggest clients, the company, which has a turnover of 25 million, also designs slightly more atypical vehicles, like 4×4 ambulances. “There are few in the world,” insists Bruno Scherer.
The prototype developed in 2015 was reviewed and corrected. It slowly mutated from a four-door pickup to a behemoth. Half-Ford Custom, half-Ford Ranger: a rare species. “It’s the BSE signature,” slips Bruno Scherer. Around a hundred vehicles were ordered by the French army. “In addition to being comfortable enough to work there, it goes everywhere,” explains the manager, referring to a trip to New Caledonia. The model has also been used in Ukraine since the start of the war.
