About Pelican Manufacturing
We aim to offer patients and aged care residents a high level of dignity, safety and well-being, as well as helping make carers roles easier and safer.
Pelican Manufacturing was established in 1987 to provide pressure care items for geriatric patients in nursing homes and hospitals. Since then, we have grown and developed into an industry-leading nursing goods supplier, offering a wide range of products including manual handling, pressure care, hoist slings, theatre & post-operative care, patient dignity, aids for daily living, restraints, safety items, evacuation, fire & rescue items, physiotherapy items, medical devices, and medical and healthcare supplies.
Many items in the Pelican range have been developed following customer suggestions or concerns regarding aspects of health care. If you cannot see what you are looking for on our website, please contact us to discuss what you need. Chances are if you are having a particular problem in a certain area, then other people are probably having the exact same problem.
The Pelican Fable
There is a fable that the pelican is the nursing or caring bird. The story is that the red mark at the end of the mother pelican’s beak is a blood stain, left after the she had plucked her chest to feed the young on her blood when food was scarce.
In reality, the red mark may be due to a hormone change, however this sentiment of caring is appropriate as our objective is to help patients and nursing staff. When we develop our products, we consider people’s care and dignity, as well as safety and occupational health.
This is why when you see the Pelican logo, it represents the care that has gone into designing and manufacturing every item we make.
Quality Assurance
Since 1995 Pelican has been an Australian Standards Quality Endorsed Company working to AS/NZS ISO 9001, Registration 5255. This is the Australian, New Zealand and International Standard, and we have been accredited by Standards Australia. We are dedicated and determined to continue helping elderly and disabled people and their carers. We made the decision to achieve accreditation as an indication of our commitment to run a Quality Endorsed Company. If at any time you are not happy about the quality of our products or service, please advise us, so any problem can be quickly rectified. If you purchase any goods and find they are not suitable, provided that the items are not soiled and are ready for resale, we will credit in full the invoice value of the goods returned.
International Patents & Trademarks
Quality Australian Made Products
To ensure quality and demonstrate commitment, all of our products are made in Australia. Our thorough Quality Assurance product checking system provides peace of mind that our products are made to a consistently high standard.
Any products which we do not make ourselves are noted as being imported on the product webpage.
We Employ Ex-Carers
Understanding our customers’ specialised needs requires special caring knowledge. We employ ex-carers who have worked with both Pelican products and competitors’ products in aged care and hospitals. Although we know our products very well, we don’t know the setting they will be used in, or the person’s abilities and disabilities, but we will try to give the best advice we can.
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Trusted by Carers & Facilities Across Australia
For over 35 years, we’ve supported hospitals, aged-care homes and families with reliable, Australian-made care equipment designed for real-world needs.
