Company History

NEANN is the medical division of RAPP Australia Pty Ltd, a private family owned company. RAPP Australia Pty Ltd currently operates four Divisions.    Defence, Health, Fire Fighting and Mountaineering/Outdoor recreation.  We have three main brands, NEANN, Firelogistics and Outgear.   

Believe it or not,  our companies roots did not start with medical equipment.  The companies original  founder back in 1982 spent three months backpacking and cycling in the Tasmania.  Prior to taking this journey of a life time, several  backpacking/cycling products were purchased, to make the trip a little easier.  However none of them survived the harsh Australian outback environment.  This caused Roger Buckle, a nurse by training, to  become the reluctant founder of the brand Outgear. Determined to make quality products that would not let their owners down, the brand quickly boomed by  developing a reputation for building functional, high quality products. 

25 years later RAPP Australia Pty Ltd now is manufacturing broader range of products and supplying it into markets that depend upon the type of quality Outgear was made famous for.  Our Health division now manufactures,  exports,  imports and distributes a  broad range medical and pre-hospital emergency services products. 

It is not surprising that the birth of the medical product range was initiated in a similar manner to the way the outdoor product range was born, through a perceived need for high quality, functional equipment. In 1995 two practicing ambulance officers approached  RAPP Australia with some clever ideas in pre-hospital equipment designs.   Using the skill and techniques developed for the Outgear brand,  the equipment was prototyped and field tested until ready for release.  

We branded them NEANN.

In the years following the establishment of the NEANN range,  the brand has become known as a world leader in pre-hospital equipment design, innovation and quality, winning multiple tenders with Ambulance Services and major Companies in Australia and overseas.

In addition to our kits,  our customers have constantly asked us to supply the hardware and consumables to complement their use of the NEANN products.   We now offer both our own and other brands of products which combined makes up a complete stable of pre-hospital products.

Owing to this success we have been requested by many different companies to represent and promote their products.

On the pages of this web site you can see a representative range of equipment that we supply to customers all over the world.  Please take a look and contact us if you have any queries of questions about these products.

In 2001 one of our family members and a director of company died from Leukaemia, aged 39,  leaving 2 little girls aged 3 and 6 without a mum. In memory of her every year we sponsor any of our staff and ambulance, fire and emergency service friends in the Worlds Greatest Shave for a Cure a fund raiser for research into this devastating disease and also the Emergency Services Head Shave which is to raise funds for research into, and care of Children with luekaemia and other childhood illness, . Here is a link to the Leukaemia foundation web site.