40 years of mount and drive engineering
Ramair was founded in 1985 in Melbourne, Australia, to design and manufacture mount and drive systems for the commercial vehicle industry. Forty years later, with more than 30,000 kits in service across global fleets, the company remains specialist by choice, focused on a narrow engineering discipline executed to a depth that broader manufacturers cannot match.
The original product was the compressor mount kit, an engineered solution to the problem of fitting a transport refrigeration compressor to a truck chassis. From that single product line, Ramair has extended its engineering capability to alternator drive systems, hydraulic and pneumatic drive solutions, and battery and electric auxiliary mounting for the new generation of electrified commercial platforms.
Engineering approach
Every Ramair kit is engineered around the specific chassis it serves. The bracket geometry, pulley sizing, belt path, and load path are designed for the application rather than adapted to it. The result is a fitment that performs as if it were factory fitted, with the durability expected of a commercial vehicle drive system operating across hundreds of thousands of kilometres.
The engineering process uses 3D CAD modelling for design and 3D printed prototypes for fitment validation before tooling is committed. This investment in digital engineering compresses the development cycle and ensures that the first physical kit produced is the right one.
Manufacturing partnerships with leading European cast bracket producers provide the cast component foundation for the mount kits. Cast brackets deliver 100% manufacturing consistency and repeatability, with no distortion or alignment issues that would compromise belt geometry or compressor life.
Manufactured in Melbourne
All Ramair kits are assembled, inspected, and dispatched from the company's facility at 20 Queen Street, Mitcham, Victoria. The Melbourne base allows direct engineering oversight of every kit, same day dispatch on stocked lines, and a fitment library that is updated continuously as new chassis variants reach the Australian and global markets.
The combination of European cast brackets, Australian engineering, and a Melbourne assembly base produces a product that is genuinely manufactured rather than assembled from off-the-shelf components. This matters for warranty, for traceability, and for the engineering support that follows a kit across its working life.
Who Ramair serves
Ramair supplies four primary customer groups: aftermarket fitters and authorised installers, fleet operators specifying drive solutions for their vehicles, specialist vehicle body builders integrating accessory systems into custom builds, and original equipment manufacturers fitting Ramair kits as part of their finished vehicle offerings.
The customer base spans Australia, New Zealand, and a growing international market. Ramair kits are in service across refrigerated transport, bus and coach, logistics and service fleets, specialist vehicle bodies, off road and utility platforms, and industrial and power generation applications.
Looking forward
The commercial vehicle industry is in transition. Electrification, alternative powertrains, and evolving accessory architectures are reshaping the mount and drive engineering brief. Ramair's response is to extend the same engineering discipline applied to compressor mount kits over forty years to the new requirements: high output alternator drives for service fleets with extended electrical demands, hydraulic and pneumatic systems for specialist body builds, and battery and electric auxiliary mounting solutions for electrified platforms.
The product range continues to expand. The engineering philosophy does not change.
Work with the engineering team
To discuss a specific chassis, a custom application, or a new accessory architecture, contact Ramair directly.