About Gripple
Established in 1989, we are the original innovators and manufacturers of wire joining and tensioning devices, as well as anchoring, bracing, and wire suspension systems that have changed the game for many industries. Being 100% employee owned promotes a culture of innovation and creativity, inspiring us to design, manufacture, and deliver the best solutions for our customers to enable them to do more with less. PlanetMark and B-Corp certified, we uphold the highest standards of social and environmental performance. With a manufacturing and distribution footprint spanning 85 countries worldwide, including seven sites in South Yorkshire, we are a global business taking a local approach to positively impact the communities we operate in. Our core values - fun, integrity, passion, entrepreneurship, teamwork, and innovation - are at the heart of everything we do, fostering an inclusive workplace culture for our employee-owners worldwide. United by our dedication to customers and communities, we are more than just a business, we are a force for good. Choose Gripple. Change the game.
Award-Winning Manufacturer
2022:
- The Manufacturer MX Awards - Manufacturer of the Year
- The Manufacturer MX Awards - Young Manufacturer of the Year
- The Manufacturer MX Awards - Leadership & Strategy
- The Manufacturer MX Awards - Operational Excellence
- The Manufacturer MX Awards - International Trade
- B Corporation™ Certification
- Planet Mark Certification
2023:
- Innovation in Business at the ‘Yorkshires’ Business Awards
2024:
- King's Award for Enterprise in Innovation - Fast Trak
- Large Business Award (£50m+ turnover) - Yorkshire Sustainability Awards
Our History
One particularly damp day in 1985, a wire-salesman and budding entrepreneur named Hugh Facey found himself on a wet hillside in Wales discussing the woes of fencing with a frustrated farmer. Aggravated by cumbersome ways of joining fence wires by bending and knotting, he bemoaned the lack of alternatives.