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We are leading suppliers of access solutions and geosynthetics

At Wrekin, we’re not just in the business of creating road ironwork, access covers, custom steel solutions, and cutting-edge geosynthetic products – we’re in the business of making every day better.

Our journey is marked by innovation and a commitment to putting customer relationships at the heart of our business. It’s what has propelled us to the forefront of the civil engineering landscape, especially when it comes to critical safety solutions.

With over four decades of experience, our technical expertise and leadership have allowed us to develop market leading innovations that set us apart. We give the specifier, engineer, contractor and merchant solutions to long standing issues with reduced environmental impacts.

Our roots run deep in the world of highway ironwork. We are dedicated to crafting, manufacturing, and supplying the finest gully grates and manhole covers on the market. They’re rugged and built to withstand the ever-growing demands placed on our roads and infrastructure. We take great pride in our partnerships with prominent water and telecommunication utilities across the UK, ensuring that motorists, pedestrians, and travelers can embark on safe and smooth journeys.

We’re here to make the world beneath our feet a safer, more efficient, and sustainable place.

The Wrekin family

We’re a family-run firm with an impressive track record in using our high-level skills to produce specialist products for the civil engineering industry. Our innovative approach and commitment to quality and service shines through everything we do – that’s why we’re one of the UK’s leading design, manufacture and supply companies in our field.

We deliver top class results time and again, as we have for the past 40 years. We are proud of our reputation for outstanding design, service, and our technical know-how. Our customers say they enjoy working with us because we always know about the next big thing.

of experience in designing, manufacturing and servicing the civil engineering industry.

40years

products, systems, services and solutions available to market. Providing solutions for wide ranging on-site issues.

>500

growth since 2010, positioning Wrekin as the UK's leading supplier of ductile ironwork.

400%

Our team

Our growth is driven by our dedicated and experienced employees. Supporting the success of our people by developing their skills through training and nurturing their talent is firmly established within our business.

We invest in our people and prioritise their safety, health and wellbeing. Our ‘Safety for Everyone’ campaign promotes zero harm and drives our own safety culture. We are proud to have been awarded OHSAS 45001:2018 for Occupational Health and Safety.

We focus on good, solid reliable and friendly service with a smile and pride ourselves on our relationships with our customers. We are experts in what we do - we've got people in the business whose whole career has been in the access cover and geosynthetics markets.

Successful partnerships

We have a diverse range of clients - with a wide range of requirements - and all are equally important to us.

We are committed to understanding their needs in a constantly changing environment and we work to build relationships and trust - delivering products and solutions that offer real benefits.

Developers

We are involved from the outset, advising on the right solution to all challenges in the industry. We support developers through every stage, from meeting legislative requirements, such as Sewers for Adoption and HA 104/09, to the best way to incorporate trees into their developments.

Local authorities

Our clients rely and invest in our products to help them manage their transport infrastructure efficiently and effectively,
while ensuring value for money and improvements in services. Collaborating with key stakeholders, including procurement officers, their engineers and contractors, we are committed to working together to deliver durable long-life solutions.

Utilities

We know how important it is to focus on solutions that are long-lasting and easy to install – ultimately causing minimal disruption to the network. We have an established ten-year partnership with Thames Water, delivering 1.2 million manholes across 100,000 kilometres of sewers over the past decade.

Major contractors

It is critical that the infrastructure of our major highways is robust, safe and low maintenance. We work with engineers throughout the life of the project – from discussing product options and providing samples to observing their installation onsite. We have worked with major contractors on the M60-M62 smart motorway and the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.

Distribution partners

Developing relationships with our partners is crucial for the growth and reputation of our business. Operating nationwide, our dedicated teams take a proactive approach with a focus on real-time monitoring of orders, production and stock vailability. As an innovative and flexible supplier, we offer consolidated product loads, marketing and training support.

Key clients and who we work with

Key clients
Who we work with

Our values

It is our mission to be our customers' first choice for quality civil engineering products, putting customer relationships and innovative solutions at the heart of our business.

Responsive

We act quickly and positively.

Straightforward

We're easy to deal with and understand.

Curious

We're eager to learn and apply new things.

Experts

We're highly knowledgeable in what we do.

Collaborators

We connect and create with others, treating them fairly and respectfully.

Trusted

We're reliable and truthful.

Accountable

We're judged on what we do.

Wrekin is about solutions developed specifically to solve the everyday headaches of our customers. With Wrekin you have access to products you won’t find anywhere else, and the ability to solve problems you probably thought were unsolvable.

Simon Turner

Commercial Director, Wrekin Products Ltd.

Wrekin access cover during manufacture

You can rely on us

As specialists in ground access and engineering solutions, all our products are manufactured under ISO 9001 quality management processes, we also hold ISO 14001 environmental management and ISO 45001 occupational health and safety accreditation.

We invest thousands of hours into our products, through intensive research and development processes, product trials and post sales support and aftercare. So you can always rely on us to provide the reliable and durable solution you need.

Success stories

Related case study

Junction 9 improvements for the M27

Wrekin secured the exciting opportunity to supply Unite manhole covers and ironwork installation systems to the county’s most significant infrastructure project in recent history. Hampshire County Council and Highways England have committed to funding a £23m infrastructure project, which will improve the M27 and benefit motorists for years to come.

MJ Church
MJ Church
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Related case study

Value Engineered Road for Oak Grange housing development

The Wrekin Products geogrids team value-engineered a fit-for-purpose adoptable road for a new Derby housing development, working with the city council, William Davis Homes and S&L Groundworks. This project demonstrates how value engineering solutions such as geogrids can be used to solve general and site-specific issues for the housing sector.

William Davis Homes
William Davis Homes
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A view over Wrekin Hill

Our history

From a small steel fabrication shop overlooking Shropshire’s famous Wrekin hill to an industry-leading and innovative £50 million turnover company with more than 100 patents, we have come a long way during our history.

Here, you can find out more about our history and the development of iron, steel, and geotechnical products, as well as the time we supplied manhole covers to the 2012 London Summer Olympics and the famous Coronation Street cobbles.

Sustainability

Building sustainability into everything we do

With the recently released IPCC report on climate change there has never been a more critical time to be aware of our impact on the environment - and Wrekin and the wider civil engineering industry takes its responsibilities extremely seriously.

We are committed to working towards minimising the environmental impact of all our activities, from developing products that increase whole of life performance, to recycling and reducing waste and emissions wherever we can.

 

Contact us

Contact us

Whether you are looking for live project support, or are in the initial stages of specification, we are always on hand and happy to help.