The Company

Who We Are

TRS can today look back on an exceptional success story. Since its 1989 incorporation the company has become firmly established as the United Kingdom's leading motorsport harness manufacturer. With a dedicated team of enthusiastic professionals providing experience and expertise in safety harness manufacturing, the company has been propelled forward to play a major role in motorsports' improving safety record.

Through our network of dealers, TRS harnesses and accessories are distributed worldwide to motor sport professionals and enthusiasts who recognise the TRS brand as synonymous with quality and reliability. This is the cornerstone of TRS and is something we passionately believe in.
 


Our Owners

TRS is a trading name of Certex UK who belong to the business unit Lifting Solutions within Axel Johnson International. The business unit is a global player that specialise in lifting equipment, steel wire rope, height safety and services. It operates as a group of companies that supply wire rope, hoists, overhead cranes and other lifting products together with connected services.

Lifting solutions has developed rapidly. Having grown from 0 to 420 MEUR in annual sales since 2005, when the first acquisition was made. Today Lifting Solutions consist of 24 market-leading companies with 100+ service centres world-wide. Together, the companies serve clients in a wide range of industries, including oil & gas, renewable energy, shipping, automotive manufacturing, ports, fish farming, engineering, pulp and paper, mining, and steel.

Even though Lifting Solutions has a short history the companies within the group have a long history in the business and are well known and established in their local markets. Several have even been around for more than a century. Together, they possess a vast resource of specialist knowledge in lifting and steel wire rope.


Strong Ownership

Certex UK (TRS' Parent Company) is part of Axel Johnson International, a global industrial group that acquires and develops companies in strategically selected niche markets, primarily technical components and industrial process solutions.

The group is an active and long-term owner whose mission is to drive business development and growth. It builds and develops groups of companies with shared strategic objectives, stimulating joint initiatives and knowledge sharing. Axel Johnson International has six business groups: Driveline Solutions, Fluid Handling Solutions, Industrial Automation, Lifting Solutions, Power Transmission Solutions and Transport Solutions. Axel Johnson International has an entrepreneurial culture where decentralised and committed leadership enables quick decisions. The group has four focus areas: digitalisation, service, sustainability and people development.

Axel Johnson International is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. The group comprises of over 200 companies in 34 countries. Axel Johnson International is part of the Swedish family-owned corporate group Axel Johnson.