About Us

About EMS Group

Who we are.

EMS Group is a British industrial supply group trading through thirteen specialist brands, each with its own website. Established in 2009 and headquartered in Burnley, Lancashire, the Group supplies rubber, safety, construction, hardware, plastics and hospitality products to customers across the United Kingdom and internationally.

What we do

Through its brands, the Group distributes and fabricates products across seven industry sectors. It holds more than £20 million of stock, cuts and manufactures to customer requirement, and delivers next working day throughout the UK. Customers range from independent contractors to organisations of national importance, including the Ministry of Defence, NATO, Rolls-Royce and Royal Mail.

How we are structured

Each brand trades through its own website, with dedicated product specialists and its own customer base. Group functions — purchasing, warehousing, national distribution, digital commerce and finance — are centralised, giving every brand the buying power, stock depth and service infrastructure of the wider Group. Account customers can trade across all thirteen brands under a single commercial relationship.

Our sectors

Rubber — anti-slip flooring, matting, sheet, tiles and stair nosings.
Health & safety — PPE, workwear, site safety, barriers and traffic management.
Construction — EPDM flat-roof systems; bricks, aggregates and landscaping stone.
Hardware — industrial consumables, engineering plastics, castors and wheels.
Plastics — tarpaulins and covers made to measure; sheet, rod and tube cut to size.
Hospitality — commercial catering equipment and tableware.
Steel — industrial racking, shelving and storage systems.

Our operating principles

Customers firstRange, stock depth and dispatch performance are measured by one standard: whether they serve the customer better.
Specification integrityProducts are described, quoted and supplied to their true specifications and applicable standards.
Stock depthInventory is held at group scale so that standard orders are fulfilled from stock, not lead time.
One point of accountabilityCustomers trading across multiple Group brands deal with one organisation, one set of terms and one accounts team.
Group at a glance
Trading name EMS Group
Legal entity Express Matting Services Ltd, registered in England and Wales, company no. 07000887
VAT registration GB987256073
Established 2009
Group headquarters Unit 1B, Summit Works, Manchester Road, Burnley, Lancashire BB11 5HG
Brands Thirteen specialist websites across seven industry sectors
Stock holding More than £20 million
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