About - Certex Defence

Certex UK , one of the leading lifting products and services provider in the UK acquired Defence Specialist, Global Defence Procurement (GDP) in 2006.

Certex UKs Sales and Marketing Director Charles Gillespie comments - this created one of the UK’s leading specialist suppliers of rigging, lifting and safety products to the Ministry of Defence, Prime Contracting Shipbuilders, MOD Service Providers and Industrial Prime Vendors created under the NPPO (SMART) initiative.

Certex UK has the reputation as a supplier providing high quality products, lifting equipment management and project management for bespoke, high specification, close tolerance lifting products matched to the exacting requirements of the Defence Industry.  These strengths combined with GDP’s experienced personnel, Defence customer focussed approach, supported by our manufacture and service stations allow equipment and required solutions to be quickly identified, make the company the ideal partner for providing a complete solution. This has created Certex’s Defence Division – Certex Defence

With 17 locations across the UK including facilities within the UKs Naval Dockyards – Certex Defence is able to provide a Nationwide service for the MoD and the defence industry.

Certex Defence specialises in providing Strategic Sourcing and supply of all NATO and Commercially Specified Stores, provision of Seamanship Audits, Surveys, Consultancy, Complete Packages, First Outfit of Stores, Full Rigging Warrants and solutions according to NSN & (COTS) products in the following non exhaustive areas:-

• Safety Equipment
• Seamanship
• Lifesaving
• Diving
• Medical
• Ships Covers
• Sailmaking
• Electrical
• Mechanical

Certex Defence has an enviable portfolio of quality brands including:-