This year, 2025, Roadgrip celebrates 30 years of growth, innovation, and adventure that have taken us from small beginnings to a truly global operation working for domestic and international airports, motorsport venues and highways.
What started as a specialist in airfield and road maintenance in the UK and Caribbean has evolved into a network of companies working across the world, delivering everything from runway grooving and rubber removal to Formula 1 circuit branding and digital display systems.
In the early days, our work focused on airfields and highways, marking, maintaining, and improving the safety and performance of critical infrastructure. Those skills quickly led to rubber removal, grooving, and resurfacing projects. Over time, we became known for precision, reliability, and an ability to deliver under pressure.
It wasn’t long before the motorsport world took notice starting with the infamous Silverstone circuit. The same standards that define airfields – namely, precision, visibility, performance, and safety – are just as crucial on a racetrack and so our motorsport division took off, leading us into the heart of Formula 1 and global racing.
From our roots in the Caribbean and UK, we’ve grown to operate on every continent, in over 90 countries and more than 300 cities. Along the way, we’ve faced some extraordinary and exciting challenges, from working for two years in Mongolia, to tackling airfield projects in the Falkland Islands, to loading 25-ton trucks into a Russian Antonov cargo plane to reach remote destinations.
We’ve always been a company that thrives on logistics and complexity. Moving heavy, high-tech equipment around the world safely and efficiently is part of our DNA.
Across all these projects, one thing has remained constant: our commitment to working closely with local people wherever we go. We’ve always made it a priority to employ and train local teams, to understand and respect the cultures we work within, and to build lasting relationships. That global awareness has shaped who we are today, not just a business that works worldwide, but one that belongs everywhere we work.
The technology behind what we do has changed dramatically since we started. Ultra-high-pressure (UHP) water jetting didn’t even exist when we began. Now, it’s one of our core capabilities. Our grooving machines once left behind debris as they went; today, they feature vacuum recovery systems that leave a clean, safe surface free of foreign object debris (FOD), vital for emergency landings and high-performance circuits alike.
Over the years, we’ve invested heavily in machinery, automation, and digital innovation, from robot plotters and virtual reality headsets that speed up layout marking, to eco-efficient paint systems that improve precision and reduce waste.
Safety has always been the foundation of our work, but over the years, sustainability has become equally important. We now prioritise sea freight over air transport to cut emissions, use water-based materials in 95% of our applications, and plan projects to minimise unnecessary travel and movement. Our goal is simple: to keep improving, operate responsibly, and strive toward zero impact without compromising quality.
Over the past 30 years, Roadgrip has evolved into a family of specialist companies, each building on our shared values and expertise: R3 (pavement testing), RG Media (digital display and LED technology in transport hubs), and SGE (surface and ground engineering). Together, they all represent the Roadgrip brand, connected by innovation, grounded in craftsmanship, and united by the pursuit of excellence.
From runways and roads to racetracks, ports and helipads, Roadgrip’s journey has been built on adaptability, teamwork, and a shared belief in doing things the right way. Thirty years on, we’re still driven by the same purpose that started it all and continue to create safe, high-quality, and sustainable surfaces that keep the world moving.
As we move into new and exciting territories, adding major PR and events into our portfolio, we’re looking forward to expanding further.
Here’s to the next 30 years.