Rawlplug Ltd. is a British engineering company. It is named after Rawlplug, a tradename it owns, as a name for wall plug

Wall plug

A wall plug is a type of fastener used in buildings. It allows screws to be fitted into masonry walls.There are many forms of wall plug, but the most common principle is to use a tapered tube of soft material, such as plastic. This is inserted loosely into a drilled hole, then a screw is tightened...

s. The rawlplug product was invented by John Joseph Rawlings

John Joseph Rawlings

John Joseph Rawlings was a British engineer and inventor of the wall plug, also known from his name as the rawlplug. He invented it in around 1910-1911, filed a patent in 1911, trademarked the rawlplug name in 1912 and was granted the patent in 1913...

 in 1911.

Rawlplug history dates to Rawlings Brothers founded in 1887. Later names, showing the company's history, included Rawlings Brothers (Company) Ltd. (around 1910), The Rawlplug Company Ltd. (branch named so in 1913). In 2001 the BPB Group (originally British Plaster Board) acquired Rawlplug and merged it with its Artex-Bluehawk decorative products operation, forming Artex-Rawlplug. Rawlplug was divested in 2005 by holding company BPB. Currently Koelner group, based in Wrocław, Poland, Rawlplug has subsidiaries in Scandinavia, Ireland, France & UAE.

In December 2000 the company employed over 250 people and had sales of £31 million. It currently employs 150 employees.