In 1981, Ernst Manufacturing started and grew out of the interests of its founder and President, Greg Ernst. An energetic inventor and hobbyist, Ernst developed a series of accessories for the model train and airplane industry. Soon, Greg Ernst turned his passion for invention and innovation to tool organization products for the professional and home mechanic. As a dedicated mechanic himself, owning a large tool collection and several vintage cars which he personally restored, Ernst was keenly aware of the need for mechanics to stay organized. He began to develop tool organization products that met his high standards for quality, ease-of-use, and practicality. He developed a best-selling series of ‘Gripper’ Wrench Organizers made out of an advanced “soft” plastic which, while remaining solvent and chemical resistant, allows for ease of use and convenient storage and transportation of wrenches.

He has also developed many tool organization products for mechanic’s tool boxes. Among the products is a complete Universal Socket Organization System that utilizes patented universal rails and a socket Dura-clip featuring a patented, durable “spring” that securely holds sockets, yet allows for quick and easy retrieval for use. To complement the Universal Socket System, Ernst developed an exclusive Cart Mount Socket System that enables loaded socket rails to be rapidly transferred from tool box to mobile cart, resulting in added convenience and time-savings for the mechanic.

The newest product line developed by Ernst is an innovative, completely customizable (LINK HERE) Tool Box Drawer Divider System. This system has solved the dreaded, age-old “drawer disaster” problem for mechanics and has received rave reviews from leaders in the tool industry.

Greg Ernst holds five United States patents on his designs and his company, Ernst Manufacturing, Inc., supplies products for some of the leading names in the tool industry, including Snap-On, MAC Tools, and S-K Tools. Ernst continues to develop new, exciting products for tool organization and the tool industry. As dynamic, growing, innovative American company, Ernst produces all of its products at a plant in the United States and is committed to remaining an American manufacturer.