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CGR establishes a base in the UK with acquisition of John Binns & Son (Springs) Limited

CGR establishes a base in the UK thanks to the acquisition of John Binns & Son (Springs) Limited CGR, co-designer and manufacturer of mechanic and mechatronic components in Europe, America and Asia is pleased to announce the acquisition of John Binns Springs, a British specialist manufacturer of wire springs. With over 130 years’ experience and market-leading expertise using the most advanced technologies, John Binns Springs supports its customers in the design and manufacture of springs and wire-formed parts. John [...]

By JB Springs|2023-01-18T13:43:38+00:00January 18th, 2023|

A Fond Farewell

In December last year, Nicola Card – daughter of the late Trevor Driver, original director at John Binns – retired from the business to run her new venture of Cracoe Café. Nicola has played a pivotal part in the company for the last 25 years, and will be incredibly missed here by all. She had a close relationship with customers – handling any and all queries and enquiries they may have – and turned her hand to any area [...]

By JB Springs|2023-01-05T15:57:03+00:00January 5th, 2023|

Ian Smith Award Winner

Each year, we choose a John Binns employee as the winner of the Ian Smith Award. The award’s recipient is the colleague considered to have most positively contributed to the company, and it is so-named in honour of Ian Smith who passed away in August 2019 – his 40th year with JB Springs. It was a unanimous decision as a company that our Production Supervisor Mark Houldsworth would receive the Ian Smith Award. Mark joined JB Springs back in [...]

By JB Springs|2023-01-04T16:34:36+00:00December 4th, 2022|

JB Springs Visit The Boyle and Petyt Primary School

Back in September, we volunteered through our position as STEM Ambassadors to take part in the STEM Pen Friends Project. The project’s creation aimed to give children the opportunity to develop their literacy skills as well as gain more of an understanding as to what working in STEM may entail. We were partnered with The Boyle & Petyt school – just down the road in Beamsley – and sent them a PowerPoint presentation all about JB Springs and the [...]

By JB Springs|2024-04-24T13:35:46+01:00November 4th, 2022|

STEM Pen Friends

Earlier this year, we registered our interest in being involved in a local STEM project called My STEM Pen Friends. It is run by Transpennine STEM Ambassador Hub, of which David and Alex – our Sales Director and Managing Director – are STEM ambassadors. Being a STEM ambassador means hosting, visiting and working with school pupils to inform and inspire them to consider studying STEM subjects. As part of the project, we have since been partnered with Boyle & [...]

By JB Springs|2022-11-01T10:23:06+00:00October 21st, 2022|

South Craven Visits JB Springs

On Tuesday 11th October, as part of Bradford Manufacturing Week, South Craven school visited our site at JB Springs in Skipton for a tour and a talk. It was a pleasure to welcome them here and show them ‘behind the scenes’ of spring manufacturing! We first gave a presentation about who we are and what we do here at JB Springs, before a guided tour around the myriad of machines down on the shopfloor – which were busy creating [...]

By JB Springs|2022-11-01T11:25:15+00:00October 12th, 2022|

Work experience manufacturing at JB Springs

Last month, we had the pleasure of hosting Joey Driscoll and Finlay Petrucci, who completed a week of work experience with us at JB Springs (pictured above respectively with long-standing employee Tom Cox who runs our WAFIOS Aktiengesellschaft FUL86 and other coilers). They experienced a range of areas around the factory and enjoyed their experience learning about the Springtelligence behind our spring manufacturing. Finlay sent us a very kind card thanking us for offering him the opportunity. He wrote, [...]

By JB Springs|2022-11-01T09:46:33+00:00August 11th, 2022|

New Springtelligence video

We are constantly updating our bank of educational Springtelligence resources to keep you informed on all things springs. Our latest addition is a video demonstating the common end types of tension springs. Tension springs usually end as hooks or loops, which are subsequently attached to external components. When these components are pulled apart, the spring exerts a force to oppose the extension and return the objects to their original position. The appropriate spring end type is dependent on the [...]

By JB Springs|2022-08-11T15:22:37+01:00August 1st, 2022|

Our Apprentice’s Graduation Celebration

Last month, our apprentice Sam Walton received his certificate confirming the successful completion of his Level 3 Advanced Manufacturing Engineering apprenticeship qualification. We’re thrilled to have played our part in this and are proud of his accomplishment. Congratulations Sam! We’ve seen several great success stories in our apprentices over the years at JB Springs, some of which you can read about here.

By JB Springs|2022-06-22T14:12:36+01:00June 12th, 2022|

Observing Volunteers’ Week

Each year, the first week of June marks Volunteers’ Week – a celebration and acknowledgement of the work carried out by volunteers. It also aims to raise awareness of the advantages of getting involved with volunteering; while also encouraging those not yet involved to look into the opportunities available in their area. Established in 1984 by Volunteering England, events and celebrations occur across the country, with each year having a different theme. This year’s theme is ‘A time to [...]

By JB Springs|2022-07-11T15:12:15+01:00June 3rd, 2022|

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