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Adam Savoury, who runs the goods outward department at John Binns has thankfully decided to despatch his moustache, which he grew for this year’s Movember campaign. Movember aims to raise awareness of men’s health issues, particularly testicular and prostate cancers. Adam was part of a local team that raised several hundred pounds for the cancer charities associated with the campaign. Adam is expecting the imminent arrival of his second child and he chose to remove his moustache in case the [...]

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John Binns & Son will always welcome the opportunity to assist with design and prototype work for new products, whether for existing customers or new customers. Recent projects have included developing samples for a spring-loaded piece of equipment for martial arts training, assisting a valve manufacturer in adapting their range for compliance for severely corrosive environments, and a spring to allow a canal boat’s chimney to fold down when its goes through a tunnel. If you have any new projects [...]

After completing a year of work experience at John Binns, Rob Chew has left (temporarily we hope) the real world of work to return to his studies at Leeds University. Rob took a year out from his course to obtain some valuable, commercial work experience, which should stand him in good stead when he re-enters the job market. Whilst at John Binns, Rob took on some specific projects within sales and marketing as well as other areas such as stock [...]

John Binns & Son (Springs) Ltd is very proud of its reputation for excellent quality and service. To augment the very significant investment that has been undertaken on the latest spring making machinery, the company has also invested in technology for use in its inspection department. The latest addition in this area is a digital camera system, which can very accurately measure all dimensions of a spring, including the squareness and parallelism on compression springs. Complicated torsion and tension springs [...]

John Binns Springs has always focused on a policy of continuous improvement and the company’s investment in the latest machinery emphasises this point. Another new machine has been added to the existing range of CNC coilers: the Wafios Ecocoiler F2 increases capacity at the smaller end of wire sizes. It can coil springs in wire sizes down to 0.3mm. John Binns has the very latest CNC technology machines for coiling compression, tension and torsion springs from 0.3mm wire up to [...]

Being established in 1895, John Binns & Son is proud to be one of the oldest spring manufacturers in the world. However, anyone taking a tour round the company’s purpose built factory in Skipton would instantly recognise that the company is also at the forefront of modern spring and wireform production. In recent years John Binns has invested heavily in the very latest manufacturing technologies and can now boast eleven CNC machines. These machines, with laser and camera measurement controls, [...]

A notable example of the experience John Binns’ customers can call upon is Brian Northtrop. Brian recently passed the impressive milestone of 40 years continuous service at the company. Chairman Trevor Driver (himself of over 40 years’ service) presented Brian with a gift at a meeting of all the company’s staff. “Brian’s achievement is a great example to any young person starting their working career,” commented Trevor, “We are very grateful for the exceptional contribution he has made in his [...]