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See You At SIFER 2023!

From 28th to the 30th March, David Whitfield from JB Springs will be attending the premier rail industry event SIFER in Lille, France, the only international B2B rail event which has been held every two years since 1999. Of the event, David commented, “The rail industry is an important sector for John Binns and CGR. Our broad range of production technologies and our diversified geographic footprint are key assets that provide value to our customers around the world. We [...]

By JB Springs|2023-03-22T10:50:59+00:00March 22nd, 2023|

First part for CGR International and use of the CGR strain laboratory

Since officially becoming part of the CGR International family in January of this year, we have now produced our first ever part for CGR Montrichard – which was more than a bit unusual…! The part is a 16mm wire, variable pitch, conical spring. It was great to be able to support another company within the CGR group and we’re excited for the future opportunities which will become available to us. Another market-leading aspect of the CGR group is their [...]

By JB Springs|2023-03-22T10:44:54+00:00March 8th, 2023|

Another Accomplished JB Springs Apprentice

It is always fantastic to celebrate the achievements of our apprentices. Recently, Scott Tennant – who started with us at JB Springs in December of 2018 – completed his Engineering Technician Level 3 Apprenticeship (Machinist Pathway) and has enrolled to complete the Level 4 Higher National Certificate. Congratulations Scott, your hard work is much appreciated here at JB Springs and we are sure you will do just as well in your next certification!

By JB Springs|2023-03-22T10:41:58+00:00March 2nd, 2023|

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 128 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|2023-01-04T16:47:14+00:00November 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|