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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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