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Visit from great-grandson of company founder

27/2/2018

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PictureJorge Westin-Pearson, right, with Fraser Lynch of Westin Drives
The great-grandson of the founder of Westin Drives visited us last week to see what his family had started nearly 100 years ago as an electric motor repair business.

Jorge Westin-Pearson, of Pearson Brothers, a high-quality engravers based in Halifax, was doing some marketing work when he came across our company and decided to get in touch.

He is the great grandson of Walter Stanley Westin, and the grandson of Walter's late son, Cyril, also a past employee at our firm, then named W S Westin.

We were delighted to welcome back this young member of the Westin family, and Jorge was impressed by his great grandfather's legacy.

"It was amazing," he said. "I had never visited the business before and I was really impressed at how they took the time to show me round."

Jorge was able to have a chat with Tony, our resident veteran, who has been with us for 45 years and who remembers Walter struggling to get in and out of his bright orange Rover. Tony was also able to tell Jorge other things he had not heard about Walter and Cyril.

We're sure Walter and Cyril would be proud to know of this connection to Westin nearly 100 years on – and we plan to keep the name of Westin alive for many more years in their memory.


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Helping to build the engineers of tomorrow

14/2/2018

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Westin Drives' new apprentices Nathan King, Adam Daffern, Liam Medley and Jason Kilner with our repair engineer Wayne SmithRepair engineer, Wayne Smith, right, with from left, Nathan King, Adam Daffern, Liam Medley and Jason Kilner.



​Westin Drives is helping to build the engineers of tomorrow with a record intake of new apprentices.
 
We're pleased that Adam Daffern, Jason Kilner, Nathan King and Liam Medley have joined our team. They now make up 25 per cent of our workforce. The story was carried in our local newspaper, the Huddersfield Examiner.
 
Adam works in the technical department while Liam works in the machining department. Both are former Greenhead College students. Jason, a repair engineer, was a sixth former at Shelley College and Nathan, a mechanical engineer, studied at Kirklees College.
 
All four continue to expand their knowledge and skills with part-time courses at the engineering department of Kirklees College. Nathan said: "I've always liked making things. I enjoyed art and graphics at school and I thought engineering would be an interesting job with good opportunities."
 
Michael Limb, service manager at Westin Drives, said: "Westin Drives has a keen interest in investing in the future of our business and want to ensure our staff develop the skills required to grow and succeed.

"We have identified a skills gap in our sector of the industry and are actively planning to future-proof our operation. To this end, we have taken on four apprentices across our departments and aim to equip them with the skills and experience they will need to help our business to thrive and prosper.

"We are proud to be deepening our relationship with Kirklees College, who are providing a wealth of expertise and support and from whom we regularly take students on work experience. We are also working closely with other providers as we look to progress the project."


A local newspaper, the Huddersfield Examiner, features our story about recruiting four new apprentices.
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Grove Works, St Andrew's Road
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD1 6NA. 
​Phone: 01484 453399
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​Westin Drives Ltd is a company registered in England and Wales, number 03933060 | VAT number: 746 540 817 | 
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Registered address: The Courtyard, Phoenix Mills, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD1 6NG
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        • 3200C controller
        • C500 controller
        • C750 controller
      • Gearbox >
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        • G700 planetary gearboxes
        • MPR / MPG
      • X500 IoT gateway
      • Software >
        • Easy Essentials
        • Easy Advanced
        • Easy Professional
      • HMI >
        • p300
        • p500
        • v200
        • v800c
        • v800p
      • Previous products >
        • 9300 servo inverter
        • 9300 PLC servo inverter
        • 9300 vector frequency inverters
        • 8200 vector frequency inverter
        • 8200 motec frequency inverter
        • SMD frequency inverters
    • Sprint Electric >
      • Sprint JLX
      • Sprint PLX
      • Sprint SL series
      • Sprint XLV series
      • Sprint 340/680/1220
      • Sprint enclosed DC drives
      • Sprint open chassis-mount DC drives
    • WEG >
      • Electric motors >
        • W22 induction motor
        • W21 three-phase motor
        • W21 modular motor
        • W22 WIMES
        • W22Xd flameproof motor
      • Inverters >
        • CFW10
        • CFW11
        • CFW100
        • CFW300
        • CFW500
        • CFW700
        • MW500
      • Geared motors >
        • WG20
        • WATT MAS
      • Soft-starters >
        • SSW05
        • SSW06
        • SSW07
        • SSW08
        • SSW900
      • Variable Speed Drive CFW900
    • Radicon >
      • Industrial Gearboxes >
        • Series C – Helical Worm Industrial Gearbox
        • Series K - Helical Bevel Industrial Gearbox
        • Series M – Helical In Line Industrial Gearbox
        • Series F – Shaft-mounted Helical Industrial Gearbox
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        • Series G – Helical Heavy Industry Gearbox
        • Series H – Inline Heavy Industry Gearbox
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        • Series AM – Mid Worm Gear
        • Series BS – Compact Worm Gear
        • Series ER – Heavy Duty Worm Gear
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