The J&B story actually began in 1960 with the opening of an aluminum foundry manufacturing machined components for racing motorcycles. This introduction into the world of metal casting soon outran motorcycles, and over the next 25 years, it spawned a full-service foundry organization producing foundry patterns, tooling, and a wide range of aluminum, bronze, and iron castings. In 1985, Jerry Hall and Bob Helmuth changed direction, formed J&B Industrial Services and ventured from the casting manufacturing industry into a service organization offering assistance to customers in the procurement of tooling and all manner of cast products. With our foundry background, we were able to assist and become the “one-stop” shop for tooling, castings, machining and managing customers’ inventory. In 2000, to assure quality products and positive deliveries, we initiated another change in our organization. We built our first building, bought our first CNC lathe along with some manual machinery and started producing full, finished and inventoried products for our customers. Now, with the best staff available, we have grown to over 66,000 square feet, 29 CNC machines, full CAD/CAM engineering facilities, automated precision laser cutting, ISO 9001:2015 certified and a JIT stocking program to service a wide range of products and a wide variety of customers.

In 1985, Jerry Hall and Bob Helmuth changed course and founded J&B Industrial Services, moving from casting manufacturing into a service organization that helped customers procure tooling and cast products of every kind. Their foundry background made J&B a natural fit as a one-stop shop for tooling, castings, machining, and managing customer inventory. Customers no longer had to chase down separate suppliers for each step.

To take firmer control of quality and delivery, J&B built its first building, purchased its first CNC lathe along with supporting machinery, and began producing finished, inventoried parts directly for customers. This was the turning point that moved J&B from a coordinator of work to a manufacturer in its own right, accountable for the parts that left the building.

J&B now runs more than 66,000 square feet of manufacturing and warehouse space, 29 CNC machines, full CAD and CAM engineering, automated precision laser cutting, an ISO 9001:2015 certified quality system, and a just-in-time stocking program. That capacity is backed by owned operations across the United States, China, India, and the Middle East. The foundry roots are still visible in how the company works: close to the metal, close to the customer, and unwilling to ship a part it would not stand behind.