L Robinson & Co and the finest worm drive hose clip in the world.
The Jubilee® worm drive hose clip was conceived by Commander Lumley Robinson, the founder of L Robinson and Company, in 1921. Commander Robinson undertook the marketing of his revolutionary product and by 1923 had not only established Jubilee® in the UK, but also started exporting to Holland.
Having created a name for quality in both product reliability and service, the commander sadly never witnessed the full potential of his idea as in 1939 he suffered a fatal heart attack.
1948 saw the creation of L Robinson and Company (Gillingham) Limited - one of the companies within the Lumley-Robinson Group. At this time the Commander's youngest son John, who joined the family business in 1941, was appointed Managing Director, later he was to become Chairman - a position he held until his death on 5 May 1999.
The continued dedication of the company to quality was further exhibited when during the 1960's it assisted with the formulation of the first British Standard for worm drive hose clips BS 3628 and subsequently the move to the metric Standard BS 5315.
In 1970 Jubilee's reputation was further enhanced when the company penetrated the highly quality conscious Japanese market. This has proved to be a very successful area and one in which Jubilee® is proud to be regarded as the benchmark for quality.
In 1980 the Board of Directors was strengthened when John C B Jennings joined the company, following a successful career as a foreign exchange dealer with a prestigious bank in the City of London. His first responsibilities were to oversee the many changes to the manufacturing processes that took place during the 1980's. In 1982 John was instrumental in establishing Jubilee Clips Deutschland GmbH, the first overseas company of the Group. In 1988 John Jennings was appointed Managing Director on John Lumley-Robinson's retirement from this role.
The high quality of Jubilee® was again recognised in 1987 when it was one of the first companies to be awarded BS 5750 for its production system. This has since been further up rated to BS EN ISO 9001:2000 and covers products produced to national, international and customer requirements. This, together with approval by MOD, Lloyd's Register and many others, is testimony to the continued commitment of ® to quality of product and service.
In 1999 Mrs G Lumley-Robinson was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors following the death of her husband. Mrs Lumley-Robinson had held a seat on the Board for many years and had originally been employed by Cmdr. Lumley Robinson.
