About John Burn

Established in 1904 John Burn has grown from a patternmaking supplies company into the largest independent family owned UK supplier to the tooling industry.

Throughout the last 100 years John Burn has continued to develop its reputation as an efficient, reliable and customer friendly company. Many strong customer relationships have been formed over the years and many customers now consider John Burn as a significant Business Partner.

We specialise in materials for the tooling & composite industry as well as the rapid prototyping market and foundry industry.

As suppliers to:-

And many other specialist technology organisations.

Being at the forefront of materials supply we have been able to contribute to the development of new innovative materials for industry.

John Burn is unique in that not only does it have one of the most comprehensive stocks of Epoxies and Polyurethane Resins, tooling and modelling boards but it also stocks a wide range of consumables and ancillaries to complement these products.

In May 2006 John Burn became the sole UK distributor of Sika Tooling & Composites including the SikaBlock® and Biresin brands. In terms of history Sika, like John Burn, have almost 100 years of experience and is a major global player in the specialist chemicals market. With like minded philosophies for customer service and continued product development we are sure that this is just the beginning of what will be another successful chapter in the history of John Burn.