Overture in
Tinghallen
JP Group a/s is a member of the Overture
Virksomhedskultur (Overture Corporate Culture) in Tinghallen in
Viborg. Via this membership we are in a network of companies who
are active in cultural life. Cooperation is important for the offer
of cultural events in the municipality of Viborg. It gives all
employees the opportunity to take advantage of the cultural events
taking place in Tinghallen.
_________________________________________________________________________
24-hour relay race
In Viborg running has become a tradition. Every
year in August a relay race around the Søndersø is organized, and
the goal is to run as many laps as possible of approx. 6 km within
24 hours. In 2006 JP Group attended for the first time with a
16-man team, and 24 runners participated in 2011. It is a really
nice event, and a tent, meals, running wear, etc. are at disposal
for the runners.
www.24timersloeb.dk
_________________________________________________________________________
Lightning around Søndersø
Along one of the most popular running routes in Viborg
city - the path around the Søndersø - there was until the summer of
2006 no lighting. JP Group offered Viborg Kommune (The
Municipality) to produce and deliver a great number of lamps,
provided that the municipality attended to the installation. On the
so called "Big Prayer Day" a larger number of companies organized
that all employees helped digging the long installation furrow
along the path - and this day was quickly re-named "Big Digging
Day". Viborg Kommune then put down the cables and set up the
lamps.
_________________________________________________________________________
The Brems vehicle year
1900
JP Group a/s, Viborg Museum and enthusiasts
have co-operated on recreating a car manufactured in the
first car factory in Denmark and now two copies of the Brems
motor vehicle Model 1 year 1900 have been made.
The story of the Brems vehicle is legendary. On 5 June 1900 in the
morning a small vehicle on four thin wheels chugged out of the
gateway from Julius Brems' hardware factory in St. Sct. Mikkel
Gade. After first driving cautiously on the cobble stones, the
motor vehicle accelerated while the driver and the two passengers
yelled enthusiastically. The driver changed into second gear, the
vehicle reached the notorious speed of 20 km per hour, and in a
cloud of bluish exhaust it disappeared out of the town.
The little car produced in manufacturer Brems'
workshop in Viborg in 1900, was at that time known as the first
automobile of Danish manufacture. Politiken, a Danish daily
newspaper had arranged a competition in which the winner would be
the person first to make a Danish vehicle, and Brems won the prize.
Everyone had forgotten that another manufacturer a few years
earlier had been out in the same errand. However, it is
Indisputable, that Brems in Viborg established the first automobile
factory in Denmark, as he produced a total of eight cars in the
years 1900 to 1908.
Today one of the Brems vehicles is exhibited in
Viborg Museum and the other is in the
JP Group showroom.
www.bremsbilen.dk
www.viborgstiftsmuseum.dk
_________________________________________________________________________