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Gabriel & Co Ltd

Other Business Names:

  • Gabriel, Percy
  • Clarus Metal

Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:

  • Birmingham, Birmingham, West Midlands, West Midlands, England

Sectors:

  • Fabricated metal products manufacture Copper & brass products manufacture inc plumbing fittings
  • Fabricated metal products manufacture Metal casting

Notes:

Established 1884 by Percy Gabriel as a brass foundry. 1914 patented new alloy called 'Clarus Metal' which was lighter but stronger than brass. Came to specialise in fittings for buses, trains and trams. Continues in 2016 as specialist stainless steel manufacturers of castings and fabrication

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