Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,386 pages of information and 246,820 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
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Stainless steel was never patented in Britain but Firths and the inventor, Harry Brearley, protected the rights in the USA, Canada, Italy, France, and Japan.
1917 The Firth-Brearley Stainless Steel Syndicate was founded to handle licencing to Sheffield firms of stainless steel in USA, Canada, Italy, France, and Japan.
The Syndicate made good profits for Firths and Brearley in the 1920s.
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