Amalgams Company Ltd
Harry Brearley (1871-1948), metallurgist and stainless steel pioneer, recounted in his Autobiographical Notes (1989), how he began the Amalgams venture after an enquiry about a furnace material. He opened a small workshop in the Wicker with a friend, Colin Moorwood. Brearley recalled: ‘Every evening and every weekend I worked for the Amalgams Co, sometimes in the workshop and sometimes at home. One room of our house was littered with experimental bits and pieces and packages of the new material&rsq....
