Building Products -> Hardware
 
Copper and its alloys have a long history in hardware products for residential and commercial buildings.

In addition to electrical wire, communications wire, and plumbing tube, copper and its alloys are often used for residential locks, doorknobs, switchplates, screws, window louvers, interior building finishes, and elaborate bathroom and kitchen fixtures.

Advanced processing technologies are producing brilliant new finishes for brass building hardware products. These products are long lasting, too, which has positioned brass as a "prestige factor" in the premium line of building hardware products.

And brass hardware can be polished and lacquered to preserve its natural color, or toned from bronze to brown to blue-black and black for decorative effects.
 
 
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