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Default Why aren't all screws pozidrive?

On Wed, 28 Dec 2011 09:30:14 +0000, Doctor Drivel wrote:

"The Other Mike" wrote in message
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On Tue, 27 Dec 2011 19:34:45 -0800 (PST), thirty-six
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On Dec 28, 1:51 am, "Rick Hughes"
wrote:

As to why we won;t go all Pozi ... simple, US uses choses not to use
Pozi.

GKN have the rights to it.


...in the UK and possibly in some bits of the old empire.

Have a look who invented Posidriv and in what country, the answer
surprises many. It wasn't GKN, nor in the UK.


Philips in the USA.


Phillips.



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