ABU Garcia

ABU Garcia
PredecessorsAB Urfabriken (1920s-1980), Charles Garcia & Company of New York / Garcia Corporation (1947 to 1978)
FoundersCarl August Borgström (ABU)

ABU Garcia, originally AB Urfabriken (Swedish: "Watch Factory Ltd."),[1] then ABU Svängsta, is a fishing reel and equipment manufacturing company founded in Svängsta, Sweden, and is now owned by Pure Fishing conglomerate of the United States.

  1. ^ "Vintage Fishing Reels of Sweden by Daniel Skupien". Reel's Reels. Archived from the original on 1 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-29. ...of A.B.Urfabriken products since its beginnings as a watch making company in the 1920s.