The origins of Caparo Accles and Pollock can traced back to 1896 and the company name “Accles and Pollock” came into existence in 1901.

Since then Accles and Pollock has been at the forefront of development of tubular materials and components for more than 100 years.

• 1896 James George Accles was originally a gunsmith, trading as Accles Ltd at Holford Mills, Perry Bar, Birmingham. He diversified into general engineering, and the cycle and engineering department made 600 bicycles a week along with tubing, weaving machines, boot stitching machines and cartridge cases.
• 1897 Charles McRobie Turrell, General Manager at The Coventry Motor Company Ltd took out a patent for motorcycle starting cranks which allowed the foot pedals to be used for starting and then repositioned to be used as a foot rest.
• 1899 Accles took out patents for a carburettor and for ignition systems for petrol engines. By October, Turrell had joined him and a joint 'autocar' patent was taken out, shortly followed by the forming of 'Accles-Turrell Autocars'.
• 1899 Accles & Turrell took out a joint patent for a hydraulic clutch mechanism and produced a small car with mahogany bodywork by Mulliners of Northampton.
• 1899 Accles Tube syndicate formed.
• 1901 Company renamed Accles & Pollock after financial backing from Thomas Pollock.
• 1907 First tubular sections for aircraft.
• 1910 Accles & Pollock build the world's first all-metal aircraft, the Mayfly.
• 1910 Merger with Merriman and Oldbury Steel Conduit to form Accles & Pollock Limited, making tubing and fasteners.
• 1913 Accles & Pollock secured the first patent of seamless tapered steel golf shafts; later trading as Apollo.
• 1919 Formation of Tube Investments (TI) by Accles & Pollock, Tubes Limited, Simplex and Credenda.
• 1931 Formation of Practical Equipment Limited (PEL) within Accles & Pollock.
• 1932 Acquisition of Metal Sections trading as part of Accles & Pollock
• 1939 Formation of Tubemakers of Australia by TI and Accles & Pollock
• 1939 This filigree work contains 8,050 pieces of Accles & Pollock cold drawn seamless steel tube taken from our stock and exhibited at the New York world fair.