ABOUT ABI

Welcome to our website!

For the past 16 years, ABI has been conducting precious metal business based in Carson, California in the Los Angeles area. ABI has grown over those years to become a major precious metals supplier to the jewelry industry, domestically and worldwide.

President and owner Gary Ford has a commitment to ABI’s customers and his employees. To invest in the key areas of the business that helps the customer to easily access and use innovative products successfully at competitive prices. Research and development for new and exciting products and the expert technical help that goes along with them is just part of ABI’s total commitment to you and your business.

On this site, you can access all the news about ABI’s new Sterling Silver with Platinum, which has been taking the industry by storm. And you can get all the latest news about our patented Sterilite tarnish resistant sterling silver. There is a new Sterilite out on the market and its outstanding heat-treating capabilities can be viewed here. And you can easily access ABI’s large offering of wire, mill products and alloys for gold and silver.

ABI maintains a manufacturing and distribution facility for its products at its headquarters in Carson, California. This domestic facility also possesses a complete Technical Department and jewelry-manufacturing lab for analysis of any customer’s problems. Steve Mirkin is Operations Manager at the Carson facility with Chuck Bennett, Technical Director.

ABI also maintains a distribution and technical office in Bangkok, Thailand, a sales office in Hawaii and a subsidiary company in Bali, Indonesia that performs manufacturing and technical support for all the Far East. This operation is run by ABI’s Senior Technical Director, Marc “Doc” Robinson.

So take your time on our site and discover why ABI is fast becoming the leader in innovative products, expert service and the highest caliber of technical assistance found in the jewelry industry today.

And don’t forget our Tech Talk section where you can email us any problem you may have in your shop.

Thank you for punching us up and we hope your business and ABI have a long, profitable and lasting relationship together.