At the March 2019 SilverStackers Meet in Melbourne, there was some uncertainty as to whether Argor Heraeus was Swiss or German, so I did some digging. In a nutshell: Argor-Heraeus is both Swiss and German. Argor SA was established in Chiasso, Switzerland in 1951 Argor SA was by acquired by UBS in 1973 Heraeus was established in Germany in 1851 Argor-Heraeus was created as a joint venture between UBS and the Heraeus group in 1986 Between 1986-2017, ownership of Argor-Heraeus was split between Heraeus, Commerzbank, Austrian Mint and the Management (Argor/UBS) Since 2017, Heraeus became the 100% owner of Argor-Heraeus after the others divested their ownership interests The corporate headquarters and legal domicile of Argor-Heraeus SA is in Mendrisio, Switzerland The largest Argor-Heraeus production refinery remains in Switzerland On the LBMA Goods Delivery list, Argor-Heraeus SA is identified as Swiss Primary Sources: http://www.argor.com/en/about-us/history http://www.argor.com/sites/default/files/news/2489dfe91d7bfa4a0a8b5aea5277b39d.pdf http://www.lbma.org.uk/good-delivery-list
Yeah.... Knew Heraeus was German. But I sit on my electric wire, corrected, with my pants on fire. Laugh... Me... Laugh... Gay my life must be!