Heraeus

The German organisation was family-owned and still is to this day. It began in 1851 in Hanau, near Frankfurt. The company already smelted gold as part of its apothecary work, but Willhelm Carl Heraeus developed new ways of smelting platinum, which led to rapid expansion in the business.

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Heraeus operates factories or offices in: 

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Czech Republic (Czechia), Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Philippines, Poland, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom and the United States.