industry financial services founded 1979 headquarters geneva switzerland key people m shakarchi ceo products refined precious metals revenue c. 70m subsidiaries pamp sa website www.mks.ch mks switzerland sa is a trader of precious metals . based in geneva the group employs approximately 600 workers and turns over an estimated us 70 million . mks is a member of the london bullion market association lbma and its subsidiary pamp has been on the lbma s gold list 1 widely recognised in the financial services industry as the indicator of quality 2 since 1987 . contents 1 areas of activity 2 history 3 pamp 4 mks in the media 5 references 6 external links areas of activity edit as a trading house the company s clients include organisations in the financial services industry such as banks and fund managers commodities processors such as gold miners and jewellery manufacturers . mks subsidiary pamp sa produits artistiques metaux precieux based in castel san pietro in the swiss canton of ticino is a refinery processing gold silver platinum and palladium . the refinery produces bars coins and medallions from the precious metals it refines as well as providing semi finished products to jewellers and watch manufacturers . it counts harrods among its retail partners which offers pamp s minted products to its customers at its bank in its london flagship store . 3 history edit the company was founded in switzerland in 1979 by mahmoud shakarchi . his son took over the running of the company in 1983 since when the company has expanded to have staff located in 15 offices in 12 countries around the world . mks bought pamp sa in 1981 and began to supply gold bars to jewellers high street banks investments banks and central banks . pamp edit main article pamp company pamp sa produits artistiques m taux pr cieux is a world leading independently operated precious metals refining and fabricating company member of the mks group . it was established in 1977 in ticino switzerland . it provides vertically integrated services in precious metals from collection of dor from the mine through to assaying hedging and delivery of its bars and other products throughout the world . the company produces a complete selection of bullion bars from 12.5 kilograms to 1 gram and leads the world market for gold bars of 50 grams or less . pamp also operates in india through mmtc pamp a joint venture between the company and mmtc ltd. mks in the media edit mks is often quoted as a gold trading expert in the media . financial media such as bloomberg 4 businessweek 5 financial times 6 reuters 7 and the san francisco chronicle 8 have quoted them . references edit gold list london bullion market association full members list london bullion market association harrods to sell gold bullion for first time the telegraph 15 october 2009 gold may advance on inflation concern sovereign debt crisis in europe bloomberg 14 june 2011 gold may gain in new york on inflation concern debt woes businessweek 14 june 2011 rally pushes gold past 1 40 financial times 21 february 2011 commodities oil up after rollercoaster ride ; crb rebounds reuters 12 may 2011 gold may decline in new york as stronger dollar cuts demand san francisco chronicle 20 june 2011 external links edit bullion market association full members list harrods to sell gold bullion for first time the telegraph 15 october 2009 . partnership with pamp pamp shop goldavenue retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mks switzerland & oldid 736766662 categories financial services companies of switzerlandhidden categories use dmy dates from august 2016 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschfran ais edit links this page was last modified on 29 august 2016 at 18 19 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view