copper fate acquired predecessor copper activity division of umicore successor aurubis after merge of cumerio with norddeutsche affinerie ag na founded 2005 april 29 defunct 2008 december 17 headquarters olen belgium number of locations germany belgium bulgaria great britain italy slovakia and switzerland area served europe key people luc delagaye ceo karel vinck chairman of the board of directors products copper services copper refining revenue 3.329 million 2007 net income 46.3 million 2007 owner merged with norddeutsche affinerie ag na now named aurubis number of employees 4 700 website www.cumerio.com on 17 december 2008 cumerio and norddeutsche affinerie ag na became aurubis europe s biggest copper producer . 1 cumerio is was a copper refining company formed in 2005 by the division of the copper activity of umicore . the cumerio shares were first listed on euronext brussels on april 29 2005 and delisted from euronext brussels on december 17 2008 as a result of the squeeze out after merging with norddeutsche affinerie ag . cumerio was active in smelting refining and recycling of copper . the headquarters was located in brussels . the production plants were located at pirdop bulgaria refinery smelter for the production of copper anodes ; olen belgium refinery electrolysis of high purity copper anodes cathodes and production of rolling thread ; avellino italy production of wires and wire rods ; yverdon les bains switzerland swiss advanced materials sa sam production of complex profiles . contents 1 acquisition by norddeutsche affinerie ag 2 see also 3 external links 4 references acquisition by norddeutsche affinerie ag edit in june 2007 the german copper processor norddeutsche affinerie ag na expressed its interest to take over cumerio . on january 23 2008 the european commission accepted the transaction . 2 on april 14 2008 cumerio became part of the na group . this made it the largest copper producer in europe . see also edit umicore union mini re du haut katanga nyrstar external links edit website of aurubis website of cumerio website of norddeutsche affinerie ag cumerio glossary references edit aurubis the largest copper producer in europe . international mining . 2009 12 17 . retrieved 2009 03 04 . en pdf summary of the order of the commission . oj c161 of 25 june 2008 . this belgium related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this european corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article about a copper related corporation or company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cumerio & oldid 675763439 categories defunct companies of belgiumcopper mining companiesbelgium stubseuropean company stubsmining company stubshidden categories all stub articles 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 deutschnederlands edit links this page was last modified on 12 august 2015 at 14 54 . 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