TANAKA Precious Metals America serves as a strategic base for the global business expansion of TANAKA PRECIOUS METALS, which is a Japanese leading precious metals trader, refiner, and manufacturer with a 136-year history. Precious metals are largely used in a wide range of fields and cutting-edge applications. Our mission is, through precious metals technologies, to contribute to the development of the world. Along with wider application of precious metals technologies expanded to environmental issues, energy issues and the medical field, our group companies have been working toward meeting the needs of each customer. *About TANAKA PRECIOUS METALS: Established in 1885, TANAKA PRECIOUS METALS has built a diversified range of business activities focused on the use of precious metals. On April 1, 2010, the group was reorganized with TANAKA Holdings Co., Ltd. as the holding company (parent company) of TANAKA PRECIOUS METALS. In addition to strengthening corporate governance, the company aims to improve overall service to customers by ensuring efficient management and dynamic execution of operations. TANAKA PRECIOUS METALS is committed, as a specialist corporate entity, to providing a diverse range of products through cooperation among group companies. TANAKA PRECIOUS METALS is in the top class in Japan in terms of the volume of precious metal handled, and for many years the group has developed and stably supplied industrial precious metals, in addition to providing accessories and savings commodities utilizing precious metals. As precious metal professionals, the Group will continue to contribute to enriching peoples lives in the future. Groups under TANAKA PRECIOUS METALS as follows. - TANAKA Holdings Co., Ltd. (pure holding company) - TANAKA Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. - TANAKA Denshi Kogyo K.K. - Electroplating Engineers of Japan, Limited - TANAKA Kikinzoku Jewelry K.K.- Metalor Technologies International SA.