HISTORY

Lipmann Walton & Co Ltd was established in 1953 by Eric Lipmann as a firm of metals & minerals merchants. Business in those days consisted mainly in trade with Australia and the Pacific region including the sale & delivery to Europe of Rutile and Zircon sand. Other businesses included the recovery of war scrap and supply of refined Tin to Europe. Companies represented in Europe at that time included Gollin & Co. Eric Lipmann later became a founding partner of Ayrton & Partners Ltd in 1958 and a director of Continental Ore Company Ltd in 1963, bringing that company onto the London Metal Exchange as a ring dealer in 1967.

PRESENT

Lipmann Walton & Co Ltd business from 1993 grew out of the trade & supply of special metals and scrap sourced from Russia, The Baltic Republics, Former Soviet States & Central Asia. Today, links with these regions remain strong but trade has also grown with China. Our main field is minor metals which today encompasses the free trade and movement of metals which were once considered too strategic to have any liquidity. These include Zirconium, Hafnium and Rhenium. Some materials are converted & upgraded in Western Europe. Our main partner for the upgrading of Rhenium is W.C. Hereus GmbH. Typical customers include super alloy and master alloy makers, as well as foundries, target makers and high-end electronic component makers. Often the company`s involvement in a specific elements begins from a customer-led enquiry.With the proliferation of technologies requiring minor metals, Lipmann Walton specialises in the study of the supply/demand balance and economics that lie behind bringing these metals to the market.

PERSONNEL

Anthony Lipmann - Managing Director
Stephen Hawkins - Finance Director

OFFICE AND REGISTERED ADDRESS

Burgundy House,
6 Snellings Road,
Hersham,
Walton on Thames,
Surrey, KT12 5JG

Registered No: 514985
Registration VAT No: 644 1227 61 Registered in England.