In August 2024, Global Coin Solutions incorporated its first overseas subsidiary office in Tokyo. Nearly 18 months after the company’s expansion into the heart of Asia’s coin market, Coin & Mint News™ caught up with founder and President, Scott Hutchings, about its development, the complexities of global coin repatriation, and the growing social impact of its charitable initiatives.

The Royal Mint has made an equity investment in Canadian cleantech company Excir, its partner for precious metals recovery.

As part Sunshine Minting Inc’s ongoing strategic growth plan, the company has announced a series of leadership changes.

The MKS PAMP Group has announced two key leadership appointments for both the Group and subsidiary Manfra Tordella & Brookes (MTB).

HM Precious Metals opened this year by announcing the addition of powder blanks producer Reischauer to its portfolio, followed shortly by the acquisition of Royal United Mint. Coin & Mint News™ spoke to Thomas Frey, CEO of HM Precious Metals, about its aim to provide a complete portfolio, recent rebrand from Heimerle + Meule, and future plans for the Group.

A few recent personnel updates from The Royal Mint, Royal Dutch Mint, MKS PAMP, and Schuler.

Precious metal producer and supplier Heimerle + Meule Group has announced its rebranding to HM Precious Metals, with immediate effect. The rebranding has occurred in the course of the Group’s ongoing internationalisation and, it says, is an adaptation of the company’s name to optimise it for worldwide use.

Following its acquisition of Reischauer, the Heimerle + Meule Group has announced its purchase of the Royal United Mint from the Belgian Heylen Group, which is the world’s second largest private industrial holding company in the production of coins.

A few recent personnel updates from The Royal Mint, Monnaie de Paris, Mint Directors Association, and Bavarian State Mint.

Coiniverse, the coin collecting app set up by the Mint of Finland, has been spun off from the Mint into an independent startup. As an independent startup, the company aims to increase its user base across the globe and create a trusted collector community where mints are readily accessible.