Buy Valcambi Silver Bars – Swiss Precision from One of the World's Largest Refineries
Valcambi silver bars come from one of the world's largest and most technically advanced precious metals refineries – Valcambi SA, located in Balerna, Canton Ticino, Switzerland, processing over 2,000 tonnes of precious metals annually. With 1 product in this dedicated category at CelticGold (the innovative CombiBar format), Valcambi represents Swiss precision applied to silver investment at its most sophisticated.
History – From Balerna to the World's Largest Precious Metals Refinery
Valcambi SA was founded in 1961 in Balerna, at the southern tip of Switzerland near the Italian border – a strategic location in the heart of European precious metals trading flows. The company grew through strategic partnerships with major banking institutions and eventually became part of the PAMP group (Produits Artistiques Métaux Précieux), itself later acquired by MKS Group – one of the world's largest independent precious metals trading houses.
Today, Valcambi's Balerna facility covers over 32,000 square metres and is capable of processing over 2,000 tonnes of gold, silver, platinum and palladium annually. It holds LBMA Good Delivery accreditation for both gold and silver and is one of the few refineries in the world capable of producing bars from the smallest (1 gram) to the largest (400 oz / Good Delivery) formats in a single integrated facility.
Valcambi's most celebrated innovation is the CombiBar concept – a patented perforated bar format available in both gold and silver that allows investors to hold a single piece with the bulk-bar efficiency while retaining individual-segment divisibility. The silver CombiBar also appears in the Combi Bars category.
Key Facts
Feature
Detail
Location
Balerna, Canton Ticino, Switzerland
Founded
1961
LBMA Good Delivery
Yes (gold and silver)
Annual production
Over 2,000 tonnes precious metals
Fineness
999/1,000
Products at CelticGold
1 (CombiBar format)
VAT
19% included in displayed price
Valcambi's Innovation – The CombiBar
The Valcambi silver CombiBar is the flagship product in this category – available as either a 10×10g perforated bar (100g total, breakable into 10 individual 10g pieces) or a 100×1g perforated bar (100g total, breakable into 100 individual 1g pieces). See the Combi Bars category for full details.
How does Valcambi compare to Heraeus as a silver bar manufacturer?
Both are LBMA Good Delivery listed and of equivalent international standing. Heraeus has stronger name recognition in German retail markets; Valcambi has a larger global institutional footprint and is the inventor of the CombiBar format. Both are excellent choices for investment-grade silver.
Does Valcambi also produce gold CombiBars?
Yes – the CombiBar concept applies equally to gold. See Gold CombiBar for gold-specific divisible bar formats from Valcambi and others.