Franke Edelmetaal bv was founded in 1987 from Nimet, traditionally a household name in the recycling of precious metals and waste containing precious metals.

In 2005, Franke Edelmetaal was purchased from the Franke family by Gabriël van Seumeren, owner of the Prometaal metal trade .
Franke was then reorganized and redesigned together with Prometaal on the existing site at 20 Westkanaaldijk in Maarssen.

The modernized company purchases precious metals and waste materials containing precious metals from industry, fellow traders and private individuals.
The materials are then sorted and processed for further recycling or supplied to industry as raw materials.

Franke Edelmetaal is a member of the Metal Recycling Federation (MRF) and certified according to the NEN-EN-ISO 9001: 2008 standard.