Cosa Liebermann was a Swiss trading company specializing in commerce between the Far East and Europe. The company was founded in 1912 in Japan as Liebermann-Wälchli & Co. AG and existed until its acquisition by the Dutch trading company Hagemeyer in 1999.
History
Johann Wälchli and Ernst Liebermann founded Liebermann-Wälchli & Co. AG in Japan in 1912. The firm specialized in trade with the Far East.[1]
In 1988, the company merged with Übersee-Handel AG (UHAG), which had been founded in 1927 by Julius Müller, to form Cosa Liebermann (Cosa standing for Commerce d'outre-mer SA, meaning Overseas Trading Corporation). The same year, the newly formed company acquired the German sporting goods manufacturer Puma.[1]
In 1990, Claude Barbey and his family sold Cosa Liebermann to Anova, owned by Stephan Schmidheiny. From 1994, the company was jointly owned by the Dutch trading company Hagemeyer