Knut Andersen, the General Manager of Swissmetal Inc. (SMI) in Panama City, Panama, directs anexperienced team of rare and strategic metal account managers providing personalized access to scarce,high demand, rare and strategic industrial as well as precious metals for individuals and institutionsworldwide. As a trained engineer from Norway, he directed a variety of sales programs throughout the FarEast, Australia and southern Europe and Latin America. Knut attributes SMI´s success to its program to combat inflation by offering physical ownership of a unique,new asset class of metals combined with private, overseas, duty free, insured, secure storage.  And VIPtreatment for all clients.