“My great-grandfather, Elias Moos, started the family business in 1837,” explains Ernesto Moos. “Now, after 173 years, I think it’s time to take the name-plate down, and the office will officially close at the end of December.” While the company will cease to trade, it is expected that it will take some months, into early 2010, to complete all the necessary arrangements to close Ernesto Moos SA, says Mr Moos, the doyen of the international hide and skin trade.

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