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Stronger together: celebrating LGBTQIA+ identities at Umicore
Love takes a different shape for each of us. At Umicore, we recognise that everyone should be able to love who they choose, and to fully express who they are.
What is Perfect Optical Performance?

They say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, however, perfection is often more difficult to define. In lens systems the diffraction limit is often used to describe the limits of optical resolution. In visible optics this is rarely relevant but in the 8-14 micron waveband, this is a very real limitation on what can be done in any optical...
Umicore appoints Frank Daufenbach as Chief Strategy Officer

Frank Daufenbach will join Umicore’s Management Board as Chief Strategy Officer effective December 6th. In this newly created role, Frank will support the Management Board in their strategic choices, both within and across Business Groups, as they are preparing Umicore’s next growth phase as a leader in clean mobility materials and...
How We Work
Umicore Precious Metals Refining is a highly sophisticated precious metals refining facility, able to recover up to 17 precious and other metals from over 500 000 tons of up to 200 different types of raw materials. Our unique metallurgical flowsheet is a combination of pyrometallurgical and hydrometallurgical processing steps. PMR works...
Events
Half year results 2020
Strong performance in Recycling offset COVID-19 impact in Catalysis and Energy & Surface Technologies 

Against the backdrop of severe disruptions to society and business caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Umicore demonstrated its resilience to extreme shocks and the complementarities of its business activities. In the first half of 2020...
Umicore intends to launch squeeze-out for remainder of Agosi shares

Umicore has informed its listed subsidiary Allgemeine Gold- und Silberscheideanstalt AG (“Agosi”) that it intends to purchase the 8.8 % shares it does not yet own from Agosi’s minority shareholders through a merger squeeze-out in accordance with German law. To determine the cash compensation for Agosi’s minority...
Umicore obtains third party validation for its sustainable procurement framework for cobalt

Umicore, the global materials technology and recycling group, today unveiled annual third-party verification for its Sustainable Procurement Framework for cobalt. Umicore was the first company in the world to have introduced such a framework for cobalt supply and the first to obtain external validation for its ethical procurement approach in...
Umicore partners with ABB FIA Formula E Championship to implement battery recycling program
Formula E to work with Umicore to recycle the battery cells used to power the fully-electric racing cars

The ABB FIA Formula E Championship has today announced a new partnership with Umicore - the Belgian materials technology and recycling group - as official battery recycling partner, to recycle the lithium-ion battery units and cells used...
Active pharmaceutical ingredients
Umicore produces high-potency APIs (hAPIs) with expertise in precious metal-based chemistry, complex molecules, and cGMP-compliant processes for global markets.
VCSELs
Germanium wafers for VCSELs offer superior yield, reliability, and design flexibility, reducing costs and enhancing thermal efficiency.