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Metal Carboxylates
Metal carboxylates are chemicals based on carboxylic acids and metal, used as catalysts, paint driers... Umicore is your trusted chemical supplier.
California users
1st Umicore Catalysis Symposium
Keynote speakers Prof. Robert H. Grubbs and Nilay Hazari at Umicore's first Catalysis Symposium at the Kimpton Marlowe Hotel in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Young Talent
In our two-year young graduate program at our cathode production plant in Nysa, we prepare starting engineers for a managerial role in a technical field.
France’s mining activities
Here is an overview of the information about 3 sites in france where we had mining activites: La-Croix-de-Pallières, La Grande Vernissière et Viviez.
Regional Engagement
As a donation and sponsorship partner, Umicore supports a wide range of regional initiatives and is active in numerous networks.
Oxidation
Discover Umicore PMC’s oxidation catalyst portfolio and how our cutting-edge solutions inspire your innovation.
The Information Systems team show us how more diversity leads to great results
Our Information Systems colleagues stepped into a partnership with Autimatic, an external partner that offers job opportunities to people with autism.
Umicore to sell Zinc Chemicals activities to OpenGate Capital

Umicore has reached an agreement to sell its Zinc Chemicals business unit to OpenGate Capital, a US-based private equity firm with a focus on developing a broad portfolio of high-quality industrial activities. The transaction places an enterprise value of € 142.4 million on the business and is expected to be closed during the...
Seasons Greetings from Electroplating

The year 2022 flew by and is slowly coming to an end. That is why we would like to look back with you once again and then start a successful new year.
Lead
Applications By far the most important application of lead is in batteries or lead-acid accumulators, in which lead is present in the two electrodes. The anode, or negative electrode, is made of a lead grid, whereas the cathode, or positive electrode, is made of the oxide PbO2; the electrolyte is sulphuric acid. Lead shot is made from lead...
Maja Lisiak
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