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As a global leader in clean mobility and recycling, Umicore contributes to sustainability with a full disclosure on impact.
Umicore publishes Integrated Annual Report 2021

“Umicore posted all-time record results and cash flows in 2021, despite severe disruptions in global car production in the second half of the year. This impressive achievement was driven by strong underlying operational performance in all business groups and was further supported by an exceptional precious metal price environment. 
Maximizing positive impact on society
We support the UN Sustainable Development Goals through products and practices that minimize negative impacts, protect the environment & support economic growth
History
Before evolving into the materials technology and recycling company it is today, Umicore had a history stretching back over more than 200 years.
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Recycling
An established name in recycling Schöne Edelmetaal B.V. is one of the oldest established companies active in recycling and refining precious metals. We are a traditional company with an innovative spirit, working every day to develop new recycling techniques and improve our existing methods. This enables us to recover even the tiniest fragments...
A new generation of gauzes takes over catalytic ammonia oxidation: MPAC
Multi-Combination Gauze Pack is Umicore‘s long expected latest innovation for any kind of ammonia oxidation catalysis. Based on the success story of the already unique multi-layer gauze systems that had been inroduced more than a decade ago, MPAC now takes the next step. A much broader toolbox of new and improved features supported by a much...
Umicore outlines its European production roadmap for cathode materials

Further to its announcement earlier this year of a first production plant to manufacture cathode materials for the European automotive market, Umicore has now selected a site in Nysa, Poland, for this investment.

The plant will build upon the state-of-the-art and proprietary production technologies developed to meet the highest...
Battery Industry Day Awards 2025

Regional sales director, Kim Tae Kyun, of Umicore’s Battery Materials in Korea was awarded the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) Commendation during the ‘2025 Battery Industry Day’, organized by the Korean Battery Industry Association (KBIA) on October 30. 

The award recognizes individuals who have made outstanding...
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Equity investment in Solid Power, leading developer of next-generation solid state batteries
Umicore supports the development of promising technologies. We invested in Solid Power, leading developer of next-generation solid state batteries.