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Other Germanium products
Umicore produces Germanium metal that is available in several forms: ingots and granules.
Recycling services
Umicore EOM is the one-stop solution for all your germanium recycling needs. We recycle germanium from a wide variety of sources, including fibre optics, solar cells, LEDs and infrared optics. Advanced processes have been developed to recover germanium from a broad range of production scraps and end-of-life products. We can either purchase your germanium-containing materials or toll them into germanium end-products.
What we do
Our businesses Reducing harmful vehicle emissions. Giving new life to used metals. Powering the cars of the future. As a global materials and technology group, we apply our specialist knowledge to offer materials and solutions that are essential to everyday life. We want Umicore to be a leader in providing and creating material based solutions...
What you could do
It’s limitless. Our teams are at the cutting edge of materials science, chemistry and metallurgy. We have room for operators to work in our state-of-the-art production processes. Our support teams play a critical role in supporting the business growth. Managers at Umicore work on projects that are as exciting as they are challenging. R&D experts...
Policies
Environmental Policy At EOM we commit ourselves to embrace sustainability as an integral part of our business strategy.We therefore aim to maximize our supply from sustainable sources. We put significant effort into developing recycling opportunities, often in close co-operation with our customers. We also seek feedback from our customers on our...
What we value
Energised by our collective determination and individual ambitions, Umicore is creating a more sustainable world for future generations. This is challenging and important work. And it is something we are achieving together. As a global business, we believe it is essential our people understand the important role they have in shaping our...
Certificates
Germanium tetrachloride (GeCl4)
Umicore is the world’s leading supplier and recycler of Germanium Tetrachloride (GeCl4) for the telecom optical fiber market. It produces the highest quality of GeCl4 in the industry.
High Purity Germanium Crystals
Umicore created the world’s purest germanium crystal. With a purity of 99.99999999999% (13N) it is used to detect and analyse gamma rays in particle accelerators, nuclear power plants and space applications.
VCSELs
Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers (VCSELs) are a key component in telecom and 3D sensor systems. Applications range from datacenters to Face Recognition systems and LiDAR Time of flight sensors on mobile handsets and in cabin sensing of autonomous vehicles. Most VCSELs are grown on GaAs substrates, but when dealing with the future...
Ge for VCSELS: No epi-wafer bow
No bow in epi-wafer A comparison test * showed that the bow on a GaAs wafer is 10 times as high than on the Germanium wafer, 230 µm on the GaAs and 25 µm on Ge. This results in a better yield of subsequent production processes, which has a positive cost effect.
Ge for VCSELs: Charateristics
Main characteristics of Germanium for VCSELs