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SolviCore to Japanese chemical company Toray. Since its inception in 2006, SolviCore has built up a strong portfolio of clients for its membrane electrode assemblies used in fuel cells and proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolysis. SolviCore will…

Revenues were well up (+11%) compared to the same period last year with positive demand developments across segments and recent investments starting to make a more significant contribution.

Revenues were 1% higher compared to 2013. Growth in Catalysis and Energy Materials offset lower revenues in Performance Materials and Recycling. Recurring EBIT was down 10% due mainly to the impact of lower metal prices and currency headwinds.

Umicore announced today the construction of a new facility in Hemaraj, Thailand, for the production of emission control catalysts for light duty vehicles. The investment will allow Umicore to meet the increasing demand for automotive catalysts in…

Revenues were up slightly (+1%) compared to the same period in 2013. Revenue growth in Catalysis was driven by the sales of catalysts for heavy duty diesel applications. Energy Materials’ growth was primarily due to higher revenues in the Cobalt &…

Umicore’s revenues were slightly down compared to the first half of 2013 as a result of volume growth being offset by strong metal price and currency headwinds. Recurring EBIT was down 15% due to lower metal prices, currency headwinds and higher…

Revenues increased by 1% in the first quarter of 2014. Positive developments in most of the product related businesses were offset by the effects of lower metal prices in Recycling and, to a lesser extent, currency headwinds.

Umicore today opened its new production facility for catalysts used in heavy duty diesel (HDD) vehicles such as trucks and buses. The catalysts made at this facility will enable truck producers and engine manufacturers in China to meet the new…

Brussels, 12 March 2014.  Mehtap Özaslan, a scientist at TU Berlin has received the € 10,000 Umicore Scientific Award for her PhD work in the field of catalytic properties of cathode fuel cell electrocatalysts. Mehtap’s entry was one of 25…

Umicore’s revenues were down 2% year on year with an increase in Catalysis and Energy Materials offset by a decrease in Recycling. Recurring EBIT in the period was down 18% year on year due to the impact of lower metal prices on recycling margins,…

Today Umicore achieved the top position in the Materials industry group of the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World index. The index is published annually since 2005 by Corporate Knights, an independent media and investment…

Umicore’s business unit Precious Metals Chemistry donates € 5.000 to a parents initiative for children suffering from leukemia and other cancer diseases in order to support important R&D projects in the area of pediatric oncology at Würzburg’s…