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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…

As part of the eSkootr Championship’s (eSC) commitment to offer a future net-zero carbon racing series, every battery used to power the S1-X scooters will be recycled by world-leading materials technology and recycling group, Umicore. Additionally…

Umicore revises slightly its full year 2021 outlook and now expects adjusted EBIT to approach € 1 billion. This compares to the previous expectation of adjusted EBIT slightly exceeding € 1 billion as communicated on 30 July and reflects the recent…

Umicore announces today the signing of long-term lithium supply agreements with Ganfeng Lithium Co., Ltd. and Vulcan Energy Resources. Both contracts have an initial duration of five years and can be extended upon mutual agreement.

On October 8, 2021, representatives from the materials technology and recycling group Umicore and the Eugen-Kaiser-Schule in Hanau gathered at the Wolfgang Industrial Park for a donation ceremony and the handover of trash bins. The waste separation…

Hanau is a major economic hub in the Frankfurt/Rhine-Main region, with a focus on materials technology. That is why Umicore, together with other companies in the region, the City of Hanau, and the local Chamber of Commerce and Industry, is…

This year, the Hanau City Run took place for the second time in a decentralized and virtual format on September 17, 2021. Under the motto “No matter where, no matter how far!”, 69 Umicore colleagues took on this challenge and completed a route of…

September 1 marked the start of the new 2021 apprenticeship year at materials technology and recycling group Umicore. A total of 17 apprenticeships will complete their apprenticeshipment at the Hanau site over the coming years and gain their first…

Umicore posted a very strong performance in the first half of 2021 reflecting the sharp recovery of demand from the automotive industry for its clean mobility materials after the severe downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic last year, as well as…

Umicore announces that An Steegen, Chief Technology Officer and member of the Management Board, will leave the company on 30 September 2021 to become co-CEO of Barco, a technology company listed in Belgium. The succession of An Steegen will be…

ENGIE and global materials technology group Umicore have entered into a long-term corporate Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) to supply Umicore’s greenfield plant with renewable electricity in Nysa, Poland. It will be the first plant in Europe to…

Joint Project TEME 2030+ to Explore Practicable Ways of Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Marine Engines by 35% by 2030.