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With a generous donation of 10,000 euros, Umicore AG & Co. KG is once again supporting this year’s Hanau City Run, which has been sending a strong message since 2001 under the motto “Show strength—together against violence against women.” This…

Keeping our people healthy, ensuring safe working conditions and preserving cash Umicore’s priority is the health and safety of its employees. Umicore introduced strict hygiene and other precautionary measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic…

Umicore posted a strong performance in 2019 against a backdrop of persisting headwinds in key markets, in particular the automotive sector. Revenues for the full year grew by 3% to € 3.4 billion and recurring EBITDA increased 5% to € 753 million,…

Four initiatives in Hanau are delighted to receive generous support from the materials technology and recycling group Umicore as the year comes to a close. Dr. Bernhard Fuchs, CEO of Umicore AG & Co. KG, presented a total of 25,000 euros to the…

Umicore announced today that it has completed the acquisition of the cobalt refining and cathode precursor activities in Kokkola, Finland, from Freeport Cobalt for an amount of $ 203 million on a debt and cash free basis (including approximately $…

On Friday, November 15, 2019, 14 employees of the materials technology and recycling group Umicore and the company Saxonia Technical Materials were honored for 40 and 25 years of service, respectively. The employees honored at the celebration for…

Umicore has signed a multi-year strategic agreement with Samsung SDI for the supply of close to 80,000 metric tonnes of high-performance NMC (Nickel Manganese Cobalt) cathode materials starting in 2020. The cathode materials will be supplied from…

Umicore inaugurated today its new production facility for fuel cell catalysts in SongDo Incheon City (Seoul area), Korea, close to Umicore’s technology development center for catalysts. The facility will support the growth of Hyundai Motors Group…

Umicore delivered a robust performance in the first half of 2019 with revenues amounting to € 1.6 billion and a recurring EBIT of € 240 million against a backdrop of challenging conditions in key industries and reduced consumer confidence,…

At a formal certificate presentation ceremony, Federal Minister for Family Affairs Dr. Franziska Giffey presented the berufundfamilie certificate to the materials technology and recycling group Umicore. The company received the award for the fifth…

Last Friday, the recycling and materials technology group Umicore celebrated the 10th anniversary of its in-house daycare center, “umikids world,” together with company representatives, employees, and their children. Since the daycare center opened…

Through this acquisition Umicore expands its integrated battery materials footprint Umicore announced today that it has reached an agreement to acquire Freeport Cobalt’s cobalt refining and cathode precursor activities in Kokkola, Finland, for a…