Press releases

Once again this year, the City of Hanau is presenting its Sustainability Award to recognize initiatives, creative ideas, and projects that make a valuable contribution to improving the world in a sustainable way. Anyone with sustainable ideas can…

Umicore today inaugurated its new global R&D center for cathode materials in Cheonan, Korea. The new center marks another important step as Umicore’s rechargeable battery materials activity prepares for further growth and is strengthening its…

Umicore recorded a strong performance across all of its business groups in the first quarter in a volatile market context, despite rising cost inflation.

Umicore and Automotive Cells Company (a joint company between Stellantis, Mercedes-Benz and TotalEnergies) together with its subsidiary Saft) have signed a long-term strategic supply agreement for EV cathode materials in Europe.

Umicore is part of a consortium of German world-class leaders and market drivers, from industry and science, that is launching today the project ‘Battery Pass’.

Umicore today published it’s 2021 Integrated Annual Report. It offers a comprehensive and integrated view of our economic, financial, environmental, value chain and social performance for 2021. Umicore is aiming for full disclosure on impact and…

Lights out. Spotlight on. Everyone watches the stage with anticipation. Where fairy-tale characters usually run amok, theater-loving children and teenagers will once again take the stage this year. After an intense week of memorizing lines,…

True to the motto “Small donations, big impact,” numerous employees of the materials technology and recycling group Umicore once again donated the decimal amounts from their paychecks in 2021, thereby supporting a local nonprofit organization. By…

Umicore posted all-time record revenues and earnings in 2021, despite the severe disruption in global car production in the second half of the year as a result of the semiconductor shortage. This outstanding achievement reflects a substantial…

To mark today’s “International Day of Women and Girls in Science,” three of our female colleagues share what fascinates them about a career in science.

Umicore announces today the signing of an agreement with Automotive Cells Company (ACC) on battery recycling services for the needs of ACC pilot plant in Nersac, France.

Umicore has signed two separate long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs), with ENGIE and Axpo to source renewable electricity from offshore and onshore wind turbines in Belgium. These agreements will cover more than half of the electricity demand…