Press releases

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.

Green hydrogen – hydrogen created using renewable energy sources – is expected to be an important element in a future carbon-neutral economy. However, the transportation and storage of hydrogen is today mainly based on liquid compressed hydrogen,…

Starting now, teenagers and young adults can apply for an apprenticeship or a dual degree program at Umicore, a materials technology and recycling company. At its Hanau location, Umicore is filling a total of 17 apprenticeship and degree program…

Following the announcement by Solid Power to become a publicly listed company through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), Umicore communicates today that it holds a stake in Solid Power’s pre-SPAC transaction. This stake was built through…

Umicore’s Supervisory Board has appointed Mathias Miedreich to succeed Marc Grynberg as CEO of the Group in the 4th quarter of this year. Marc and Mathias will work together to ensure an optimal onboarding of Mathias and a smooth transition of…