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Unlike conventional brazing alloys, BlueBraze has a 10 % lower proportion of silver. This provides significant cost and environmental benefits. At the same time, Umicore’s engineers ensured that the quality and properties of this new product…

Brussels, 4 June 2013. During the European Commission’s Green Week on clean air, Umicore announced the commissioning of its new dedicated production line for heavy duty diesel (HDD) catalysts in Florange, France. To cater for upcoming demand…

Berlin, 27 May 2013. Materials technology and recycling group Umicore demonstrated its unique expertise in enabling clean mobility at the international conference “Electric Mobility Going Global”. The conference is being held in Berlin and is…

Brussels, 2 May 2013. Dominik Berg, a German physicist has received the €10 000 Umicore Scientific Award for his PhD work in the field of thin film photovoltaics when studying at the Laboratory for Photovoltaics of the University of Luxembourg.

Brussels, 7 March 2013. Umicore has launched a new programme called ‘Powered by Umicore’. The programme offers both financial and technical support to a number of clean mobility projects run by student teams from different universities and…

Umicore was ranked as the most sustainable company in 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 research company based in…

Umicore’s history stretches back more than 200 years and the company in its present form is the result of the coming together of many different entities. One of these entities, Union Minière du Haut Katanga (UMHK), was involved in the mining and…

Revenues were up 1% and recurring EBIT increased by 3% year on year. Strong growth in Automotive Catalysts and Rechargeable Battery Materials more than offset the impact of lower metal prices on the various recycling activities.

Revenues were up 1% and recurring EBIT increased by 3% year on year. Strong growth in Automotive Catalysts and Rechargeable Battery Materials more than offset the impact of lower metal prices on the various recycling activities.