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Most of the world's car batteries will one day end up at a plant owned by Umicore. The Belgian materials technology company, headquartered in Brussels, is one of the largest recyclers of precious metals and a leading producer of cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries — the expensive heart of every EV battery pack. Umicore's business splits into three pillars: catalysis (automotive catalysts that scrub exhaust emissions), rechargeable battery materials (cathode active materials supplied to battery makers in Asia, Europe, and North America), and recycling (recovering gold, platinum, palladium, and cobalt from electronics scrap, spent catalysts, and battery packs). Its Hoboken plant in Belgium is one of the world's most advanced precious-metal refineries, processing dozens of types of industrial by-products. With origins reaching back to 1804 and a modern corporate form created in 1989, Umicore employs about 11,000 people. For battery and electronics supply chains, it represents the increasingly mandatory answer to one question: what happens to the materials at end of life?
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What is Umicore?+
Umicore SA is a global materials technology group headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. It focuses on three business areas: Catalysis (emission-control catalysts), Energy & Surface Technologies (rechargeable battery materials) and Recycling (precious metals recovery).
Where is Umicore based?+
Umicore is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, with industrial sites and R&D centers across Europe, the Americas and Asia.
Who owns Umicore?+
Umicore SA is a publicly traded company listed on Euronext Brussels (UMI). It is owned by its shareholders — no single family or government controls it.
Is Umicore a Belgian company?+
Yes. Umicore was created in 1989 through the merger of four Belgian metal companies and traces its roots back to the Société Générale de Belgique mining group. It remains headquartered in Belgium.
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