About Belgium

As a global player in advanced materials technology, Umicore is transforming everyday life across our four business groups: Battery Material Solutions, Catalysis, Recycling and Specialty Materials. We focus on application areas where we know that our expertise in materials science, chemistry and metallurgy can make a difference.

Our R&D is dedicated to clean technologies, including emission control and fuel cell catalysts, battery materials, germanium substrates that go into concentrated photovoltaic cells and the recycling of valuable and critical metals like gold and silver.

Belgium is home to four Umicore sites, each playing a vital role in advancing sustainable technology and innovation. From pioneering specialty materials in Olen, to state-of-the-art metal recovery in Hoboken, to high-performance chemical solutions in Bruges—and our global headquarters in Brussels—these locations are at the heart of our mission to create materials for a better life.