Our strong rooted foundations
Umicore’s four sites in Belgium each play a vital role in our mission to create materials for a better life. From our global headquarters to world-leading recycling and research facilities, we are innovating circular solutions for a sustainable tomorrow.
At our Bruges site, we produce metal-based organic additives and catalysts essential to industrial applications like paints, coatings, rubber adhesion systems and tire manufacturing. They may be invisible to the naked eye, but our products are enhancing durability and performance in your everyday life.
Umicore’s global headquarters is the strategic hub of our worldwide operations. While industrial sites and technology centers transform advanced materials on the ground, our head office ensures that our activities across regions and businesses align with our shared mission.
As a world-leading recycling hub, our Hoboken site recovers critical and precious metals from discarded electronics, old batteries and spent catalytic converters. Each year, we transform hundreds of thousands of tonnes of complex materials into high-quality resources for a circular economy and sustainable future.
Olen is a center of excellence for research and development, clean technologies, and the production of advanced cobalt- and germanium-based solutions. Essential for a range of applications from semiconductors to solar cells, our site combines specialized manufacturing with next-generation innovation.