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Umicore is a materials technology group. Its activities are centred on four business areas: Advanced Materials, Precious Metals Products and Catalysts, Precious Metals Services and Zinc Specialties. Each business area is divided into market-focused business units, be it in products that are essential to everyday life or those at the cutting edge of new technological developments.
Umicore focuses on application areas where it knows its expertise in materials science, chemistry and metallurgy can make a real difference. Umicore generates approximately 50% of its revenues and spends approximately 80% of its R&D budget in the area of clean technology, such as emission control catalysts, materials for rechargeable batteries and photovoltaics, fuel cells, and precious metals recycling. Umicore's overriding goal of sustainable value creation is based on this ambition to develop, produce and recycle materials in a way that fulfils its mission: materials for a better life.
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2018
9 Nov
BMW sets out electric vehicle plan
By 2021, the BMW Group will have five all-electric models: the BMW i3, the MINI Electric, the BMW iX3, the BMW i4 and the BMW iNEXT. By 2025, that number is set to grow to at least twelve models. Including plug-in hybrids - whose electrically powered range will increase significantly in the coming year - the BMW Group's electrified product portfolio will then comprise at least 25 models.25 Oct
BMW to develop sustainable life cycle loop for batteries
The BMW Group, Northvolt and Umicore have formed a joint technology consortium in order to work closely together on the continued development of a complete and sustainable value chain for battery cells for electrified vehicles in Europe.28 Sep
Will battery second life have an impact on recycling?
2018 is regarded as the beginning year for battery recycling as the first batch of batteries are gradually coming out of electric vehicles. Umicore has recently announced their investment plan in ramping up battery recycling capacity in preparation for the boom of spent EV batteries. By 2018, we will already have around 33,000 retired electric vehicle battery packs (including electric passenger cars and buses) which amounts to around 1GWh storage capacity.16 Apr
BASF Battery Materials
BASF is arguably the world's largest chemical company. After a successful stint with NiMH batteries, the company is trying to replicate that success with new cathode materials for Li-ion batteries.11 Apr
Stable And Sustainable Supply Of Cathode Materials For LIB
Umicore, Belgium
7 Apr
Umicore Rechargeable Battery Materials
Umicore is a Belgian company with the largest market share of LCO for Li-ion batteries. The company is now operating facilities for recycling spent Li-ion batteries
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28 Mar
Leading Players Speak at Electric Vehicles: Everything is Changing
The electric vehicle industry is on fire. Leading players of the emerging electric vehicle industry to speak at Electric Vehicles: Everything is Changing in Berlin on 11-12 April.
27 Feb
Non-Toxic Materials for Electronics/ Electrics: Large Emerging Markets 2018-2028
IDTechEx Report: Dr Peter Harrop and Dr Lorenzo Grande
12 Jan
Manned Electric Aircraft 2018-2028
IDTechEx Report: Dr Peter Harrop
2017
13 Nov
Advanced Li-ion & Beyond Li-ion Batteries 2018-2028
IDTechEx Report: Dr Lorenzo Grande and Franco Gonzalez
1 Nov
Distributed Generation: Minigrid Microgrid Zero Emission 2018-2038
IDTechEx Report: Dr Peter Harrop, Dr Lorenzo Grande and Dr Xiaoxi He
17 Oct
Launch of European battery alliance
Battery alliance announced in Brussels aims to expedite European battery cell manufacturing.
3 Oct
Li-ion Batteries 2018-2028
IDTechEx Report: Dr Lorenzo Grande
2016
20 Dec
Silatronix
8 Jul
Batteries for Residential, Commercial, Industrial and Utility Applications 2016-2026
IDTechEx Report: Dr Xiaoxi He
2015
17 Apr
IDTechEx analyses the high stakes of the future automotive industry
Why BASF sues Umicore, Toyota launches fuel cell cars, VW buys a solid state battery company and all car companies are rushing behind Google for automation? The bigger picture of the high stakes of the future automotive industry.2014
21 Jul
Can the world's most promising electric-car battery be saved?
Over the last half-dozen years, a swarm of companies from around the world including General Motors has snapped up licenses for a lithium-ion electrode that promised to deliver the next big step in making electric cars competitive with conventional vehicles.2013
25 Jul
Batteries 2020 - towards competitive European automotive batteries
The Basque R&D Centre IK4-IKERLAN is leading the European project 'Batteries 2020', which anticipates reusing the batteries as accumulators for renewable energies once they can no longer be used for automotive purposes.6 Mar
Honda reuses rare earth metals from NiMH batteries for hybrid vehicles
Honda Motor Company has established a process to reuse rare earth metals extracted from nickel-metal hydride batteries for new nickel-metal hydride batteries to recycle precious resources.14 Jan
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
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The CPI works on all types of applications, not just a few like OLED and transistors. This means they are able to adapt to a greater range of customers.
