SPENT AUTOCATALYSTS - ABOUT
Umicore is active in all parts of the supply chain.
In addition, our local partners allow us to provide a full service, satisfying all possible customer needs. Whenever you see the Umicore Autocatalyst Recycling logo, you may rest assured that you're dealing with us or one of our partners.
While all spent autocatalyst materials are ultimately smelted and refined in Hoboken (Belgium), material is constantly being sourced, pre-processed and sampled via various Umicore entities:
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Umicore Precious Metals Refining (Hoboken, Belgium)
- Started in 1887 as a lead-desilvering plant
- Now an integrated metals smelter, including a Cu and Pb refinery, precious metal refinery, special metal refinery
- Full name: Umicore Precious Metals Refining (Hoboken), a division of S.A. Umicore N.V.
- Legal entity: S.A. Umicore N.V.
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Umicore Precious Metals Refining (Hanau, Germany)
- Part of the original Degussa precious metal activities. Those operations, called DMC2 as of 1999 and OMG as of 2001, became part of Umicore on August 1st, 2003.
- The activities in Hanau which are part of Precious Metals Refining, relate to the sourcing of raw materials as well as weighing and sampling, for further processing in Hoboken (Belgium).
- Full name: Umicore Precious Metals Refining - Hanau, a division of Umicore AG & Co KG
- Legal entity: Umicore AG & Co KG
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Umicore Precious Metals Refining (Sao Paulo / Guarulhos, Brazil)
- Full name: Umicore Precious Metals Refining, a division of Umicore Brazil Ltda
- Legal entity: Umicore Brazil Ltda
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Cycleon SASU (Asnières, France)
- Created in 2001 as a 50/50 joint venture between Rhodia and Degussa/DMC2
- Came into the Umicore constellation on August 1st, 2003
- Became 100% Umicore on July 1st, 2004
- Full name: Cycleon SASU a wholly owned subsidiary of Umicore Finance France SA
- Legal entity: Cycleon SASU
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Cycleon ®
The LogisticSystem to Valorise Spent Automotive Catalysts
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Umicore Autocatalyst Recycling Belgium N.V. (Hoboken, Belgium)
- Includes decanning of ceramic converters
- Full name: Umicore Autocatalyst Recycling Belgium N.V., a wholly owned subsidiary of S.A. Umicore N.V.
- Legal entity: Umicore Autocatalyst Recycling Belgium N.V.
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Umicore Autocatalyst Recycling GmbH (Alzenau, Germany)
- Includes decanning of ceramic converters (followed by monolith sampling) as well as shredding of metallic converters (followed by washcoat sampling)
- Legal entity: Umicore Autocatalyst Recycling GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of Umicore AG & Co KG
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Umicore Autocatalyst Recycling USA (Maxton, NC, USA)
- Collects spent catalytic converters accross North America; also includes decanning of ceramic converters.
- Started as a family owned company in 1984, which became part of Union Minière / Umicore on January 1st, 1991
- Name change from Umicore Bowden to Umicore Autocatalyst Recycling USA on July 1st, 2004
- Full name: Umicore Autocatalyst Recycling USA, a division of Umicore USA Inc.
- Legal entity: Umicore USA Inc.
In addition, Umicore relies on a worldwide network of independent partners, with those under the Kat-Verbund® as the most important ones.