ÖGUSSA - THE WORLD OF PRECIOUS METALS

Ögussa is part of Umicore, a global materials technology group. The activities focus on three business segments: Catalysis, Energy & Surface Technologies and Recycling. Each segment is divided into market-oriented business areas that offer technically pioneering materials and problem solutions that are indispensable in everyday life. Ögussa offers the entire precious metal cycle from a single source and focuses on areas of application in which our combined know-how in materials science, metal chemistry and metallurgy makes the decisive difference for our customers.

History

INNOVATIVE SINCE 1862

Experience, technical development, innovation and success give our customers and ourselves as a company security. They give you the security of working with a competent, stable and reliable partner. They give us the security of being able to face the challenges of the present and the future with commitment and innovation.

1862 Foundation of Markowitsch & Scheid jewelry production in Vienna

1873 Degussa founded in Frankfurt

1877 Foundation of the Louis Rössler company, trading and purchasing precious metals

1923 Degussa AG takes a stake in the Louis Rössler company

1962 Scheid and Rössler join forces to form the Ögussa

1990 Degussa acquires 100% of Ögussa 2003 Degussa Edelmetalle become part of Umicore Brussels

Mission statement

MARKET LEADER IN AUSTRIA AND SUCCESSFUL WORLDWIDE

With around 140 employees, Ögussa is Austria's market leader in precious metal processing and recycling. Our group of companies generates the majority of its revenue from clean technologies and dedicates the greatest R&D efforts to them, such as: B. Car catalytic converters, materials for rechargeable batteries and photovoltaic applications, fuel cells and recycling. Our primary goal is the creation of sustainable values ​​and is based on the endeavor to develop, produce and recycle materials in such a way that they meet our company's claim: "Materials for a better life."