Umicore Technical Materials
1951 Guntersville Road, Arab, Alabama, United States

Umicore is a global materials technology and recycling group. It focuses on application areas where its expertise in materials science, chemistry and metallurgy makes a real difference. Its activities are organised in three business groups: Catalysis, Energy & Surface Technologies and Recycling. Each business group is divided into market-focused business units offering materials and solutions that are at the cutting edge of new technological developments and essential to everyday life.  Umicore generates the majority of its revenues and dedicates most of its R&D efforts to clean technologies, such as emission control catalysts, materials for rechargeable batteries and recycling. Umicore’s overriding goal of sustainable value creation is based on an ambition to develop, produce and recycle materials in a way that fulfils its mission: materials for a better life. 

The Umicore Group has industrial operations on all continents and serves a global customer base; it generated a turnover of € 5.4 billion (€ 1.3 billion excluding metal) in the first half of 2015 and currently employs 14,100 people. Then you find with us a career that suits you, in a direction you choose. We use cutting-edge technology to get the best out of recycling. And our production enables us to supply high-technology materials to wide-ranging sectors. But you don’t necessarily have to be technologically trained to work with us. A passion for technology is what matters for us. You will be given every opportunity to grow in an open and honest atmosphere. 

ISO 14001 certified manufacturer of advanced materials such as precious metal products and catalysts, technical metals, metal alloys and compounds, and zinc specialties. Advanced materials include electro-optic materials, engineered metal powders and specialty oxides. Zinc specialties include zinc alloys, chemicals and building products. Precious material products include automotive catalysts, technical materials, thin film products, jewelry and electro-plating materials. Materials available in wire, strips, rods, turkshead, brazing paste, powder, flakes, nuggets, targets, performs and flux forms. Industries served include agriculture, analytical equipment, automotive, chemical, electronics, construction, cosmetics, packaging, furniture, glass, appliances, lighting, medical, military, mining, optics, textiles and shipping. Facilities for technical material and precious material manufacturing are ISO 9001 and QS 9000 certified. Metals and metal-based compounds meet ASTM standards.

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