Umicore’s division Platinum Engineered Materials is a global leader for either cast or FKS Platinum materials based engineered system solutions. We serve key players in major industries with comprehensive, tailor-made and smart solutions for special & fiber glass melting & forming.
Our market-driven business approach (PEM’s Process Excellence model) is unique due to our single-source portfolio:
- PGM component manufacturing
- Sophisticated Engineering
- Consulting & Training
- Recycling of PGM and non-PGM scrap
- In-depth application know-how
- Complementary portfolio of non-PGM products
- Highly sophisticated material solutions
- Technolgy Development
Our philosophy of closed loops, complementary competencies and resource-saving processes has made us a preferred partner for numerous companies of high reputation around the globe. Due to our long-lasting experience of more than 100 years in many of our target markets we have learned to perfectly synchronise our competencies with our customers’ requirements.
PEM is focussed on high added value creation by innovation & technology, based on our striving for long-term relationships enabling a joint development & learning process.
PEM has evolved to a specialist in what we call Life Cycle Management:
- Saving of resources like PGM, energy, labour
- Providing key process parameters like efficiency, stability, security
- Increasing component & campaign operation time
Company Profile:
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 recycling.
The Umicore Group has industrial operations on all continents and serves a global customer base; it generated a turnover of € 8.3 billion (€ 1.9 billion excluding metal) in 2007 and currently employs some 15,800 people.
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