Umicore AG & Co. KG, Platinum Engineered Materials

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.
 

Address

Company	Umicore AG & Co. KG
	Platinum Engineered Materials
Address	Rodenbacher Chaussee 4 63457 Hanau-Wolfgang Postfach 1351
Country	Germany
Phone	0049 6181 595287
Fax	0049 6181 595204
Email	Email Contact
Internet	www.platinum-engineered-materials.com
Employees	14.000 (Umicore group), 200 (Umicore PEM)
Associations	Affiliates: Austria, Brazil, Japan, Taiwan

Contact Info

Name	Mr. Rudolf Singer
Position	Director Technical Sales Glass Industry Applications
Phone	0049 6181 59 6018
Email	Email Contact
Name	Mr. Thomas Semmel
Position	Head of Sales Glass Industry Applications
Phone	0049 6181 59 5272
Email	Email Contact
Name	Mr. Dr. Sven Jantzen
Position	Head of Marketing & Business Line Industrial Specialties
Phone	0049 6181 59 8197
Email	Email Contact

Products

Components:

• Stirrers
• Plungers
• Stirring cells
• Refiners
• Tube mandrels
• Orifice rings
• Gob & stream feeders
• Danner pipes
• Crucibles
• Electrodes
• Bushings

Engineering:

• Materials technology
• Mathematical simulations
• Mechanical modeling
• Lightweight construction
• Thermodynamics
• Electrical engineering
• Fluid dynamics

Materials:

• Cast Platinum alloys (Rh, Ir, Au, …)
• Engineered oxygen-dispersion-strengthened materials, e.g.
  • FKS Pt
  • FKS PtRh10
  • FKS PtAu5

Periphery Products:

• Refractories, e.g. adjusted ceramics
• Accessories based on specialty materials

Consulting & Training:

• On-site support
• Analytical services
• Technical advice
• Campaign reviews
• Commercial services

News

03.09.2008	Umicore en Solvay peteren nul-emissie raceteam Twee gevestigde Belgische namen sponsoren Belgische, door brandstofcel aangedreven gokart
03.09.2008	Umicore et Solvay soutiennent une écurie de course automobile Deux grands noms belges sponsorisent un kart de compétition propulsé par une pile à combustible
03.09.2008	Umicore and Solvay foster zero emission car racing team Two established Belgian names sponsor Belgian fuel cell powered racing kart

Downloads

	Filetype	Filesize
	PDF	529208	Smart Bushing Solutions Striving for Process Excellence in fiber glass manufacturing
	PDF	5106317	Glass Industry Applications Striving for Process Excellence in special glass manufacturing