Umicore Cobalt & Specialty Materials, Belgium

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The Olen plant is the largest and oldest of Umicore's CSM's production plants.The Olen plant is operating for all four business lines: Ceramics & Chemicals, Rechargeable Battery Materials, Supply & Refining and Tool Materials.

The Energy Materials division manufactures a range of specialised metal and metalloid products for industrial use, including fine metal powders for diamond and hard metal tools, as well as oxides and salts of cobalt, lithium and nickel for use in batteries, glass and ceramics.[The division also produces and markets products of germanium, both in compounds for doping optical fibres, semiconductor wafers and infrared optics. The unit is headquartered at the company's plant in Olen near Antwerp, with production and commercial facilities in a number of countries worldwide