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Today Umicore is a global technology and materials recycling group with about 10,400 employees and € 3.3 billion (excluding € 13.7 billion) revenue (excluding sales) in 2018. Umicore generates most of its revenues and devotes most of its R&D efforts to clean technologies such as catalysts for emission control, rechargeable battery materials and recycling. Umicore's main goal of sustainable value creation is based on its ambition to develop, produce and recycle materials in a way that fulfills its mission: materials for a better life. Story: Umicore's history began over 200 years ago. It started with the joining of some mining and smelter companies, which gradually developed into the materials and recycling technology company that Umicore is today.