Honourary guests at Umicore groundbreaking ceremony in Loyalist, Ontario, Canada on October 16, 2023. From left to right: R. Donald Maracle - Chief at Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte; Ralph Kiessling - EVP Umicore; Victor Fedeli – Ontario Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade; Doug Ford - Premier of Ontario; Mathias Miedreich - CEO Umicore; Francois-Philippe Champagne - Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry of Canada; Patrick Van Gheel - Ambassador of Belgium to Canada; Jim Hegadorn - Mayor Loyalist Township; Shoichi Matsumoto - CEO AESC; Randy De Palma, Canada Managing Director Umicore; Stefan Brandlhuber - Senior Vice President Purchasing and Supplier Network High Voltage Energy Modules, BMW Group; Ric Bresee - MPP of Ontario for Hasting and Lennox & Addington. (10/2023)