Pieter Arickx is Umicore’s Commercial Manager for Germanium products in Europe and Asia. In his role he is responsible for sales of Germanium products such as substrates and Germanium Tetrachloride. Next to this he also develops, organizes and purchases Germanium from recycling resources. Pieter holds an MSc degree in Materials Chemistry from Ghent University (Belgium). After a short research project at Ghent University, he joined Umicore where he first worked for 4 years in the R&D department of the Germanium substrates, before joining the commercial team.