Announcements

Summer 2005 - Bekaert expands customer service team

Click on the link to read the article published in SVC Summer Bulletin 2005

March 2005 - Companies involved in the provision of Diamond-Like Carbon (DLC) coatings for race engine components  by Ian Bamsey, Editor of Race Engine Technology

Click on the link to read the full article

March 2005 - Bekaert expands its Asian operations in Q2 2005 with a customer service and maintenance center in Suzhou

At the new service center our sputter products team will supply Asian glass coaters with state-of-the-art end block maintenance and technical support.

 


January 2005 - Appointment of Jose Flores as Market Manager for plastic injection molding applications

Bekaert, the world leader in well-selected injection molding applications (plastic injection moving mold parts and plastic injection form giving mold parts) with its tailor made Dylyn®/DLC diamond-like coatings, announces a major expansion in its American operations with the appointment of Jose Flores as Market Manager. Jose will be located in San Diego / California from January 2005 onwards.
Bekaert has been serving the American injection molding market for over 10 years through its plant in Amherst, New York. This facility will continue to provice all the coating services for the American injection molding market. Futhermore, the ambitiuos expansion plans foresee additional production plants to be established in the US in the coming years. One such plant is scheduled to open later in 2005. Applications of  Dylyn®/ DLC coatings for injection mold parts have been proven over the years on ejector pins, sliders, blow molds, perform cores and many other parts. Bekaert coatings significantly improve productivity and efficiency while protecting the injection molding tools from wear, corrosion and residues.
Bekaert also offers its diamond-like coatings to the European and Asian injection molding industries via its sales and manufacturing offices in Germany, France, Belgium, Singapore and China.


Jose Flores - Mike Mc Cabe - Dan Schumacher - Doug Watson

Click on the link to read the press release published in Tool & Mold Making Product News

December 2004 - Opening of new race coating center Q1 2005 in Research Triangle Park, USA

Bekaert (Sorevi), the leader in racing coatings worldwide, is proud to announce that it will expand its American operations with the opening of a brand-new, state-of-the-art race-coating center in Raleigh, N.C. in the first quarter of 2005.

Headquartered in Belgium, Bekaert (Sorevi) has been serving the American racing market for over 10 years through its plant in Amherst, N.Y. The New York facility will continue to serve customers, but the new site in Raleigh will be dedicated solely to the American racing industry.

At the new racing center in Research Triangle Park, our dedicated racing-coating team will supply American racers with Bekaert's superior DLC (Diamond-Like Carbon) coatings, which are marketed worldwide under the trade name Cavidur®. A state-of-the-art laboratory will control all the parameters that impact quality.

All the preparation of the parts and the actual coatings will be done on-site. Our patented applications of Cavidur® for racing engines have been proven for years in Formula 1, NASCAR and rallying. We have earned our position of worldwide market leader through an intense research and development program, which will expand with our investment in the new facility, as well as world-class service.

Click on the link to read press release published in Performance Racing Industry Magazine

July 2004 - Merge into Bekaert Advanced Coatings NV

Bekaert VDS NV (Deinze, Belgium) and Bekaert Dymonics NV (Zulte, Belgium) are member of Bekaert. To align the legal substructure with the already existing commercial structure, their legal names change to Bekaert Advanced Coatings NV as of July 1st 2004.

May 2004 - Customer service center

Bekaert launched an on-line customer service centre where customers can follow the status of their order and check what Bekaert 'delivery performance is. They can also evaluate Bekaert.