Profile
Bekaert (www.bekaert.com) is a global market leader in drawn steel wire products and applications and a technological leader in its two core competences: advanced metal transformation and advanced materials and coatings. Bekaert (Euronext Brussels: BEKB) is a global company with headquarters in Belgium, employing 23 000 people worldwide. Serving customers in 120 countries, Bekaert pursues sustainable profitable growth in all its activities and generates annual combined sales of € 3.3 billion.
You might know us for example as a supplier of steel cord products for tire reinforcement - one in every four tires in the world runs on Bekaert steel cord. Or maybe you know our Dramix® steel fibers, used to reinforce over five million cubic meters of concrete every year. But we also offer significant added value for various businesses in all kinds of markets, from automotive to construction and from utilities to the heavy equipment sector.
Our baseline better together sums up the unique form that cooperation between Bekaert and its business partners takes. We want to know you and we want to help you grow your business. We are ready to meet your needs in the short and long term.
Key data
- Founded in 1880 in Belgium (Europe)
- Specialized in advanced metal transformation and advanced materials and coatings
- Customers in over 120 countries and in all markets and sectors
- Worldwide 23 000 motivated employees in our plants and offices
- Headquartered in Belgium (Europe)
- Combined sales in 2009: € 3.34 billion
- Consolidated sales in 2009: € 2.44 billion
- Listed on Euronext® Brussels (BEKB), average market capitalization as at 31/12/2009 of €2.2 billion
- Reporting under IFRS
A global player with customer focus:
- North America: 1 700 employees, € 469 million combined sales*
- Latin America: 6 600 employees, € 1 237 million combined sales*
- Europe: 6 200 employees, € 823 million combined sales*
- Asia Pacific: 8 500 employees, € 814 million combined sales *
*Combined sales are sales generated by consolidated companies plus 100% of sales of joint ventures and associates after intercompany elimination. All figures are 2009 related.
Global market leadership in:
- Dramix® fibers for concrete reinforcement
- champagne cork wire
- steel cord for radial tire reinforcement
- nylon coated wires, such as bookbinding wire
- profiled wire for reinforcing flexible pipes
- steel fibers used in textile, filtration and conductive plastics applications