Changes in ownership
| 06.03.09 |
Vicson, S.A. |
100>80% |
| 06.03.09 |
Productora de Alambres Colombianos Proalco S.A. |
87.5>80% |
| 06.03.09 |
Ideal Alambrec S.A. |
50>80% |
| 06.03.09 |
Productos de Acero Cassadó S.A. (Prodac) |
40>80% |
| 24.07.08 |
Beksa changed name: Bekaert Izmit Celik Kord Sanayi ve Ticaret AS |
|
| 18.02.08 |
Bekaert to acquire full ownership of Beksa (Turkey) |
50>100% |
| 26.09.07 |
Productora de Alambres Colombianos SA - Proalco SA |
50>87.5% |
| 26.09.07 |
Vicson SA, Valencia (Venezuela) |
50>100% |
| 05.09.07 |
Mukand, Maharashtra (India) |
0>50% |
| 30.03.07 |
Titan becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Bekaert |
70>100% |
| 31.12.05 |
Bekaert Combustion Technology Corporation |
75>100% |
| 03.11.06 |
Cimaf Cabos SA, Osasco Brazil |
48>45% |
| 03.11.06 |
Procables SA, Callao, Peru |
46>48% |
| 01.11.06 |
Wire Rope Industries |
48>50% |
| 22.12.05 |
Bekaert Combustion Technology BV |
75>100% |
| 22.12.05 |
Bekaert Combustion Technology NV |
75>100% |
| 02.11.05 |
Bekaert Solaronics renamed in Bekaert NCD, Inc. |
75>100% |
| 31.12.04 |
Procables, Callao, Peru |
45>46% |
| 01.07.04 |
Bekaert VDS renamed into Bekaert Advanced Coatings |
|
| 08.03.04 |
Imaware |
75>100% |
| 29.02.04 |
Bekaert Indoor Safety BV (Ede, Netherlands) |
95>100% |
| 01.01.04 |
Increase ownership in Precision Surface Technology |
33>66% |
| 05.09.03 |
Increase ownership in Sorevi |
51>86% |
| 01.08.03 |
Increase ownership in Contours |
50>100% |
| 30.06.03 |
Increase ownership in Sorevi |
48.7> 51% |
| 31.12.02 |
Productos de Acero Cassado SA |
40>42% |
| 31.12.02 |
Precision Surface Technology Pte Ltd |
26>33% |
| 30.05.02 |
Bekaert acquires Vito's shares in Bekaert Dymonics |
79>100% |
| 06.12.01 |
Eurosym Kortrijk, Belgium |
39>0% |
| 30.11.01 |
Rotar, Inc. Minneapolis (Minnesota), USA |
51>100% |
| 26.11.01 |
Frebek GmbH Freiburg, Germany |
75>0% |
| 21.11.01 |
Bekpart BV Dordrecht, The Netherlands |
53>100% |
| 20.08.01 |
Bekaert Shenyang Steel Cord Co., China |
80>98% |
| 29.06.01 |
Innovative Specialty Films LLC (Delaware), USA |
50>100% |
| 06.04.01 |
Bekaert-ZDB Bohumín sro Bohumín, Czechia |
55>100% |
| 05.01.01 |
Furigas UK Limited Rugby (Warwickshire), UK |
51>100% |
| 05.01.01 |
Furigas Assen BV Assen, The Netherlands |
51>100% |
| 05.01.01 |
Combustion Component Holding NV The Netherlands |
51>100% |
Mergers
31.12.04 Bekaert Nederland BV/Bekaert Beheer BV merged into
Bekaert Holding BV.
01.07.04 Bekaert VDS renamed into Bekaert Advanced Coatings
01.07.04 Bekaert Dymonics merged into Bekaert Advanced Coatings
27.06.04 Sorevi Savoie SA merged into Sorevi SA
10.05.04 Merger VDS and Bekaert Dymonics 100%
26.04.04 Bekaert Specialty Films Nordic AB merged into Bekaert
Specialty Films North Europe AB
01.06.03 Merger Lobo, SBS in Sobelcard merger 100%
12.11.02 Subsidiary Combustion Technology and Belgian Shell merger to 75 %
01.07.02 Bekaert VDS acquires Sinvaco merger 100 %
01.01.02 Furigas Assen BV Assen, The Netherlands, merger 100%
Acquisitions
10.01.08 Foundation of Bekaert Lipetsk
19.09.07 Incorporation of Bekaert Services Hong Kong Limited
19.09.07 Incorporation of Bekaert Stainless Products Hong Kong Limited
19.09.07 Incorporation of Bekaert Carding Solutions Hong Kong Limited
19.09.07 Incorporation of Bekaert Building Products Hong Kong Limited
19.09.07 Incorporation of Bekaert Wire Products Hong Kong Limited
19.09.07 Incorporation of Bekaert Specialty Wire Products Hong Kong Limited
19.09.07 Incorporation of Bekaert Steel Cord Products Hong Kong Limited
18.12.06 Declaration of intent for the acquisition of Uralkord in Russia
22.09.06 Bekaert further enhances its leadership position in China
05.05.06 Bekaert to acquire the Dutch Aluheat
28.04.06 Lane Brothers Engineering Industries Limited
03.04.06 Bekaert acquires Cold Drawn Products Ltd.
31.01.06 Bekaert acquires Delta Wire in the USA
19.07.05 Wuxi Bekaert Textile Machinery and Accessories Co., Ltd.
23.06.05 Bekaert acquires the ECC Card clothing division of Carclo plc
02.06.05 Bekaert acquires Southwest Screens & Filters SA (Belgium/Indonesia)
20.05.05 Joint venture 75/25 with Wuxi Owl Textile Accesories Co.Ltd.
09.11.04 Foundation Bekaert New Materials (Suzhou)Co., Ltd
19.07.04 Foundation Bekaert Sistemas de Combustao e Technologia Ltda (Brazil)
02.06.04 Foundation Bekaert Precision Surface Technology (Suzhou) Co., Ltd
21.05.04 Subsidiary 90% Bekaert Binjiangh Steel Cord Co., Ltd
20.02.04 Subsidiary 100% Bekaert Management (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
15.01.04 Acquisition Solaronics Technologies (Advanced materials: burners)
23.07.03 Acquisition distribution for window films in Scandinavia (Adv. coatings)
30.04.03 Investment in Benitis (France) (Technology)
08.04.03 Acquisition Drôtovña Kordy (Hlohovec-Slovak Republic) (Adv. wire)
08.04.03 Acquisition Drôtovña Drôty (Hlohovec-Slovak Republic) (Adv. wire)
04.12.02 Subsidiary 100% SAM Logistics (Shanghai, China)
29.11.02 Subsidiary 100% Sobelcard Companies (Belgium)
20.11.02 Joint venture 50/50 Bruker Technik GmbH (Germany)
02.05.02 Subsidiary 80% Bekaert Progressive Composite Corp. (U.S.A.)
09.11.01 Bekaert acquires 48.7% of Sorevi (Advanced coatings)
10.10.01 Joint venture 70/30 Bekaert Toko Metal Fiber ( Japan) (Adv. materials)
04.09.01 Bekaert acquires Joseph Sykes Brothers (JSB)
11.06.01 Bekaert acquires MSC/Specialty Films Inc.
25.04.01 Innovative Specialty Films,LLC. (ISF) acquires CPSI, Inc. ("NeoVac")
11.12.00 Set up of Bekaert Slovakia for Steel Cord in Central Europe
29.11.00 Agreement with Dupont iTechnologies for flex circuit materials
27.11.00 Participation 60% in Bastion Wire (South Africa)
17.10.00 Acquisition CMTM (Germany)
18.09.00 New factory BZBP for building products (Czech Republic)
14.09.00 Participation 75% in FREBEK (Germany)
31.08.00 Joint venture 50/50 Bedaltec (Italy)
08.06.00 Joint venture 50/50 in Bekaert Variant Handling Systems (Denmark)
04.05.00 Cooperation with Agfa to market Orgacon™ film
04.04.00 Joint venture 60/40 in Bekaert ECD Solar Systems (U.S.A.)
30.03.00 Acquisition France Fil (France)
20.12.99 Expansion steel wire capacity in Jiangyin (China)
26.10.99 Expansion steel cord capacity in Jiangyin and Shenyang (China)
22.10.99 Acquisition Emiel Vanderstraeten
29.09.99 Cooperation with GAH-Alberts (Germany)
19.07.99 Participation 51% in Furigas (The Nederlands and U.K.)
15.03.99 Set up Bekaert Fibre Processing Systems (Belgium)
20.01.99 Joint venture 50/50 Innovative Speciality Films (U.S.A.)
19.11.98 Joint venture 50/50 Bekaert Timeda (The Nederlands)
02.06.98 Joint venture 50/50 Contours (U.S.A.)
19.03.98 Participation 80% Bekaert Shenyang Steel Cord (China)
28.01.98 Participation 79% in Bekaert Dymonics (Belgium)
28.10.97 Participation 60% Bekinit (Japan)
17.10.97 Participation 70% Shanghai Bekaert-Ergang (China)
01.04.97 Take over of 100 % TWIL (U.K.)
27.02.97 Expansion joint venture 45/55 Belgo-Bekaert Arames (Brazil)
03.07.96 Expansion Steel Cord in South-East Asia (India and Indonesia)
30.06.96 Start thin metal fibre products and sputtered films (U.S.A.)
18.10.95 Acquisition Storck Management Consulting (Belgium)
18.09.95 Acquisition TrefilEUROPE (France)
18.09.95 Participation 55% Bekaert-ZDB (Czech Republic)
13.07.95 Joint venture 50/50 Spaleck (Germany)
10.10.94 Acquisition Rösler Draht AG (Germany)
31.05.94 Foundation of Bekintex (Wetteren - Belgium)
07.07.93 Acquisition wire plant in Poland (Kotlarnia)
19.01.93 Joint venture with Jiangyin Steel Wire Rope Factory
28.09.92 Joint venture 50/50 Hylsa-Bekaert (Mexico)
Divestments
21.01.08 Bekaert Carding Solutions Srl
23.08.07 Bekaert Australia Steel Cord plant
23.08.07 Bekaert Carding Solutions Roubaix (France)
23.05.07 Bekaert to close down its carding business in Cleckheaton (UK)
15.12.06 Bekaert to close its steel cord plant in Dyersburg, Tennessee (USA)
08.05.06 Bekaert to divest its Handling activities in Denmark and the UK
05.12.05 Bekaert to close its wire plant in Muskegon, Michigan (USA)
01.03.05 Bekaert Deutschland GmbH, Schwalmtal, Germany
01.03.05 Bekaert Fencing España SL, Burgos, Spain
01.03.05 Bekaert Fencing Limited, Sheffield, United Kingdom
01.03.05 Bekaert Fencing NV, Zwevegem, Belgium
01.03.05 Bekaert Fencing SA, Bourbourg, France
01.03.05 Bekaert Fencing SpA, Tortoreto, Italy
01.03.05 Bekaert Fencing Sp zoo, Kotlarnia, Poland
01.03.05 Bekaert France SA, Charleville-Mézières, France
01.03.05 Werler Drahtwerke GmbH, Werl, Germany
01.03.05 Bekaert Bastion (Pty) Ltd
21.12.04 Bekaert Timeda BV (Enschede, Netherlands)
23.11.04 Innovative Sputtering Technology, Zulte, Belgium
13.09.04 Bekaert Building Products Pty Ltd (Sydney, Australia)
17.08.04 Imperial Eagle (Hinckley, UK)
19.12.03 Bekaert Stanwick & Bekaert Consulting become independent firms
17.12.03 Excel Oy acquires composite profiles activities from Bekaert
14.05.03 Sale USSC (solar systems) to Energy Conversion Devices Inc 19% to 0%
14.05.03 Sale BESS (solar systems) to Energy Conversion Devices Inc 60% to 0%
23.12.02 Sale Bedaltec SpA (Italy)
20.12.02 Sale Hikari Corporation (Japan)
30.09.02 Closure Guardess Holding BV (Netherlands)
09.04.02 Bekaert refocuses priorities of its Low Carbon Speciality Wire Business
05.04.02 Sale Reddiwire Ltd to Webster & Horsfall Ltd (UK)
06.12.01 Divestment of Eurosym
26.11.01 Divestment of Frebek (Germany)
21.12.00 Sale Imaware Infrastructure to Hewlett-Packard
18.10.99 Sale wire factory Warrington (UK)
18.10.99 Sale wire factory Hylsa-Bekaert (Mexico)
03.09.99 Sale Delaware Industrial Solutions to Arthur Andersen (Belgium)
14.07.97 Sale North-American non-ferrous activity to Niehoff (USA)
28.06.96 Management buy-out at NV Werkhuizen Huwaert (Belgium)
25.03.94 Termination of Joint Venture with BridgeStone Corporation (Japan)
20.03.92 Agreement Bekaert and Bridgestone to amend their relationship