Our culture is made by our people.
People who like working together according to our better together baseline and to our corporate values resilience, trust, and integrity.
People who are striving for sustainable profitable growth, in a corporate socially responsible way.
People who want to meet customer expectations by working with a true Total Quality Management ambition and in a solid and structured way.
People taking responsibility to develop products and services with respect for the environment.
People focusing on innovation to become and stay the market and technological leader.
People who want to make their company the world leader in the selected business segments Bekaert is active in.
Testimonials
Marcelo Xavier (Wire - Global market manager)
“Today’s customers ask quality and flexibility. You can’t do that by bringing pre-existing answers. So we work closely with our customers to make sure our solutions are perfectly suited to their needs. It’s our ambition to find a state-of-the-art solution to every problem, however customer-specific it may be.”
Lifeng Huang (China – R&D project manager)
"Co-development with customers keeps us ahead of our competitors in R&D. But I guess what’s really innovative is that this isn’t just happening at one R&D centre back in Europe. It’s all over the world. We work so well with our local customers because our production facilities and our people are so close to them.”
Koen Vanoverberghe (Belgium – R&D project manager – Design engineer)
“We’re constantly looking at new business opportunities within both existing and new markets. That means constant interaction with colleagues from all over the world. We all support each other. Here at Bekaert, you’re given everything you need to make your project succeed except initiative… that's something you have to have yourself.”
Michaela Benova (Slovakia – Process engineer)
“All around the world Bekaert applies the same high standards not only to our products and facilities but to our people as well. In fact in Bekaert we design, develop and build our production lines ourselves, so we are sure that everyone works according to the same standard, wherever they are.”
Karim Tahiri (Belgium - Internal auditor)
“There’s a phrase you hear a lot around here: better together. It’s not just about how our work affects our customers and each other. It's about working in a responsible way. At Bekaert, you learn to take responsibility early. Not just in your own small world, but for the community and the environment as a whole. Its a question of credibility: in front of your customers, your employees, your partners.”
Nettem Sekhar (GBD –Senior project manager)
“The fact that we’re active in just about every sector doesn’t just benefit us: it helps our customers too. And I suppose the world in general. It gives us a really broad view of what’s going on. And we can cross fertilize ideas between different markets and sectors. With the right personal commitment, there’s just no limit to where you can go within Bekaert.”