Bekaert in brief

February 2018

Bekaert in brief

- Founded in 1880 by Leo Leander Bekaert

- Customers in 120 countries and in the most diverse industry sectors

- Global manufacturing platform

- Almost 30 000 employees worldwide

- Combined sales of € 4.8 billion (2017)

- Consolidated sales of € 4.1 billion (2017)

- Listed on Euronext® Brussels

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Bekaert global presence

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Bekaert market leadership in diverse sectors

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Bekaert market leadership in diverse sectors

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Bekaert has a strong presence in

diverse sectors. This makes Bekaert

less sensitive to sector-specific

trends and it also benefits our

customers, because solutions we

develop for customers in one sector

often form the basis of innovations in

others.

44%

22%

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Often hidden or unknown… but always there …

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- More than 30% of all tires around the world are

reinforced with Bekaert tire cord

- Every year, 8 million m³ concrete is being reinforced with

Dramix® steel fibers invented by Bekaert

- Bekaert’s customers annually use 3.5 million kilometer of

bookbinding wire

- Every year over 1 billion bottles of sparkling wines are

opened via the muselet made of Bekaert wires

- Our sawing wire to cut wafers represents 15 GW of annual

solar energy capacity in the end markets

Bekaert technological leadership

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Focus on innovation

- € 63 million in-house R&D in 2017

- International Research and Development team in Belgium

- Research and Development in China

- 1650 patent rights

- with the right partners and priorities:

Customer focused innovation and co-development

Focus on high-tech products, systems and solutions

Outward orientation

• internationalization of technologists

• cooperation with internationally renowned research centers & universities

• venture capital and R&D partnerships

Assuring intellectual property protection

Bekaert core competences

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to metal fibers

6.5 mm 1 µm

from wire rod

from traditional

coatings

to advanced coatings

Steel wire transformation

Coating technologies

Adhesion

Corrosion resistance

Wear resistance

Anti-fouling

Drawing, bunching,

cabling, profiling, welding,

knitting, weaving, …

July 2017

Welcome online

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For more information, welcome @ www.bekaert.com

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