Darwin Knows

NV Bekaert SA provides steel wire transformation and coating technologies worldwide. The company operates through four segments: Rubber Reinforcement, Steel Wire Solutions, Specialty Businesses, and Bridon-Bekaert Ropes Group. The Rubber Reinforcement Business segment develops, manufactures, and supplies steel cord and bead wire reinforcement solutions for the tire sector. The Steel Wire Solutions Business segment develops, manufactures, and supplies a range of steel wire products and solutions for sectors, including energy and utilities, mining, construction, agriculture, automotive, and consumer goods. The Specialty Business segment develops and manufactures reinforce concrete, masonry, plaster, and asphalt; reinforcement solutions for hoses and belts; fiber technologies, heating technologies, ultrafine wire, and hydrogen for energy transition markets. The Bridon-Bekaert Ropes Group segment offers steel wire and synthetic ropes for surface and underground mining, offshore and onshore energy, crane and industrial, fishing and marine, and structures; and develops and supplies fine steel cords for elevator and timing belts used in construction and equipment markets, window regulator and heating cords for the automotive sector, and Armofor thermoplastic tapes for light-weight pipes in energy markets. NV Bekaert SA was founded in 1880 and is based in Zwevegem, Belgium.