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Bekaert in a nutshell. Bekaert in a nutshell. www.bekaert.com. Bekaert at a glance. Founded in 1880 Customers in 120 countries and in the most diverse sectors Worldwide production platform 18 500 employees worldwide Combined sales of 3.2 billion euro
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Bekaert in a nutshell Bekaert in a nutshell www.bekaert.com
Bekaert at a glance • Founded in 1880 • Customers in 120 countries and in the most diverse sectors • Worldwide production platform • 18 500 employees worldwide • Combined sales of 3.2 billion euro • Consolidated sales of 2 billion euro – 7.3% EBIT margin on sales • Euronext® Brussels
Strategy Sustainable Profitable Growth Worldwide Market and technological leadership in advanced metal transformation and in advanced materials and coatings
Coated wire (n° 1) Fibers (n° 1) Champagne cork (n° 1) Dramix® (n° 1) Premix gas burnersfor condensing boilers (n° 1) Tire cord (n° 1) Bekaert is market leader Examples Film Coatings (n° 2)
Automotive 35% Diverse 65% construction, telecom, glass, offshore, textiles, chemistry, agriculture, energy … Active in the most diverse sectors
Advanced metal transformation Advanced materials and coatings Bekaert is technological leader Core competences From wire rod to advanced wire products From ultra fine fibers to advanced materials From traditional coatings toadvanced coatings
Bekaert is the number one in wire drawing One tire in four is reinforced with Bekaert steel cord products Bekaertsteel wire fibers reinforce concrete all over the world Advanced wire products • Steel wires, steel cords and other wire products for a broad range of applications in the most diverse sectors Advanced wire products 91%
Bekaert is the number one in ultra-thin metal fibers Your car window has been shaped using Bekaert metal fiber cloth Your environment-friendly boiler has a Bekaert gas burner Advanced materials • Metal fiber products for textiles, filtration andconductive plastics • Environment-friendly gas burners based on metal fibers Advanced materials 5%
Bekaert is the number one in sputter targets for low E-glass and in diamond-like coatings for racing cars Bekaert is the number two in solar and safety window film Advanced coatings • Rotatable sputter targets and sputter hardware,a.o. for the glass industry • Diamond-like and thermal sprayed coatings,mainly for anti-wear applications • Solar and safety window filmfor architectural and automotive applications • Sputtered industrial film,e.g. for flexible circuitry Advanced coatings 4%
Combined sales 2006: 3.2 billion euro Offices Production plants North America2 270 employees€ 637 million combined sales: 20% Europe6 320 employees€ 1 006 million combined sales: 31% Asia4 350 employees€ 386 million combined sales: 12% Other regions90 employees € 53 million combined sales: 2% Bekaert is a global player, active worldwide Latin America 5 490 employees€ 1 113 million combined sales: 35%