Bekaert CEB Technologies

The Storage terminal operators’ conference and exhibition (StocExpo) is Europe’s leading international event for the tank terminal industry, which brings together Independent & major terminal operators as well as manufactures & suppliers.  This is the perfect venue for Bekaert to display its ultra low emission Clean Enclosed Burner (CEB®) technology, which can achieve VOC destruction efficiencies of up to 99.99%, while generating less than 15 ppm of NOx (<0.023 lbs. NOx/MMBTU) and less than 10 ppm of CO (<0.009 lbs. CO/MMBTU).   Bekaert Corporation will be in stand 7&8.  Please stop by to learn more about Bekaert’s CEB technology and how it can help you to significantly reduce your emissions and improve your operation.  StocExpo will take place 13, 14 &15 March 2012 at the Ahoy Expo in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Bekaert (www.bekaert.com) is a global technological and market leader in advanced solutions based on metal transformation and coatings, and the world's largest independent manufacturer of drawn steel wire products. Bekaert (Euronext Brussels: BEKB) is a global company with headquarters in Belgium, employing 28 000 people worldwide. Serving customers in 120 countries, Bekaert pursues sustainable profitable growth in all its activities and generated € 4.6 billion combined sales in 2011.

You might know us for example as a supplier of steel cord products for tire reinforcement - one in every four tires in the world runs on Bekaert steel cord. Or maybe you know our Dramix® steel fibers, used to reinforce over five million cubic meters of concrete every year. But we also offer significant added value for various businesses in all kinds of markets, from automotive to construction and from utilities to the heavy equipment sector.

Our baseline better together sums up the unique form that cooperation between Bekaert and its business partners takes. We want to know you and we want to help you grow your business. We are ready to meet your needs in the short and long term.

Key data:

• Founded in 1880 in Belgium (Europe)
• Specialized in advanced solutions based on metal transformation and coatings
• The world's largest independent manufacturer of drawn steel wire products
• Customers in over 120 countries and in all markets and sectors
• Worldwide 28 000 motivated employees in our plants and offices
• Headquartered in Belgium (Europe)
• Combined sales in 2011: € 4.6 billion
• Consolidated sales in 2011: € 3.3 billion
• Listed on Euronext® Brussels (BEKB)
• Reporting under IFRS  

A global player with customer focus:

• North America: 1 500 employees, € 657 million combined sales
• Latin America: 7 500 employees, € 1 645 million combined sales
• Europe: 6 800 employees, € 1 156 million combined sales
• Asia Pacific: 12 200 employees, € 1 141 million combined sales

Global market leadership in:

• Dramix^® fibers for concrete reinforcement
• champagne cork wire
• steel cord for radial tire reinforcement
• nylon coated wires, such as bookbinding wire
• profiled wire for reinforcing flexible pipes
• steel fibers used in textile, filtration and conductive plastics applications

Vision

At Bekaert we focus on sustainable profitable growth.
We do this all over the world in a responsible and professional way:

• By implementing our worldwide market and technological leadership strategy in the business segments and markets where we are active.
• By working for success together: with our customers, suppliers and other business partners, within our organization, and throughout the divisions and regions.

Mission

We want to:

• Safeguard the future of our company through sustainable profitable growth.
• Be recognized as a world leader in our selected business segments, offering our customers – as their preferred supplier – innovative and high quality products and services.
• Maintain our position as an employer of choice for the best talent by providing professional growth opportunities and competitive rewards, thereby reflecting the value we place on global diversity.

Beliefs

We believe that:

• We derive our strength as a company from the lasting relationships we build with our customers, suppliers and other business partners, with a clear focus on creating win-win solutions.
• Continuously meeting customer expectations is the foundation of our growth.
• Our people make the difference: the resilience, trust and integrity they demonstrate in their daily work generate the power needed to fulfill our mission.
• Our focus on innovation and our relentless pursuit of operational excellence give us a competitive advantage.
• Sustainability also stems from the way we take full responsibility for the impact of our operations on the environment and society.

• We recognize that our commitment to sustainable profitable growth has to take into account the broader economic, environmental and social impact of our operations.
• We consider the interests of customers, employees, shareholders, communities and other stakeholders in all aspects of our operations.
• We strive for operational excellence in an environment-friendly, safe, healthy and socially responsible manner.
• We invest in clean and energy-efficient plants, production processes and products. 
• We always comply with the local standards and regulations.

• We want our customers to consider us their preferred supplier.
• We need the passion and commitment of all our employees worldwide.
• Operational excellence is what connects the satisfied customer to the high-performing employee.

This ambition has been formalized in Bekaert's TQM charter:

• Quality in its broad dimension is paramount in realizing our strategy of “sustainable profitable growth”.
• Quality is essential for the fulfillment of the mission and beliefs of the Bekaert Group.
• The main focus of total quality is the understanding and fulfillment of the current and future needs of customers and markets.
• Every person in the Bekaert Group has a customer, internal or external.
• Every department and every person in the Bekaert Group must continuously seek higher levels of excellence through respecting standards and participating in continuous improvement efforts.
• To support the above, the Bekaert Group will:
• make no decisions or take any actions that could diminish in any way the established level of product quality or customer satisfaction;
• call upon the talents, cooperation, and experience of its employees;
• provide the necessary training, equipment, materials and procedures;
• strive to establish relationships among its employees that are based on integrity, trust, teamwork, and joint problem solving.
• The Bekaert Group recognizes that its future is related to the future of its customers and suppliers. A mutual beneficial relationship is therefore aimed for, resulting in value creation for both.
• Good quality can only be obtained in an environment that harnesses safety, housekeeping and environmental standards. Therefore, every Bekaert employee must ensure that these conditions are always met.

• Customer focus: our customer is priority number one in everything we do.
• Innovation: we count on everyone to submit new ideas that challenge what we do today to become better tomorrow.
• Result driven: targets are deployed to and pursued by everybody in various fields: quality assurance, financial performance, delivery service, safety, waste reduction, and many more.
• Self-management:  we stimulate our employees to develop new skills and to grow professionally throughout their careers.
• Talent focus:  at Bekaert, effectively coaching teams for results in the above areas is recognized as true leadership.

• Resilience is the ability to come back stronger after a setback and to seize opportunities with a positive drive.
• Trust relates to confidence in own and others' strengths and the mutual respect between colleagues or partners.
• Integrity is a condition for building and earning trust. Honesty and fairness characterize the real professional. The colleague or partner we want to work with.