Products and applications Investors Jobs About us EN Contact Us HomeAbout usGlobal presenceNorth America North America Bekaert in a nutshell The Bekaert Strategy The Bekaert Way Navigation.OpenClose Corporate Governance Organization Navigation.OpenClose Sustainability Navigation.OpenClose Corporate Venturing Navigation.OpenClose News room Navigation.OpenClose Annual Reports Technology Navigation.OpenClose History Global presence Navigation.OpenClose EMEA North America Latin America Asia Pacific In North America Bekaert is present since the 1950s. The real expansion started in the 1970s with the success of steel cord for tire reinforcement. Today, we have more than 10 plants and sales offices in the United States and Canada. Bekaert’s answer to the market conditions in this region is customer oriented innovation: our rubber reinforcement plants for example are offering high-tensile, light steel cord constructions with fine filaments. Other plants concentrate on tailor-made flat and shaped wires, guide rail cables, hoisting and mining ropes, innovative fencing solutions, PC strand, and a variety of steel wire specialties for construction markets. In dialogue with our customers, we work constantly on developing and implementing the best solutions to their needs. Key words of our way of doing business are efficiency, great flexibility, just-in-time delivery and close cooperation. Discover our innovative products and applications through the products and applications finder. Quick links Fact Sheet Generator Investors News Share monitor Bekaert near you Subscribe to our e-Newsletters better together Situation Although zinc provides a barrier to corrosion in most environments, specific conditions accelerate the corrosion process Solution Bekaert, drawing from its deep expertise in coating technology, has developed an advanced zinc/aluminum coating Result Bezinal® 2000 increases corrosion resistance with up to 500% compared to traditional galvanization Situation Alcan and Bekaert joined forces to install 210 miles of transmission cable Solution Bekaert seamlessly adjusted the lengths of the reels to help Alcan’s trucks drive through mountainous terrain Result Alcan could meet their customer’s delivery requirements ASK A QUESTION Copyright © 2015 Bekaert. All rights reserved. Made By The Reference We use cookies in order to let you fully experience this website. Cookies are small files we put in your browser to mainly track usage or remember your settings of our site but they don’t tell us who you are. Want to know more about how we use these Cookies please read our Cookie policy. Close