Bekaert SA provides steel wire products and coating solutions. The company is headquartered in Zwevegem, West-Vlaanderen and currently employs 21,000 full-time employees. Its products are applied in the automotive, construction, energy and utilities, agricultural, consumer goods, basic materials and equipment industries. Possible applications of the Company's products include, among others: car interior wiring, tire strengthening and drive train springs for the automotive industry; construction reinforcements, overland electricity lines and telecom cables for the energy & utilities sector; surgical and lancet wire for the medical industry; barbed wire, fishing wire and hook wire for the agricultural and fishing industries; wire applications for all kinds of consumer goods such as printing products and packaging; separation materials and industrial yarns for the basic materials industry and wire products for tooling and industrial machinery sector.