WiredInUSA-November2015

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MAKING THENEWS Rising from the ashes

Bekaert’s Georgia bead wire facility, which was shut down in November 2014 after a fire caused damage to the site, has been re-equipped with high performance bead wire production lines and reopened. Bekaert CEO Matthew Taylor, the regional management team and 100 guests, including tire manufacturers, and diplomatic and government officials from the US and Belgium, attended the grand opening in October. “Bekaert Rome is poised to return as the preferred bead wire supplier to US tire makers,”Mr Taylor said ina statement. “The team clearly shows their commitment and determination in proving their capability and ambitions to serve US-based tire makers with optimal quality and service.” Bekaert is a global manufacturer and provider of steel wire transformation and coating technologies, headquartered in

Belgium. The company employs around 30,000 with revenue of about $4.5 billion. Bekaert’s North American unit employs about 1,600 in ten plants and offices in the US and Canada.

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