Bekaert
The Bekaert Group is a technology-driven company with headquarters in Belgium. We produce and market a wide range of products based on metal forming and coating technologies. Bekaert has over 80 production centers worldwide and an extensive network of sales offices and agencies. In 2004 the consolidated companies and participating interests generated sales in excess of EURO 3.1 billion and employed 18 400 people.
Bekaert Advanced Filtration designs and fabricates filtration equipment and process systems. We are specialists in utilizing porous metal filter medium.
Bekaert Fibre Processing Systems NVKouterstraat 8
8560 Wevelgem
Belgium
28 Oct 2005
Bekaert acquires Southwest Screens & Filters, a leading player in filter applications for the polymer industry
Bekaert has acquired Southwest Screens & Filters SA for an enterprise value of € 6 million. With production facilities in Sprimont (Belgium) and just outside Jakarta (Indonesia), Southwest realises annual sales of € 10 million. The company employs 125 people and is one of the world players in metal fibre based industrial process filters. These filters are used mainly in the polymer industry for filtering possible impurities out of the molten raw material during the production process, to ensure the good quality of the synthetic fibre or film.