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Bridon-Bekaert Ropes Group
Formed 2015-2016 from merger of Bridon International (origins 1789, Doncaster UK) and Belgian materials giant Bekaert. "World's premier supplier of mission-critical advanced cords and ropes." 17+ manufacturing locations globally; plants in UK (4 sites), Germany, USA, Chile, Australia. Serves oil & gas, mining, crane, elevator, infrastructure markets. Bridon was "world's biggest supplier of wire rope" in 1991 with 5,400 employees. Bekaert parent is Belgium's largest company by revenue and also manufactures steel cord for tire reinforcement — same corporate family makes tire cord AND port crane hoisting ropes. 2,100+ patents.
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Crane Ropes (Bridon)
30%Mining Ropes
25%Infrastructure Cables
20%Oil & Gas and Offshore
15%Bekaert Parent — Steel Wire and Tire Cord
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Did you know2024
Bekaert, the Belgian parent of Bridon-Bekaert Ropes Group, is also the world's largest manufacturer of steel cord for tire reinforcement — the thin steel strands that give car and truck tires structural integrity. Belgium's largest company by revenue makes both the wire inside every car tire and the hoisting rope on port cranes that lift shipping containers. A single Belgian industrial group holds dominant positions in two entirely unrelated critical supply chains: global tire manufacturing and global port crane operations. Bekaert's wire transformation and coating capabilities span from sub-millimeter tire cord to 100mm+ mining and crane hoisting ropes.
Bekaert ↗Origin2015
Bridon International traces its origins to 1789 in Doncaster, Yorkshire — making it one of the oldest continuously operating wire rope companies in the world, predating the industrial revolution's modern steel era and beginning with hemp rope. Bridon was the world's largest wire rope supplier in 1991 with 5,400 employees. In 2015-2016, Belgian materials company Bekaert (Euronext Brussels: BEKN) — Belgium's largest company by market cap — merged its ropes business with Bridon to form Bridon-Bekaert Ropes Group (BBRG). Bekaert is simultaneously the world's #1 producer of steel tire cord — the steel wire lattice embedded inside every car and truck tire. A single corporate family thus controls both the crane and mining rope supply chain AND the steel wire supply chain inside automotive tires, with 2,100+ patents across the portfolio.
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