Bekaert (Bridon-Bekaert)

As a global market and technology leader in industrial and offshore products, Bekaert (bekaert.com) is applying its material science and coating technology expertise beyond steel to create new solutions with innovative materials and services for markets including new mobility, sustainable construction, and energy transition. Founded in 1880, with its headquarters in Belgium, Bekaert (Euronext Brussels, BEKB) is a global technology company whose 21 000 employees worldwide together generated € 4.0 billion in consolidated sales in 2024. Recognised as a Floating Offshore Wind mooring pioneer, the company is involved in an extensive set of demonstrator projects with its anchor-to-floater total synthetic mooring solution package. Bekaert’s role in Tailwind is to provide samples of material for testing, from yarn to sub-rope, and to participate in various types of rope characterisation testing as well as providing input in to other project work packages, such as fiber rope environmental impact and recyclability