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Bekaert SA — Investor Day (December 2004)

13 slides from Bekaert SA's investor day presentation, Dec 17, 2004

  1. Slide 1: Innovation

    1 Innovation Georges Brys Group Executive Vice President IR041217 - p1/80 Analysts’ day – (17 December 2004)

  2. Slide 2: Group Technology Strategy

    2 Group Technology Strategy 1. Strengthen technology efforts 2. Increase Alignment with BU strategy 3. Focus on limited number of high potential key projects 4. Strive at Synergy between advanced metal transformation and advanced coating technologies 5. Increase Outward orientation 6. Assure Intelle

  3. Slide 3: Innovation

    3 Innovation Purpose : Achieve worldwide market and technological leadership through continuous improvement of our innovation process: Translate basic and latent customer needs into value creating products and services. ¾ Accelerate development of new products. ¾ Develop leading technological compet

  4. Slide 4: Align technology efforts with BU's

    4 Align technology efforts with BU’s ¾ Keep technological leadership as critical enabler for market leadership ¾ Technological leadership in advanced metal transformation, advanced materials and advanced coating technologies ¾ Project driven organisation ¾ Seamless Innovation Process (Innovation Fun

  5. Slide 5: Innovation funnel

    5 Innovation funnel Strategic Guidance Strategy & Vision BU/Market Input BU Product/Technology Roadmaps Technology Push Technology Evolutions Idea generation Idea First Screening Idea exploration Marketing roadmap Intellectual Capital Project Assessment Create, Protect, Project management Implementa

  6. Slide 6: Focus: example key development project – Overhead Power Lines

    6 Focus : example key development project Overhead Power Lines 9 Free power trade → increased power transmission Bezinal® 9 Higher current transport coated high strength steel for overhead → higher heat generation power lines 9 Bekaert’s offer : - Ultra high strength steel - Bezinal® coating for hig

  7. Slide 7: Focus: example key development project – Adhere DLC coatings

    7 Focus : example key development project ‘Adhere’ : next generation Diamond-Like Carbon (DLC) coatings 9 Wear resistant low friction coatings 9 ‘Adhere’ project : • Improved adhesion • Up scaling for cost reduction 9 Presently in field testing in automotive and textile industry Sorevi racing car pi

  8. Slide 8: Focus: example key development project – Hilite window film

    8 Focus : example key development project Hilite® window film Hilite® clear window film 100 Transmittance / Reflectance (%) 9 New: spectrally selective window film 80 9 High visual transparency at high solar 60 heat reflection 40 9 Proprietary sputter coating technology 9 Made with noble metals and

  9. Slide 9: Focus: example key research project

    9 Focus : example key research project Thin Film Electronics Clear state Colored state 9 Research on • Next generation heat/light control window film (smart windows) • Coatings for thin film batteries 9 Similar technology platform : • Coating functionality based on Li ion switching • high throughput

  10. Slide 10: Synergy

    10 Synergy Examples of technological synergy between metal transformation and coating technologies ¾ Plastic coatings on cables using extrusion technology ¾ Silane coatings on Zn coated wire for better adhesion with PU ¾ Hard wear resistant coatings (thermal spray, diamond like coatings) on card clo

  11. Slide 11: Increased 'outward' orientation

    11 Increased ‘outward’ orientation ¾ Increased internationalization of technologists 9 Increased hiring of international technological talent at Bekaert Technology Center, following the ‘career path’ for technologists 9 presently 10 % international technologists ¾ Use of Venture Capital initiatives

  12. Slide 12: External R&D co-operations

    12 External R&D co-operations ¾ Fits in existing trend of ‘Open Innovation’ : 9 Find, stimulate and incorporate externally generated ideas 9 Set-up co-operations with external R&D partners (universities, research institutes, high-tech startups,…) 9 Use of in- and outlicensing of technologies ¾ Exter

  13. Slide 13: Assure Intellectual Property Protection

    13 Assure Intellectual Property Protection ¾ Increased size of patent portfolio, mainly due to geographical expansion ¾ Focus IP efforts on Key Project portfolio ¾ Increasing number of IP agreements for know-how protection (R&D contracts, secrecy agreements) # patents in force 1600 1538 1500 1431 14

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