NV Bekaert SA is a Belgium-based company primarily engaged in two areas of activity: advanced metal transformation, and advanced materials and coatings. Its products are applied in the automotive, construction, energy & utilities, agricultural, consumer goods, basic materials and equipment industries. Possible applications of Bekaert products include, among others: car interior wiring and drive train springs for the automotive industry; construction reinforcements, overland electricity lines and telecom cables for the energy & utilities sector; surgical and lancet wire for the medical industry; barbed wire, fishing wire and hook wire for the agricultural and fishing industries; wire applications for all kinds of consumer goods such as printing products and packaging; separation materials and industrial yarns for the basic materials industry and wire products for tooling and industrial machinery sector. In December 2013, Clarcor Inc acquired the Company's Advanced Filtration business.