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Inhera® highlights top-performing innovative solutions that help industries achieve their net-zero goals faster. Each labeled solution meets rigorous criteria, including alignment with the EU Taxonomy Regulation, and contributes to reducing carbon emissions, improving resource efficiency, and supporting circularity. Currently, eight Bekaert solutions carry the inhera® label.
In today's world, sustainability is no longer optional, it's a strategic imperative. As customer expectations for transparency grow, credible sustainability labels have become essential for guiding responsible choices and driving measurable progress.
More than just a label, Inhera® embodies Bekaert’s ambition to partner with customers in advancing measurable sustainability impact across industries. It provides clarity, trust, and performance assurance, spotlighting Bekaert’s top-performing solutions across sectors like construction, automotive, and energy, aligned with frameworks like the EU Taxonomy Regulation, and supported by third-party validated data.
The name inhera® reflects how sustainability is embedded in Bekaert’s DNA, an inherent part of its processes, innovations, and mindset. Ann-Françoise Versele, VP Sustainability, explains: “Sustainability is inherent in everything we do at Bekaert. Through our products and processes, we aim to leave a legacy of sustainability for future generations. Our partners who choose inhera® solutions are choosing to accelerate sustainability and create real impact.”
The label currently features a curated portfolio of eight solutions designed to drive cleaner, more sustainable progress across key end-markets, with more innovations continuously added to support the journey to net-zero.
• Ampact™ copper magnet wire for stators in high-voltage e-motors. Its advanced PEEK insulation enables a 10% reduction in direct CO₂ emissions.
• Flexisteel® hoist ropes for elevators, enabling lighter designs that cut daily energy use by up to 36% compared to traditional steel ropes.
• Elyta® Ultra and Mega Tensile reinforcements for tires, delivering up to 16% CO₂ savings per tire while supporting circular reuse.
• High tensile steel cores for overhead power lines, engineered to reduce steel consumption by over 30%.
• Bezinal® Vineyard Plus, made with low-carbon raw materials, achieves over 50% CO₂ reduction and 14% lower life cycle GHG emissions thanks to enhanced corrosion resistance and extended durability.
• Bezinox® non-magnetic armouring wire for submarine power cables, designed to extend cable lifespan and lower operating temperatures, helping mitigate marine environmental impact.
• Next-gen Hose Wire reinforcement, optimized to use 28% less wire and 5% less rubber per hose, resulting in up to 70% lower CO₂ emissions without compromising performance.
• Subsea cable armouring wire, manufactured from at least 70% recycled steel, offers over 50% CO₂ savings compared to conventional alternatives and is fully recyclable at end-of-life.
About Bekaert
Bekaert’s ambition is to be the leading partner for shaping the way we live and move, and to always do this in a way that is safe, smart, and sustainable. As a global market and technology leader in material science of steel wire transformation and coating technologies, Bekaert (bekaert.com) also applies its 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 is a global technology company whose 21 000 employees worldwide together generated € 4.0 billion in consolidated sales in 2024.
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