NV Bekaert SA plans to sell its Diamond-like Carbon (DLC) coating activities to Switzerland-based Sulzer. The DLC business is part of Bekaert’s advanced coatings business segment and hosts six production plants.

NV Bekaert SA plans to sell its Diamond-like Carbon (DLC) coating activities to Switzerland-based Sulzer. The DLC business is part of Bekaert’s advanced coatings business segment and hosts six production plants: in Belgium (Zulte), France (Limoges and Bons-en-Chablais), Germany (Herford) and the United States (Amherst, NY and Research Triangle Park, NC). The potential deal with Sulzer covers all 164 people now working for Bekaert DLC.

Diamond-like carbon coatings are used to reduce wear and friction in a wide range of industrial applications such as machine parts, automotive components and molds for plastics and metals. The DLC business accounted for less than 1% of Bekaert’s consolidated sales in 2007.

For more information, visitwww.bekaert.comorwww.sulzer.com.