Bekaert Launches Dramix® Loop™, Breakthrough in End-of-Life Steel Fibers for Sustainable Construction
Circular Steel Fibers for Sustainable Construction
Bekaert introduces Dramix® Loop™, its most sustainable steel fiber to date and a major milestone in circular construction. With this launch, Bekaert becomes the first in the industry to produce steel fibers from end-of-life tires at an industrial scale, significantly reducing the carbon footprint of concrete reinforcement.
Dramix® Loop™ builds on 50 years of leadership and long-standing performance of Bekaert’s Dramix® brand. While existing Dramix® steel fibers for concrete reinforcement already enable up to 20% less concrete, 50% less steel, and up to 35% lower CO₂ emissions compared to traditional reinforcement solutions, Dramix® Loop™ sets a new sustainability benchmark for the portfolio.
Made from high grade steel recovered from end-of-life tire cords, Dramix® Loop™ addresses one of the tire industry’s biggest challenges: circularity. Bekaert’s innovative process preserves the steel’s inherent tensile strength and eliminates carbon-intensive reprocessing, resulting in a near zero carbon footprint with a Global Warming Potential of only 0.0436 kg CO₂eq per kg.
Eric Peeters, Divisional CEO Sustainable Construction: “Just like our other Dramix® products, Dramix® Loop™ ticks all the boxes: safe, smart, and sustainable. It’s less labor-intensive, reduces CO₂ up to 80% compared to traditional reinforcement, and leverages our structural design capabilities. And the circular aspect adds even more value, because with end-of-life steel, the carbon footprint is close to zero.”
Maximizing performance, minimizing environmental impact
Dramix Loop supports LEED, BREEAM, and EU Taxonomy compliance and contributes to Scope 3 emission reductions, helping owners and developers meet ESG goals. The steel fibers deliver reliable performance with very low contamination levels and a high tensile strength, making them ideal for concrete reinforcement for industrial flooring, precast elements, sprayed concrete, UHPC applications and other.
Bekaert’s ambition (bekaert.com) 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 (Euronext Brussels, BEKB) is a global technology company whose 21 000 employees worldwide together generated € 4.0 billion in consolidated sales in 2024.
Rubber Reinforcement is the largest division of Bekaert and a global market leader in advanced steel reinforcement solutions for tires, with a portfolio of tire cord and bead wire. Powered by a unique global manufacturing network, it delivers solutions that contribute to creating lighter, stronger, and more efficient tires, without compromising on quality or safety. Its flagship Elyta® range sets the benchmark for next-generation tire reinforcement, driving higher tensile strength in combination with superior performance.
Learn More:
- Recovered Carbon Black Projects
- Tire Pyrolysis Technology
- Tire-to-Tire Circular Economy Solutions
- Steel Recovery from End-of-Life Tires
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