Founded in 1936 in Antwerp, BELGIUM, the Brussels based company FIB BELGIUM SA (previously Le Four Industriel Belge) is a designer of industrial furnaces for various sectors mainly in the field of steel wire but is also supplying heating equipments to glass, ceramic, heat treatment and non ferrous industries. The FIB core business are equipments used to process steel wires where the company is a world-wide leading supplier that frequently receives the number one label. The range of products in this field includes batch heat treatment installations and continuous lines for patenting lines, annealing, galvanizing and oil tempered wires. Wires processed on these installations will become tire cord, spring, lift and crane cables, dry clean hangers, nails, piano wire, staples to mention just a few end products. Within that framework, FIB is a major supplier to many famous companies such as Bekaert, Pirelli, Goodyear, Kiswire and Sumitomo amongst at least 200 customers located in more than 60 countries, most of them are long-term customers who not only have one but several FIB installations. FIB Belgium design as well pieces hot dip galvanizing furnaces where the focus is made on mitigate the CO2 emissions.
