Who we are

The company

BEA is a leading manufacturer of sensing solutions for automatic doors systems. The company was founded in 1965 and its headquarters are located in Liège, Belgium. BEA also has offices in the United States, Japan and China and our products can be found across the globe.

Success within the pedestrian market and rapid advancements in technology has fueled BEA’s growth into new markets and we now also offer a complete line of access control, safety and security solutions for industrial-, security- and transportation-based segments.

Looking forward, BEA continues to design and develop solutions for new applications like vehicle.

Mission & values

In cooperation with the industry, BEA develops sensor solutions aimed at increasing the performance of automatic equipment and improving comfort and safety for the user.

Teamwork

one Team, one Direction
Innovation

Shaping the future together
Empowerment

Encourage decision-making
Respect

For us, for our customers, for our stakeholders
Passion

We are motivated to achieve our most ambitious goals

BEA People

Around the world, employs nearly 600 enthusiastic and talented people who invest their time, talent and energy into the advancement of the BEA brand. From engineering and production to sales and support, the BEA team is dedicated to bringing our customers the highest level of satisfaction, both with our products and the support they receive.

Join our team

Elmar Koch Chief Executive Officer
Christine Bruchet Chief Financial Officer
Pierre Gardier Chief Technology Officer
An Bomans Chief Human Resources Officer
Laurent Sarlette Chief Marketing Officer (co-opted)
Véronique Giralt Chief Operating Officer
Tim Blanke President Americas
Olivier De Boeck Managing Director Europe & Asia Pacific

Olivier De Boeck Managing Director
Rocco Liradelfo Finance Director
Michel Pranic Sales Director
Anne-Sophie Guiot Head of HR
Sebastien Van Loo Head of R&D

Olivier De Boeck Managing Director
Ethel Yang Finance Director
Paul Liu R&D Director
Michelle Liu HR Director
Vivek Krishnan Marketing Director
Wayne Chung Sales Director
Ivan Wu Plant Director

Tim Blanke President
Matt Veres Director of Finance
SriRam Gopalan Director of Marketing
Lynn Dougherty Direction of Operations
Jason Altman Director of Sales
Toni DeFigio Director of Human Resources

Since 2002, BEA has been a part of Halma, a global holding company headquartered in the
United Kingdom.
Halma-owned companies produce products and services for markets related to health, safety and environmental safety. BEA operates within the Infrastructure Safety Division of HALMA plc.

www.halma.com

BEA History

1965

1985

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2007

2008

2010

2015

2016

1965

Founding of the company Bureau d’Electronique Appliquée by Fernand Van Genechten with the aim of developing electronic projects for industrial applications.

1985