Belden

Belden helps manufacturers build connected, secure, and data-ready operations—from the machine level to the plant backbone and beyond. At Automate, we’re showcasing how industrial teams can improve uptime, speed troubleshooting, and scale modernization initiatives by starting with a resilient communications foundation.

Through our portfolio of trusted industrial brands—Hirschmann, ProSoft Technology, and Lumberg Automation—Belden supports the real-world challenges found in discrete and hybrid manufacturing environments: mixed-vendor automation, legacy equipment that still has value, expanding wireless needs, and increasing cybersecurity requirements. Our industrial Ethernet switching and routing solutions help create reliable connectivity and segmentation across cells, lines, and plant networks. Industrial firewalls add a practical layer of protection to support secure access and safer data movement between OT and IT systems.

For plants looking to modernize without rip-and-replace, ProSoft protocol gateways and communications solutions help bridge common industrial protocols so legacy machines and newer controls can share data more easily. At the edge, Hirschmann OpEdge industrial gateways provide a platform for running applications close to production—enabling local data collection, processing, and integration with higher-level systems.

We also support faster, cleaner deployments with rugged industrial connectivity and sensor/actuator interfaces—including IO-Link components and a broad range of industrial cordsets and connectors designed for demanding factory environments. The result is an end-to-end approach that helps automation, engineering, maintenance, and IT teams work from the same playbook: connect reliably, integrate efficiently, and use data confidently.

Whether you’re focused on production resilience, cybersecurity alignment, legacy integration, wireless expansion, or your next Industry 4.0 milestone, Belden brings the infrastructure and expertise to help you move from “connected assets” to measurable operational improvement.