21 Apr 2008
Belden EMEA Business Unit
Belden Inc., St. Louis/USA, has grouped its subsidiaries Belden Europe, Venlo/Netherlands, HEW-Kabel, Wipperfürth, Hirschmann Automation and Control, Neckartenzlingen, and Lumberg Automation, Schalksmühle, in the new Belden EMEA business unit. Business activities are carried out by the five divisions Cable Infrastructure, Cable Specialty, Industrial Connecting Solutions, Industrial Networking and Electronic Control Systems. The product portfolio ranges from copper and fiberoptic cables as well as connectors and IO modules to network devices and control systems for load indication and load moment limitation. Belden EMEA, with production sites in Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, Denmark, Italy, the Czech Republic and Hungary, is represented by subsidiaries in more than 15 countries in Europe, the Middle East, the USA and in Asia. It also has a network of contract partners on all five continents. In 2007 Belden EMEA achieved sales of approximately 550 million Euros with more than 2,200 employees worldwide.
21 Apr 2008
Solutions for Data Transmission in Automation
Belden Inc., headquartered in St. Louis (Missouri, U.S.A.), has consolidated its affiliated Belden Europe (Venlo, The Netherlands), HEW-Kabel (Wipperfürth, Germany), Hirschmann Automation and Control (Neckartenzlingen, Germany) and Lumberg Automation (Schalksmühle, Germany) companies into the newly formed business unit of Belden EMEA. Its operational headquarters will be located in the greater area of Stuttgart (Germany). Dr. Wolfgang Babel, who already headed Hirschmann and Lumberg Automation, was named President of Belden EMEA. Together, with more than 2,200 employees worldwide, the four companies combine comprehensive expertise in the field of data transmission. Besides a broad portfolio of copper and fiberoptic cables as well as automation components, Belden EMEA will - in future - also provide solutions for the communications technology in automation. To this end, the business unit plans to further complement its activities with proprietary developments as well as through acquisition. Turnover, which totalled approx. EUR 550 million in 2007, is expected to be doubled within the next few years.
21 Apr 2008
Belden introduces new halogen-free DeviceBus® Cables
Belden, a leader in the design, manufacturing and marketing of signal transmission products, has introduced new halogen-free DeviceBus® Cables, two of which are steel wire armored for use in public areas and/or demanding industrial applications.
21 Apr 2008
Belden introduces new components to provide end-to-end solutions for Industrial Ethernet cabling
Belden, a leader in the design, manufacturing and marketing of signal transmission products, has introduced a series of new components for Industrial Ethernet conductivity to complement Belden’s high performance unshielded and shielded twisted pair cables with bonded-pair technology.
21 Apr 2008
Belden helps to drive industrial automation
Belden cables are being widely adopted by industrial users for the Process Industry and Factory Floor Automation. The company offers a range of Process Automation (PA) cables for use in instrumentation, regulation and control technologies. PROFIBUS PA technology allows safe transmission of data and power on the line. This enables the user to expand the possibilities of a state-of-the-art control system.
8 Apr 2008
Belden offers advanced products for building markets
Belden offers an extensive range of high quality, high performance products for use in industrial, institutional, commercial, educational and residential buildings. Chris Chandler, Technical Sales Manager for Belden EMEA, provides an overview of new and soon-to-be-introduced products.
25 Mar 2008
Belden provides broadband solutions
Belden manufactures wire and cable broadband solutions that provide the bandwidth needed to build the infrastructure for today's CableTV and satellite dish technology. Theo van Rijn, Product Marketing Operations Manager for Belden EMEA, gives an overview of the company’s capabilities in the CATV or Provider market.
10 Mar 2008
New Belden halogen-free component video cables
Belden has extended its popular Halogen-Free Snake Cable range by introducing VideoFlex® FRNC 1855ENx. The new cable combines important benefits to both users and installers, delivering optimum performance whilst reducing installation time and therefore labor costs.
5 Mar 2008
Wolfgang Babel to head Belden EMEA
Belden has announced the appointment of Wolfgang Babel as Vice President, Operations, and President of Belden Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Dr. Babel joined Belden in October 2007 as Managing Director of Belden Automation, comprising Hirschmann and Lumberg Automation. Dr. Babel served as Managing Director of Endress + Hauser Conducta Gesellschaft für Mess- und Regeltechnik mbH & Co., KG, in Gerlingen, Germany, designers and manufacturers of measurement equipment and process instrumentation. Previously he held progressively responsible positions with Diehl GmbH & Co. KG, an electronics and munitions company. He has a Doctor of Engineering degree in information technology from the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität in Nuremberg and a Ph.D. in System Theory Mathematics from Columbia Pacific University, San Francisco.
4 Mar 2008
Belden Press Kit CABSAT 2008
Belden is an innovative company and continually introduces new products to the market. Particularly important this year are cable developments for HD and Installable Performance. For example, Belden’s high quality Installable Performance is largely due to the use of high density nitrogen gas-injected foam dielectric and the use of small, closed cell bubbles.
4 Mar 2008
Belden’s Steve Lampen presents:
Maximizing HD Cable Performance
Steve Lampen, Multimedia Technology Manager for Belden in the USA, presents a keynote presentation entitled Maximizing HD Cable Performance, at a seminar organized by Belden at CABSAT 2008 in Dubai. The author of The Audio-Video Cable Installer's Pocket Guide (published by McGraw-Hill) and columnist for Radio World Magazine, Mr. Lampen is internationally renowned for his interesting and stimulating seminars about cable technology.
4 Mar 2008
Belden introduces new Brilliance® speaker cables
Belden has introduced Brilliance® Oxygen-Free High-Conductivity (OFHC) halogen-free speaker cables. Designed for indoor, outdoor and buried applications, these cables connect loudspeakers with amplifiers and thanks to their high conductivity oxygen-free copper core, they deliver superior and distinctive sound performance. Twisted and color-coded conductors provide better RF, sound quality and improved EMC and low capacitance polyolefin insulation ensures superior high frequency response and extended distance runs.
