Customer Innovation Center

We’re innovators & problem solvers—and we’re here for you.

Take a virtual tour of our newly opened Customer Innovation Center

Breaking Down Barriers to Innovation

In today’s fast-moving and changing times, data and insights are more essential than ever for making smart, timely and effective business decisions. With the convergence of operational (OT) and informational technologies (IT), organizations are better positioned than ever to build the backbone required for operational success and security.

As experts, we know getting there isn’t easy. Increasingly customer expectations, talent shortages, global supply chains, market fluctuations and an ever-evolving selection of technologies add layers of complexity to moving forward.

This is where the Belden Customer Innovation Center (CIC) can help. As connectivity and networking experts, we’re dedicated to helping customers accelerate the design and implementation of robust, reliable and secure networks to deliver the data and insights that drive better business performance.


A Message from our CIC Business Leader

Automation networks are rapidly evolving to deliver business outcomes - including safety, innovation, quality, delivery and productivity – more directly than ever before. This needs high quality hardware and software working together in networks designed for specific use cases whilst ensuring high availability, reliability and security and with a proven track record of successful installations. Such expertise is rarely available in one place.

 
Belden’s portfolio of network products and the granular knowledge of disparate applications have been honed over more than a 100 years and we have brought these together in our new Customer Innovation Centers (CICs) where we engage with users and a variety of industry experts to provide customized solutions and services supporting future-ready networks. All the expertise you need in one place.
 
If you are not already talking to us about your network, you probably should be! Please visit us to discuss how we can take your network to the next level.

Ashish Chand 
Executive Vice President, Industrial Automation | Belden


 

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Guide to the Belden CIC

We build the foundation for operational efficiency leveraging your real-time data

Defining the roadmap for your digitization journey

Being able to fully utilize data analytics and insights separates market leaders from followers. At Belden, we help our customers face this challenge by building a digital foundation to unleash the power of their real-time OT data. With our Customer Innovation Center™ solutions, we take the burden away from you by designing, developing, and validating sustainable and secure network solutions tailored to the complexity of your unique business needs. 

 

 

 

 

Building a world of possibilities with Belden's Customer Innovation Centers

Case Study: Empowering Plant Operations

  • Belden's Richmond plant, in collaboration with the Belden CIC, develops a tailored, vendor-neutral solution that seamlessly integrates with existing equipment.
  • Through the CIC’s hands-on approach, Richmond anticipates double-digit productivity improvements, grounded in a richer understanding of its operations and equipment.
  • Witness the real-world application as this collaboration moves Richmond closer to data-driven operational excellence.

Validation Lab

  • Our Validation Labs are where state-of-the-art technology and expertise meet to develop, customize and validate the best solution, reducing customers’ risk.
  • We tailor your solution from the ground up to adapt to each unique business need.
  • Your network’s home-away-from-home: our Validation Lab capabilities can be deployed both within the Customer Innovation CenterTM locations and directly at the customer's premises.

CIC Locations Worldwide

  • The Customer Innovation CenterTM locations offer a hands-on experience of our solutions, with the opportunity to customize them in our Proof-of-Concept room and validate them in our Validation Labs.
  • The possibilities are endless: we bring the online and offline worlds together to foster innovation through our collaborative rooms and training spaces.
  • Click to explore our Customer Innovation CenterTM locations with a Virtual Tour: Stuttgart, Chicago, Shanghai

Ready to start a project?

Our experts are ready to guide you step-by-step in your digitization journey by designing and validating the best solution for your needs.