Belden Inc. is an innovative signal transmission solutions company built around
five global business platforms – Broadcast Solutions, Enterprise Connectivity
Solutions, Industrial Connectivity Solutions, Industrial IT Solutions, and Network
Security Solutions.
Our comprehensive portfolio of signal transmission solutions provides industry
leading secure and reliable transmission of data, sound, and video for mission
critical applications. We sell our products to distributors, end-users, installers,
and directly to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). Belden Inc. is a Delaware
corporation incorporated in 1988, but the Company’s roots date back to
its founding by Joseph Belden in 1902.
Operational Excellence—The core of our business model is operational excellence
and the execution of our Belden Business System. The Belden Business System
has three areas of focus. First, we demonstrate a commitment to Lean enterprise
initiatives, which improve not only the quality and efficiency of the manufacturing
environment, but our business processes on a company-wide basis. Second, we
utilize our Market Delivery System (MDS), a go-to-market model that provides
the foundation for organic growth. We believe that organic growth, resulting
from both market growth and share capture, is essential to our success. Finally,
our Talent Management System supports the development of our associates at all
levels, which preserves the culture necessary to operate our business consistently
and sustainably.
Cash Generation—Our pursuit of operational excellence results in the generation
of significant cash flow.
Portfolio Improvement—We utilize the cash flow generated by our business
to fuel our continued transformation and generate shareholder value. We continuously
improve our portfolio to ensure we provide the most complete, end-to-end solutions
to our customers. Our portfolio is designed with balance across end markets
and geographies to ensure we can meet our goals in most economic environments.
We have a disciplined acquisition cultivation, execution, and integration system
that allows us to invest in outstanding companies that strengthen our capabilities
and enhance our ability to serve our customers.
The Broadcast Solutions (Broadcast) segment is a leading provider of production,
distribution, and connectivity systems for television broadcast, cable, satellite,
and IPTV industries. We target end-use customers in markets such as outside
broadcast, sport venues, broadcast studios, and cable, broadband, satellite,
and telecommunications service providers. Our products are used in a variety
of applications, including live production signal management, program playout
for broadcasters, monitoring for pay-TV operators, and broadband connectivity.
Broadcast products and solutions include camera mounted fiber solutions, interfaces
and routers, broadcast and audio-visual cable solutions, monitoring systems,
in-home network systems, playout systems, outside plant connectivity products,
and other cable and connectivity products.
The Enterprise Connectivity Solutions (Enterprise) segment provides network
infrastructure solutions for enterprise customers. We serve customers in markets
such as healthcare, education, financial, and government. Enterprise product
lines include copper cable and connectivity solutions, fiber cable and connectivity
solutions, and racks and enclosures. Our products are used in applications such
as data centers, local area networks, access control, and building automation.
Enterprise provides true end-to-end copper and fiber network systems to include
cable, assemblies, interconnect panels, and enclosures. Our high-performance
solutions support all networking protocols to include 100G+ Ethernet technologies.
Enterprise products also include intelligent power, cooling, and airflow management
for mission-critical data center operations. The Enterprise product portfolio
is designed to support Internet Protocol convergence, the increased use of wireless
communications, and cloud-based data centers by our customers.
The Industrial Connectivity Solutions (Industrial Connectivity) segment is
a leading provider of high performance networking components and machine connectivity
products. Industrial Connectivity products include physical network and fieldbus
infrastructure components and on-machine connectivity systems customized to
end user and OEM needs. Products are designed to provide reliability and confidence
of performance for a wide range of industrial automation applications. We target
end-use customers in markets such as discrete automation, process automation,
oil and gas, power generation, power transmission and distribution, and mobile
automation. Our products are used in applications such as network and fieldbus
infrastructure; sensor and actuator connectivity; power, control, and data transmission;
and mobile machines. Industrial Connectivity products include solutions such
as industrial and input/output (I/O) connectors, industrial cables, IP and networking
cables, I/O modules, distribution boxes, ruggedized controls and sensors, customer
specific wiring solutions, and load-moment indicator systems as well as controllers
and sensors for the mobile crane market.
4.04% 
44.76 %