Belden Incorporated is an American manufacturer of networking, connectivity, and cable products. The company designs, manufactures, and markets signal transmission products for demanding applications. These products serve the industrial automation, enterprise, security, transportation, infrastructure, and residential markets. Belden is one of the largest U.S.-based manufacturers of high-speed electronic cables primarily used in industrial, enterprise, and broadcast markets.

Structure

Belden is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Its president and CEO is Roel Vestjens. Belden operates in three regions: *

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and

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(EMEA) *

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PPC Belden

PPC, a division of Belden, holds a number of patents for connector technology and has pioneered advancements for various industries. PPC Belden's innovations include the Universal Compression Connector, the wireless compression connector for the

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industry and a locking

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connector. It was purchased by Belden in 2012. PPC Belden has its headquarters in

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History

Belden was founded in Chicago in 1902. It was acquired by Crouse-Hinds Company in 1980; Crouse-Hinds was acquired by

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in 1981 and spun off Belden as an independent company in 1993. In 2004 the company merged with Cable Design Technologies forming Belden CDT Inc. (now Belden Inc.) and since then the company has been headquartered in St. Louis. In 2005 John Stroup became CEO.

Acquisitions

Belden expanded in the 21st century through a number of corporate acquisitions: In early 2007, Belden purchased Hirschmann Automation and Control, an industrial marketing company focused on

industrial automation Automation describes a wide range of technologies that reduce human intervention in processes, namely by predetermining decision criteria, subprocess relationships, and related actions, as well as embodying those predeterminations in machines ...

and networking systems, for $260 million. In the summer of 2007, Belden acquired Lumberg Automation, which manufactures connectors used in industrial automation, for an undisclosed price. In June 2008, Belden purchased wireless

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vendor Trapeze for $113 million. In December 2009, Belden purchased Telecast Fiber Systems, a manufacturer of fiber-optic systems for television broadcast production, for an undisclosed price. In late 2010, Belden acquired GarrettCom, an industrial networking products manufacturer, for $52 million. In late 2010, Belden purchased

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, a coax connectivity and communications products company, $78 million. In November 2010, Belden purchased the communications products business of broadcast connector manufacturer

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for $78 million. In December 2010, Belden divested its wireless business to

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. In April 2011, Belden expanded its presence in South America with the acquisition of Poliron, a Brazilian cable company for $30 million. In September 2011, Belden acquired

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, a security solutions provider, and Byres Security, makers of the

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brand industrial security solutions, for $7 million. In June 2012, Belden acquired Miranda Technologies, a global provider of hardware and software solutions for the broadcast television, cable, satellite and IPTV industries, for $377 million. In December 2012, Belden purchased PPC, a developer and manufacturer of connectivity solutions for the broadband service provider market, for $515.7 million.Belden buys privately held PPC for $515.7 million. (2012, December 11) https://www.reuters.com/article/us-belden-acquisition-idUSBRE8BA0I32012121

/ref> In early 2014, Belden acquired Grass Valley (company), Grass Valley, a manufacturer of end-to-end broadcast solutions, for $220 million. In December 2014, Belden said it would buy

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for $710 million. The deal, which closed in the first quarter of 2015 , allowed the companies to deliver

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solutions across industrial and broadcast markets. In early 2021, Belden acquired OTN Systems, a Belgium based manufacturer of critical telecommunication equipment, for $71 million.

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* {{Authority control Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange Electronics companies of the United States Signal connectors Wire and cable manufacturers Manufacturing companies based in Missouri Companies based in St. Louis County, Missouri Electronics companies established in 1902 1902 establishments in Illinois