Belden Press Kit Hannover Fair 2013

At this year’s Hanover Fair (8-12 April) Belden showcased its range of networking, cabling and connectivity solutions for mission critical applications in alternative energy, safe railway transport systems and reliable energy-efficient data center management, as well as solutions for wireless networking and connectivity.

During the show, Belden introduced a number of solutions for challenging applications, utilizing the specialized products from their Belden, Hirschmann and Lumberg Automation brands.

Press releases:

Belden’s Hirschmann OpenBAT-R nominated for “Hermes Award”

Neckartenzlingen, Germany - April 8, 2013 - Hirschmann Automation and Control, a Belden Brand, is once again presenting a number of new products at this year’s Hanover Fair. These include the access point OpenBAT-R from the Hirschmann range, which provides extremely reliable data transmissions even in a harsh industrial environment. For the first time, it even enables real-time and safety applications via WLAN. An independent jury nominated Hirschmann Automation and Control and four other manufacturers for the "Hermes Award" – the International Technology Prize of the Hanover Fair. With this prize, being awarded this year for the tenth time under the patronage of the Federal Minister of Education and Research, Prof. Dr. Johanna Wanka and the state premier of Lower Saxony, Stephan Weil, Deutsche Messe AG honors outstanding innovations that have premiered at the exhibition in Hanover.

Belden Offers New Annual Maintenance Plan for Hirschmann Network Management Software

Neckartenzlingen, Germany - April 30, 2013 - Belden Inc., a global leader in signal transmission solutions for mission-critical applications, has begun offering a cost-effective upgrade of Industrial HiVision network management software from its Hirschmann product range. This takes the form of a new Annual Maintenance Plan (AMP). For a single payment, users with a full license for versions 04.0.00 or later will automatically receive the latest release for a period of twelve months. The amount they pay is less than half the cost of a one-time update.

Belden Offers First Complete Connector Portfolio From its Lumberg Automation Brand for All Ethernet-based Protocols

Schalksmühle, Germany - July 2, 2013 - Belden Inc., a global leader in signal transmission solutions for mission-critical applications, is now offering the first complete connector portfolio in its Lumberg Automation product range for all Ethernet-based protocols. This portfolio includes field-attachable M12 and RJ45 connectors and installation variants, as well as single- and double-ended standard molded connector versions. It supports not only PROFINET and Ethernet/IP, but also EtherCat and Sercos.

Belden Increases the Flexibility of Its Modular Industrial Patch Panel Range by Adding New Modules

Venlo, The Netherlands – March 6, 2013 - Belden Inc., a global leader in signal transmission solutions for mission-critical applications, has extended its Modular Industrial Patch Panel (MIPP) product range by adding new modules. The MIPP, a termination panel for cables that need to be connected to active equipment such as switches, Industrial Ethernet devices and any other device with an Ethernet link, offers greater system reliability and ease of installation. The MIPP provides the ideal connection between Belden cables and Hirschmann switches and is designed to have the same look and feel as the Hirschmann range of products.

Belden presents new OBR40 optical bypass relay from its Hirschmann Brand

Neckartenzlingen, Germany - June 25, 2013 - Belden Inc., a global leader in signal transmission solutions for mission-critical applications, has launched the new OBR40 optical bypass relay from its Hirschmann product range. Suitable for use even in harsh environmental conditions, this relay ensures that optical Ethernet networks, with either ring or line topologies, remain operational after power failures at one or more switches. An internal switch-over mechanism enables data communication to continue seamlessly between neighboring switches. This mechanism even continues to operate when power is cut off to the bypass relay itself. Use of this relay serves to further enhance the availability of Ethernet networks. The relay can also be used to deactivate specific parts of a system, when maintenance work needs to be carried out on individual turbines of a wind farm, for example.

Belden Presents HiView, a New Interface for Hirschmann Switches

Neckartenzlingen, Germany - March 12, 2013 - Belden Inc., a global leader in signal transmission solutions for mission-critical applications, has introduced HiView in the EMEA region, a new tool that gives access to the graphical user interfaces (GUIs) of managed switches in its Hirschmann range, without the need for a web browser. This tool, which supports a variety of Windows and Linux operating systems, also serves as a client for the network management software Industrial HiVision. Java libraries no longer need to be installed on users’ computers, thus increasing the availability of both the user interface and the network.

Tofino Undergoes Advanced Cyber Security Testing Performed By Digital Bond

Neckartenzlingen, Germany - April 8, 2013 - Belden Inc., a global leader in signal transmission solutions for mission-critical applications, in collaboration with security experts at Digital Bond Inc., today announced vulnerability testing results of the Tofino Security Appliance, a product of Tofino Security, a Belden Brand. Presented at the SCADA Security Scientific Symposium (S4) in Miami, Digital Bond’s findings revealed that the industry's known sophisticated cyberattacks could not compromise the Tofino firewall.

Belden Research Shows that Patching for Industrial Cyber Security is a Broken Model

Neckartenzlingen, Germany - April 8, 2013 - Belden Inc., a global leader in signal transmission solutions for mission-critical applications, announces that its Tofino Security brand has published new research showing that patching is often ineffective in providing protection from the multitude of vulnerability disclosures and malware targeting critical infrastructure systems today. While patching such systems is important as part of an overall Defense in Depth strategy, the difficulties of patching for industrial systems mean that compensating controls such as Tofino Security Profiles are often a better method of providing immediate protection.