IIoT and the rise of industrial automation have changed the business landscape, leading machine builders to aggressively look for new ways to improve. In fact, the entire machine building supply chain has been forced to reinvent and renovate traditional design perspectives and methods. For years, machine builders, OEMs, systems integrators and their distributors have relied on manufacturers, like Belden, to provide them with the products to succeed – from connecting their smart factories to securing their networks.

The evolution of electronic cable is similar to the evolution of technology in general – everything is simply getting smaller. It’s happening in almost every industry. It’s happening all around us. Industrial manufacturing is no different. In the manufacturing setting it’s called miniaturization. Customers are demanding the benefits of smaller machines and smaller devices and machine builders are listening.