Belden: The Global Company

Belden Worldwide

Belden is headquartered in St. Louis and employs approximately 6,800 people worldwide. The company has manufacturing capabilities in North America, Europe, and Asia and a market presence in nearly every region of the world.

Belden reports in three segments: the Americas segment, the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) segment and the Asia Pacific segment. All three design, manufacture and sell cable, connectivity and networking products for markets including industrial, enterprise, broadcast, transportation, energy and consumer electronics. Belden sells the products manufactured by its segments principally through distributors or directly to systems integrators and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).

Americas

The Americas segment designs, manufactures and markets various product types, including cable, Ethernet switches and industrial connectivity for use in the industrial, audio and video, security, networking and communications markets. The segment also designs, manufactures and markets connectivity, cable management products and cabinetry for the enterprise market.

Europe, Middle East and Africa

The EMEA segment includes Belden cable operations and the global operations of the Hirschmann and Lumberg Automation brands. These Belden brands design, manufacture and sell connectivity and networking solutions for the industrial market including Industrial Ethernet switches and related equipment, both rail-mounted and rack-mounted, for factory automation, power generation and distribution, process automation and large-scale infrastructure projects such as bridges, wind farms and airport runways.

EMEA's cable operation designs, manufactures and markets cable, enterprise connectivity and other products primarily to customers in Europe, the Middle East and Africa for use in the industrial, networking, communications, audio and video and security markets through distributors and to OEMs. Belden EMEA also markets copper-based CATV trunk distribution cables that meet local specifications of cable TV system operators.

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Asia Pacific

The Asia Pacific segment includes the Belden cable business plus the operations of LTK Wiring Co. Ltd. This segment designs, manufactures and markets cable products used in a wide range of consumer electronics and other manufactured consumer products. Under the LTK brand, Belden Asia Pacific provides Appliance Wiring Materials (AWM) that comply with UL standards for the internal wiring of a wide range of electronic devices: coaxial and miniature coaxial cable for internal wiring in electronic game consoles, laptop computers, mobile telephones, personal digital assistant devices and global positioning systems; high-temperature resistant wire for heating mats and electronic ignitions; highly flexible and temperature resistant automotive wire; flexible cords; and miscellaneous audio and video cable.