Bojarski wants to be a partner of choice for 5G networks everywhere
PPC Broadband, a Belden brand from East Syracuse, New York, said its Kochi manufacturing facility is to serve as the regional headquarters for operations in Asia, Africa and the Central and South Pacific.
The plant features state-of-the-art manufacturing capabilities for broadband and 5G products and will achieve TL9000 2016 Certification in October 2022, allowing all products made in the facility to qualify for sale to the world’s largest fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) and wireless providers.
“Our new Kochi plant is advanced in terms of R&D, testing and production capabilities, and was entirely designed around employee and customer experience,” said Olivier Bojarski, President, PPC Broadband.
“The people in this facility, in collaboration with solutions engineers and product teams throughout the Belden organization, will play a key role in developing the infrastructure solutions our customers need to deploy high-quality, reliable connectivity around the world,” he said on opening the facility on 10 June 2022.
“That means we will continue to be a partner of choice for large projects that transform broadband and 5G networks everywhere.”
The 70,000 sq-ft Kochi manufacturing plant welcomes more than 350 employees in engineering, testing, operations and administrative roles and produces key products offered in PPC’s solutions suite including fiber connectivity, delivery and management solutions.
An innovative Solutions Hub within the facility creates a space where customers experience products and end-to-end solutions in an actual fiber-to-the-home network comprised of real-life scenarios including central office, street solutions, multi-dwelling unit solutions and single-family unit solutions.
Interactive software containing a city view with numerous networks allows customers to take a deep dive into each network layer to explore the products and applications which make up each solution.
According to Belden’s President and CEO, Roel Vestjens, the facility is further evidence of the company’s transformation to a comprehensive solutions provider.
“Customers continue to turn to Belden as their strategic partner in helping them address mission-critical business needs,” said Vestjens.
“This new manufacturing facility provides advanced capabilities for the product development required to create solutions that support our customers in achieving their objectives.
“Here, they will have visibility into different network architectures in real-life scenarios which helps them to move their businesses forward while creating a better, more reliably connected world.”
PPC Broadband, Inc., a Belden Brand, was founded in 1942 and has been a leading manufacturer and developer of connectivity solutions for more than 80 years.
Belden Inc. delivers a comprehensive product portfolio designed to meet the mission-critical network infrastructure needs of industrial and enterprise markets. fiinews.com
