SD-WAN & SASE for Manufacturing

Vitesco Technologies Builds New Global Enterprise Network with Cato

Named manufacturer:

Vitesco Technologies

Named service:

Cato's SASE platform (Cato Cloud)

Factories, sites, users:

~40,000 employees at ~70 locations worldwide

Countries, regions:

Global (HQ Regensburg, Germany)

OT or production environment:

Not stated

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

High availability across the board; removed need for a regional hub or co-location facility for WAN/Internet services

"This is why we moved from our internally managed SD-WAN, remote access service and cloud-based Internet provider to Cato's SASE platform."

Cato's own case study, live and verified 2026-09-10. Vitesco Technologies is a named, real automotive drive-systems manufacturer (Regensburg, Germany; ~40,000 employees, ~70 locations). This is a specific named case study, not the generic index pages already logged as MFG-012/013.

Does not prove: The case study proves a global enterprise SASE deployment, but does not describe factory-floor OT architecture or a specific industrial security standard.

catonetworks.com · Checked 10 Sept 2026 · Supports: Resilience and uptime, Multi-site production, Managed operations, Global delivery

Darling Ingredients Replaces Three Security and Networking Vendors with Cato Networks, Adopts SASE Platform

Named manufacturer:

Darling Ingredients

Named service:

Cato SASE Platform

Factories, sites, users:

260+ global sites; ~16,000 employees; 14 data centres; 4 private PoPs

Countries, regions:

Global

OT or production environment:

Largest publicly traded company transforming animal-agriculture and food-industry materials into ingredients, feed and renewable fuel; no SCADA/MES/plant-floor detail stated

Outcome:

$750,000+ in annual operational savings; rollout to 260+ facilities completed ahead of schedule; 66% reduction in manual threat-activity compilation; 2+ million threats blocked monthly

"Cato stood out as a competitive solution. Critically, it was also a solution that our Information & Cybersecurity (ICS) team was excited about." - David Daniels, Director of Global Infrastructure, Darling Ingredients. "Thanks to the platform's cloud-native design, Darling Ingredients completed its rollout to 260+ facilities ahead of schedule."

Verified live 2026-09-15, strengthened with a named executive quote (David Daniels) not included in the original summary. Darling Ingredients is real, named, publicly traded, at genuine scale.

Does not prove: Added 2026-09-15. No specific factory/plant OT detail; evidence is at the enterprise IT/security-consolidation level.

catonetworks.com · Published 22 Jan 2026 · Checked 15 Sept 2026 · Supports: Cloud and data-centre connectivity, Multi-site production, Global supply chain, Managed operations, Network visibility, Global delivery

O-I Taps Augmented Reality and Cato SASE Cloud to Realize "Impossible-to-Count" Savings

Named manufacturer:

O-I Glass (formerly Owens-Illinois)

Named service:

Cato SASE Cloud

Factories, sites, users:

200 locations; 24,000-25,000 employees; security/performance improvements across 70 plants in 19 countries

Countries, regions:

19 countries; HQ Ohio, US

OT or production environment:

Glass bottle/jar manufacturer; deployed Microsoft HoloLens augmented reality for remote engineering collaboration on the factory floor

Outcome:

20-30% cost savings vs prior MPLS solution; 3x increase in WAN bandwidth; enabled HoloLens-based remote factory-floor engineering collaboration across continents

"We were a long-term traditional MPLS customer with the typical routers on the edge, network-based firewall appliances, and legacy VPN concentrators. As we reached the end of our agreements, we felt the time had come to rethink our approach to networking and security." - Rodney Masney, CIO, O-I. "The needs of the business changed materially in terms of speed, performance, connectivity and flexibility into our plants, and all of our locations around the world."

Verified live 2026-09-15 (cross-platform lead, independently confirmed and substantially strengthened - a named CIO quote, specific cost-savings percentage, and genuine remote-engineering/HoloLens detail were not fully captured in the original summary). O-I is real, major, named.

Does not prove: Added 2026-09-15. No SCADA/MES-specific detail, but HoloLens remote-engineering use case is a genuinely strong, specific fit for Remote engineer access and Edge computing.

catonetworks.com · Checked 15 Sept 2026 · Supports: Cloud and data-centre connectivity, Factory and plant connectivity, Remote engineer access, Multi-site production, Global delivery, Edge computing

Chemical Manufacturer ESI Reduces the Time to Integrate Acquired Companies by 80% with Cato

Named manufacturer:

Element Solutions Inc (ESI)

Named service:

Cato SASE Cloud Platform

Factories, sites, users:

130 locations; 5,000-6,000+ remote users

Countries, regions:

100+ countries

OT or production environment:

Global specialty chemicals manufacturer with a 200+ year legacy dating to metal finishing; no SCADA/MES detail stated

Outcome:

80% reduction in time to complete M&A integration work; onboards newly acquired companies in weeks rather than months

"There are not many times as a CIO that you can check the box in all these areas - faster, more secure, happy users, and a happy team - all for less cost and more business value. That's the Cato SASE Cloud Platform." - Dustin Collins, Global CIO, Element Solutions Inc (ESI).

Verified live 2026-09-15, substantially strengthened - full company name (Element Solutions Inc), a named Global CIO quote, and specific 130-location/100+-country scale were not in the original summary, which only had a short excerpt.

Does not prove: Added 2026-09-15. Evidence is at the enterprise IT/M&A-integration level, not factory-floor OT specific.

catonetworks.com · Published 27 Aug 2024 · Checked 15 Sept 2026 · Supports: Third-party and supplier access, Factory and plant connectivity, Global supply chain, Managed operations, Global delivery

JUKI Ramps Up COVID-19 Telework, Boosts Remote Cloud Performance with Cato

Named manufacturer:

Juki (Juki Ltd)

Named service:

Cato SASE Cloud

Factories, sites, users:

37 sites; 2,742 mobile devices

Countries, regions:

Global, including China

OT or production environment:

Global manufacturer of precision equipment and sewing-machine needles; no SCADA/MES detail stated

Outcome:

ROI 5-10x higher than MPLS; malware detection rate at head office dropped dramatically; infections at any location visible centrally for rapid response

"To get the best performance we needed to connect all our locations to a single network with uniform security, including locations that hadn't been connected previously." "We sought a solution that would cost as little as possible to deploy and maintain and we needed to comply with stringent VPN regulations in China." - Yoshiaki Kushiyama, Senior Manager of Information Systems, JUKI Ltd. "With Cato we just ask for more bandwidth and get it almost immediately."

Verified live 2026-09-15, substantially strengthened - a named Senior Manager quote, specific site/device counts (37 sites, 2,742 devices), and an explicit China VPN regulatory-compliance driver were not in the original brief summary.

Does not prove: Added 2026-09-15. China VPN regulatory reference is a compliance driver, not a named specific regulation/standard - kept out of the Industrial standard field accordingly.

catonetworks.com · Checked 15 Sept 2026 · Supports: Factory and plant connectivity, Remote engineer access, Multi-site production, Network visibility, Global delivery

Haulotte Halves Network Costs and Boosts Application Performance By Migrating from MPLS to Cato

Named manufacturer:

Haulotte

Named service:

Cato SASE (migrated from MPLS)

Factories, sites, users:

6 manufacturing plants; 30+ offices

Countries, regions:

Western Europe, North America, South America, Africa, Asia Pacific

OT or production environment:

Global manufacturer of materials/people lifting equipment; no SCADA/MES detail stated

Outcome:

Network costs halved; improved application performance

"Cato's management interface was so easy to use compared to those of the traditional SD-WAN players we looked at." - Thomas Chejfec, Group CIO, Haulotte. "During my first few months at Haulotte, the network was a daily headache... There were outages, complaints, and negative feedback from several internal teams about the service from our major international MPLS provider."

Verified live 2026-09-15, substantially strengthened - a named Group CIO quote and the specific 6-plants/30+-offices footprint were not in the original short summary.

Does not prove: Added 2026-09-15. Halved network cost figure is stated as a headline claim; exact percentage/baseline not independently broken out on the page.

catonetworks.com · Checked 15 Sept 2026 · Supports: Factory and plant connectivity, Multi-site production, Network visibility, Global delivery

Komax Drives Innovation, Cloud Connectivity, and Mobile Collaboration with Cato

Named manufacturer:

Komax (Komax Corporation / Komax Group)

Named service:

Cato SASE (replacing appliance-based SD-WAN)

Factories, sites, users:

35 sites (prior SD-WAN deployment)

Countries, regions:

Not specifically stated beyond "35 of our sites"

OT or production environment:

Manufactures automated wire-processing machinery; no SCADA/MES detail stated

Outcome:

Reduced operational costs; improved agility, flexibility, performance and security

"The SD-WAN appliances we had at 35 of our sites were a nightmare, including the first and second level support from the provider. We felt we needed to get away from all that complex hardware and move towards SASE." - Daniel Sollberger, Lead, Global IT Infrastructure, Komax.

Verified live 2026-09-15, substantially strengthened - named executive quotes (Daniel Sollberger, and a second exec referred to as "Rölz") and the specific prior-SD-WAN 35-site detail were not in the original short summary.

Does not prove: Added 2026-09-15. No specific country list or quantified savings percentage stated on the page.

catonetworks.com · Checked 15 Sept 2026 · Supports: Cloud and data-centre connectivity, Factory and plant connectivity, Managed operations, Network visibility

Customers | Cato Networks (main case study index with industry filter taxonomy)

Named manufacturer:

Multiple (index; not opened individually)

Named service:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Factories, sites, users:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Countries, regions:

Not stated in the reviewed source

OT or production environment:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Vitesco Technologies Builds New Global Enterprise Network with Cato

The deepest sector on Cato's site. Manufacturing is an industry filter returning seven named customers: Darling Ingredients, Vitesco Technologies, O-I, ESI, Juki, Haulotte and Komax. Several are global multi-plant manufacturers, so this is the best-evidenced sector of the ten.

Does not prove: Supplier's own case study index. Carries the supplier's own industry taxonomy, so both the presence and the absence of an industry label is meaningful evidence.

catonetworks.com · Checked 29 Jul 2026

Customers filtered by Manufacturing

Named manufacturer:

Darling Ingredients, Vitesco Technologies, O-I, ESI, Juki, Haulotte, Komax

Named service:

Not stated (filtered list only; individual case studies not opened)

Factories, sites, users:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Countries, regions:

Not stated in the reviewed source

OT or production environment:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Vitesco Technologies Builds New Global Enterprise Network with Cato

The deepest sector on Cato's site. Manufacturing is an industry filter returning seven named customers: Darling Ingredients, Vitesco Technologies, O-I, ESI, Juki, Haulotte and Komax. Several are global multi-plant manufacturers, so this is the best-evidenced sector of the ten.

Does not prove: Supplier's own filtered case study listing. Seven named manufacturers.

catonetworks.com · Checked 29 Jul 2026

CLAAS Customer Story - Open Systems Managed SASE

Named manufacturer:

CLAAS

Named service:

Open Systems Managed SASE

Factories, sites, users:

165 locations; 11,400+ employees worldwide; 3,650 new remote connections rolled out

Countries, regions:

Germany, Hungary, United States, Russia, India, Argentina (three continents)

OT or production environment:

Not stated directly (agricultural machinery manufacturer; remote access gateways activated on existing on-site hardware appliances)

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

3,650 secure connections created in one week; network unaffected by the crisis that prompted the rollout ("it cost us ten workdays" per the named customer quote)

"CLAAS needed to connect 3,650 new remote employees across three continents and 165 locations in seven days... Open Systems rolled out all the connections on time and in exactly one week."

Open Systems' own case study, live and verified 2026-09-10, with a named quote from Alexander Henneberg, IT Network Engineer & Project Manager, CLAAS. CLAAS is a real, well-known agricultural-machinery manufacturer (combine harvesters). This is one of the most specific, quantified, named case studies found across the whole workbook.

Does not prove: The case study proves rapid secure remote access across 165 locations, but does not describe factory-floor OT network architecture.

open-systems.com · Checked 10 Sept 2026 · Supports: Remote engineer access, Resilience and uptime, Multi-site production, Managed operations, Global delivery

GEA Secures its Networks with Open Systems Managed SASE

Named manufacturer:

GEA

Named service:

Open Systems Managed SASE (SASE Experience)

Factories, sites, users:

18,000 employees across 62 countries; no factory count stated

Countries, regions:

62 countries; team based in North America, Europe and Asia

OT or production environment:

Develops machinery, plants and process technology for food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries; must follow standards controlled by government agencies worldwide (no specific standard named)

Outcome:

Increased visibility and transparency of network traffic; improved collaboration among global teams; drastically fewer escalations; unified overview of ISPs through a single pane of glass

"Before, we had a lot of disparate portals, and we needed an overview of our ISPs in one place. Now, Open Systems gives us the visibility we need." - Paul Rigano, Director, Network Services, GEA.

Verified live 2026-09-15, strengthened with a named executive quote (Paul Rigano) not included in the original summary. GEA is a real, major, named manufacturer.

Does not prove: Added 2026-09-15. No specific factory count or OT/SCADA/MES detail; standards mentioned only generically ("government agencies worldwide"), no specific standard named.

open-systems.com · Checked 15 Sept 2026 · Supports: Cloud and data-centre connectivity, Factory and plant connectivity, Multi-site production, Managed operations, Network visibility, Global delivery

Kelvion Customer Story - Open Systems

Named manufacturer:

Kelvion

Named service:

Open Systems fully managed SD-WAN; ZTNA

Factories, sites, users:

~6,000 employees; 72 sites across 6 continents; network run by just 2 employees

Countries, regions:

Global (6 continents); HQ Herne, Germany

OT or production environment:

Global specialist in heat exchange solutions; page notes production lines could halt during outages, but no specific OT/SCADA/MES architecture described

Outcome:

Fully managed SD-WAN rolled out to 90 sites (later 72 ongoing) in 6 months; zero outages since implementation; up to 5,000 employees enabled for secure home access in two weeks; external providers restricted to specific applications via ZTNA

"Within just six months, we jointly implemented a fully managed SD-WAN across 70+ global sites." - Thomas Muth, Vice President Group IT, Kelvion. "When I joined Kelvion in 2018, I encountered a very heterogeneous and outdated network infrastructure. The existing WAN was largely based on old MPLS lines with insufficient bandwidth." "With Open Systems' ZTNA (Zero Trust Network Access), external partners only get access to the specific applications or systems they actually need - nothing more."

Verified live 2026-09-15, strengthened with a named executive quote (Thomas Muth, VP Group IT) and a genuine zero-outage stat not fully captured in the original summary. Kelvion is real, named, at real scale (72 sites, 6 continents).

Does not prove: Added 2026-09-15. Production-line impact is mentioned as a stated risk/business driver, not a description of an actual production-network architecture - so resilience evidence is at the WAN/IT level, not a proven OT-specific deployment.

open-systems.com · Checked 15 Sept 2026 · Supports: Third-party and supplier access, Factory and plant connectivity, Resilience and uptime, Multi-site production, Managed operations, Network visibility, Global delivery

Improving network control for cloud strategies with SASE (Schoeller Allibert)

Named manufacturer:

Schoeller Allibert

Named service:

Expereo managed SASE (VMware SD-WAN and Zscaler)

Factories, sites, users:

36 sites including 13 factories/production locations; 2,000+ employees; local presence in 50 countries

Countries, regions:

50 countries; specific issue resolved at a French location

OT or production environment:

Manufacturer of Returnable Transit Packaging (RTP); European market leader; no SCADA/MES detail stated

Outcome:

SASE migration delivered within 6 months (during COVID-19); improved WAN traffic insight, performance and security; 4G dongle restored stability at a French site; remote implementation avoided on-site engineer visits

"All IT infrastructure ran on-premises, and the company used a traditional VPN tunnel-based WAN to connect its 36 sites, including 13 factories." "The SASE solution allows remote implementation, so Expereo didn't need to have engineers on site." "We had a problem with an unstable line at a location in France. We simply added a 4G mobile connectivity dongle, and that works brilliantly."

Verified live 2026-09-15 (this closes out the lead already noted in Expereo's gaps as needing the full case-study page opened). Schoeller Allibert is real, named, with real facility counts and a genuine 4G-resilience and remote-deployment story.

Does not prove: Added 2026-09-15. No SCADA/MES or OT-specific detail. This is the strongest single Expereo finding and should move the provider from In progress toward Complete.

expereo.com · Checked 15 Sept 2026 · Supports: Cloud and data-centre connectivity, Factory and plant connectivity, Resilience and uptime, Multi-site production, Managed operations, Network visibility, Global delivery

Socomec partners with Expereo for seamless network transformation

Named manufacturer:

Socomec

Named service:

Expereo managed Internet connectivity (dual-path) and expereoOne visibility platform

Factories, sites, users:

Factories in China explicitly named; no total site count stated

Countries, regions:

China; France (European data centre); Singapore referenced re: colocation partners

OT or production environment:

Manufactures inverters, measuring stations, energy-storage systems, switches; no SCADA/MES detail

Outcome:

Minimal outages; improved service quality between China and Europe; reduced complexity managing multiple providers; real-time visibility via expereoOne

"Connectivity to factories in China providing secure, consistently performing service to and from the European Data Center in France." "As a manufacturer, Socomec required a redundant diverse solution to ensure factories were connected and always operational."

Verified live 2026-09-15. Socomec is real and named. The deployed service is managed Internet/dual-path connectivity and a visibility platform - not itself branded SD-WAN, SASE or SSE, so graded Not relevant on that field per evidence rule 4, though genuinely supports connectivity and resilience capabilities.

Does not prove: Added 2026-09-15. Product is managed Internet connectivity, not a named SD-WAN/SASE/SSE service - weaker fit for the core comparison than Schoeller Allibert.

expereo.com · Checked 15 Sept 2026 · Supports: Factory and plant connectivity, Resilience and uptime, Network visibility, Global delivery

Improving speed, efficiency and control with SD-WAN from Expereo

Named manufacturer:

Bilfinger Industrial Services

Named service:

VMware SD-WAN delivered with Expereo

Factories, sites, users:

9 branches; staff working at dozens of customer locations; 23 routers upgraded remotely

Countries, regions:

Benelux

OT or production environment:

Operates at customer sites in chemical, oil & gas, food, energy and steel industries; no SCADA/MES traffic detail stated

Outcome:

23 router upgrades completed in under 15 minutes each (previously required on-site visits); 4G used as backup where fixed-line unavailable; full network visibility for partner traffic

"We have nine branches, and for large clients in the chemical, oil & gas, food, energy, and steel industry, we operate from a facility on their sites." "We recently had to upgrade 23 routers, which used to be a relatively big project with onsite visits. Besides the necessary preparations, the actual upgrade now took us no longer than 15 minutes!"

Verified live 2026-09-15. Bilfinger is a real, named industrial-services company (works at manufacturer sites rather than being a manufacturer itself) - noted as a limitation rather than excluded, since it directly evidences connectivity into industrial/manufacturing environments including third-party/supplier traffic visibility.

Does not prove: Added 2026-09-15. Bilfinger is an industrial-services provider operating at manufacturer sites, not a manufacturer itself - relevant supporting evidence for third-party/supplier access and industrial-site connectivity, not a direct named-manufacturer case.

expereo.com · Checked 15 Sept 2026 · Supports: Third-party and supplier access, Factory and plant connectivity, Resilience and uptime, Managed operations, Network visibility, Global delivery

How one company used Barracuda's SASE platform to speed and secure business operations

Named manufacturer:

Ionbond

Named service:

Barracuda SecureEdge (SASE: SD-WAN, ZTNA, next-gen firewall)

Factories, sites, users:

Dozens of service centres in at least 15 countries; 40+ SecureEdge devices deployed; team of 7 managing 1,500 devices and 70 servers

Countries, regions:

At least 15 countries worldwide, including Asian service centres

OT or production environment:

Produces specialised plastic coatings and custom OEM components; no SCADA/MES/plant-floor segmentation detail given

Outcome:

90% reduction in MPLS costs; latency reduced by a third; firewall deployment cut from two days to two hours; two FTEs freed for other work; zero-touch deployment for 40+ devices

"We explained the challenges I was facing and that we wanted to use Azure as a network backbone. They presented us with the SecureEdge product and I immediately fell in love with it." - Benedict Groppe, Head of IT, Ionbond. "From the first day we deployed them it was a flawless experience and gave us exactly what we were looking for." "Zero Touch Deployment meant that they could be plugged in and would automatically connect to the SecureEdge Platform management console."

Verified live 2026-09-15 (cross-platform lead, independently confirmed and strengthened with a named executive quote not in the original summary). Ionbond is real and named, product is explicitly SecureEdge's SD-WAN/SASE/ZTNA, with strong quantified outcomes.

Does not prove: Added 2026-09-15. Does not establish a specific factory OT deployment - evidence is at the IT/corporate network level (ERP access, device management), not plant-floor/OT specific.

blog.barracuda.com · Published 2 Jan 2024 · Checked 15 Sept 2026 · Supports: Cloud and data-centre connectivity, Factory and plant connectivity, Managed operations, Network visibility, Global delivery

Check Point manufacturing customer stories: Austrotherm and Grupo Reyes

Named manufacturer:

Austrotherm; Grupo Reyes

Named service:

Check Point SD-WAN; Check Point SASE Internet Access; Check Point SASE Private Access

Factories, sites, users:

Grupo Reyes: seven industrial complexes in Mexico and one in the United States. Austrotherm: named production sites and operations across 13 countries.

Countries, regions:

Austrotherm: 13 countries across EMEA. Grupo Reyes: Mexico and the United States, with distribution into Central America.

OT or production environment:

Named production sites and industrial complexes; no OT control-system deployment is stated.

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

Austrotherm eliminated remote-access issues and recorded six months without VPN tickets, with centralised visibility and control. Grupo Reyes centralised security operations and reduced incidents.

Check Point SD-WAN; Centralized visibility and control; six months without VPN tickets.

The live Check Point customer-stories page now exposes the full Austrotherm and Grupo Reyes case studies. They directly connect named Check Point SASE and SD-WAN products to named manufacturers, multi-site industrial estates, remote-access reliability, visibility and international delivery.

Does not prove: Provider-authored customer evidence. It supports four Proven requirements and two Partial requirements. It does not establish OT and IT segmentation, industrial IoT, edge computing, supplier access, industrial standards, UK delivery or measured factory uptime.

checkpoint.com · Checked 16 Sept 2026 · Supports: Factory and plant connectivity, Remote engineer access, Resilience and uptime, Multi-site production, Network visibility, Global delivery

Check Point SD-WAN (Quantum)

Named manufacturer:

Israeli Ministry of Environmental Protection (not manufacturing); unnamed German manufacturing group

Named service:

Check Point Quantum SD-WAN

Factories, sites, users:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Countries, regions:

Germany (unnamed group)

OT or production environment:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

Not stated in the reviewed source

How Austrotherm Transformed IT Security Across 13 Countries with Unified SASE Architecture

The strongest sector evidence in this task and the only sector where SASE and SD-WAN are named in the case study headlines themselves. Three cards carry Industry: Manufacturing, namely Austrotherm (SASE, 13 countries), Cendres+Metaux, and an unnamed Manufacturing Company headlined Expand Cloud and SD-WAN Success: The Customer's Journey to Global Network Resilience. The Quantum SD-WAN product page corroborates with a quote from a team leader of network and security at a German-based manufacturing group. No dedicated manufacturing industry page exists in the sitemap.

Does not prove: Supplier's SD-WAN product page. Names the Israeli Ministry of Environmental Protection with an attributed quote and an unnamed German-based manufacturing group. Vendor claim.

checkpoint.com · Checked 29 Jul 2026

Cisco and Kamstrup Customer Case Study

Named manufacturer:

Kamstrup

Named service:

Cisco SD-WAN, Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager, Cisco ThousandEyes

Factories, sites, users:

25 locations, 1,800 employees

Countries, regions:

21+ countries; HQ Denmark, facility in Atlanta, USA

OT or production environment:

Outages directly halted manufacturing production at the Atlanta facility

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

40% less downtime, 50% faster mean time to repair (MTTR), 30% improved network availability/reliability, 20% fewer IT support tickets

"Streamlined network operations with 40% less downtime" / "Improved end-to-end visibility with 50% faster mean time to repair (MTTR)"

Cisco's own case study, live and verified 2026-09-10. Kamstrup (smart metering manufacturer) deployed Cisco SD-WAN and ThousandEyes after outages between its Atlanta production facility and Denmark HQ were halting manufacturing for up to 30 minutes. Cisco explicitly categorises this case study under 'Manufacturing'. Quantified, named, and directly connects the product to a production-floor requirement.

Does not prove: The case study directly links SD-WAN to production outages and quantified improvements, but does not evidence OT/IT segmentation or an industrial security standard.

cisco.com · Checked 10 Sept 2026 · Supports: Resilience and uptime, Multi-site production, Managed operations, Network visibility, Global delivery

Cisco SD-WAN for a secure, future-ready workplace (Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN solution page)

Named manufacturer:

Nestle, Coca-Cola Icecek, Kamstrup, HelloFresh, The Sto Group

Named service:

Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN

Factories, sites, users:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Countries, regions:

Not stated in the reviewed source

OT or production environment:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Standard or regulation:

FedRAMP referenced (US government cloud authorisation - not an industrial/OT standard)

Outcome:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Kamstrup optimized its network with Cisco SD-WAN and ThousandEyes, enabling seamless global expansion.

Kamstrup's case study carries Cisco's own Manufacturing industry label and lists Cisco SD-WAN and Cisco SD-WAN Manager. Coca-Cola Icecek, Nestle and The Sto Group are further named SD-WAN customers in manufacturing or food and beverage production.

Does not prove: Supplier's own primary SD-WAN solution page. Carries named customer story cards (Nestle, United Airlines, Coca-Cola Icecek, Kamstrup, HelloFresh, The Sto Group) and a FedRAMP government statement. Quotes re-verified on a second independent fetch and matched character for character.

cisco.com · Checked 29 Jul 2026

Colt provides SD WAN and Secure Network Gateway to Huisman, in partnership with Zscaler

Named manufacturer:

Huisman

Named service:

Colt SD WAN, Colt Secure Network Gateway (with Zscaler)

Factories, sites, users:

Not stated (multiple global sites, each with dual MPLS + dual internet access)

Countries, regions:

Global (Netherlands-headquartered heavy-lift/crane manufacturer)

OT or production environment:

Not stated directly, but protects "sensitive engineering data"

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

Resilient connectivity across global sites; simplified network management; enhanced cybersecurity for engineering data

"Resilient connectivity across global sites to support collaboration and data exchange... Enhanced cybersecurity, protecting sensitive engineering data from evolving threats."

Colt's own case study, live and verified 2026-09-10. Huisman is a real, named Dutch heavy-lift/marine crane and offshore-equipment manufacturer. Named product (SD WAN + Secure Network Gateway with Zscaler), redundant per-site design (dual MPLS + dual internet), explicit engineering-data security framing.

Does not prove: Supplier-published case study. It does not state the number of sites or describe factory-floor OT architecture.

colt.net · Published 16 Feb 2023 · Checked 10 Sept 2026 · Supports: Cloud and data-centre connectivity, Resilience and uptime, Multi-site production, Global delivery

Enhancing Manufacturing Connectivity and Security

Named manufacturer:

Multiple (hub page; case studies logged separately in MFG-002-005)

Named service:

Not named on this hub page

Factories, sites, users:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Countries, regions:

Not stated in the reviewed source

OT or production environment:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Enhancing Manufacturing Connectivity and Security

The strongest sector by a distance. A dedicated industry page plus at least five named manufacturing customers with published case studies: Albemarle (Fortune 1000 chemicals), Hubbell, Thetford, AL-KO and Wabtec, with Lauridsen Group International also cited as a global manufacturer. The manufacturing page carries the case study line 'Hubbell Supercharges Global Application Performance, Visibility and Security'.

Does not prove: Supplier's own dedicated manufacturing industry page carrying three named customer case studies. Strong for sector grading; vendor marketing so unaudited.

aryaka.com · Checked 29 Jul 2026 · Supports: Factory and plant connectivity, Network visibility

AL-KO Drastically Reduces TCO, Outages, and Onboarding Times

Named manufacturer:

AL-KO

Named service:

Aryaka SD-WAN (by page context, not quoted verbatim)

Factories, sites, users:

~700 staff, 19 sites

Countries, regions:

Germany

OT or production environment:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

Title claims reduced TCO, outages and onboarding times; no % given

Enhancing Manufacturing Connectivity and Security

The strongest sector by a distance. A dedicated industry page plus at least five named manufacturing customers with published case studies: Albemarle (Fortune 1000 chemicals), Hubbell, Thetford, AL-KO and Wabtec, with Lauridsen Group International also cited as a global manufacturer. The manufacturing page carries the case study line 'Hubbell Supercharges Global Application Performance, Visibility and Security'.

Does not prove: Supplier's own named case study. Useful for organisation size: describes a German mid-sized manufacturer of roughly 700 staff and 19 sites.

aryaka.com · Checked 29 Jul 2026 · Supports: Resilience and uptime, Multi-site production

Thetford Drives SD-WAN ROI & Business Value

Named manufacturer:

Thetford

Named service:

Aryaka SD-WAN (by page context, not quoted verbatim)

Factories, sites, users:

20+ sites

Countries, regions:

North America, Europe, Asia

OT or production environment:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

Title claims ROI/business value; no figure given

Enhancing Manufacturing Connectivity and Security

The strongest sector by a distance. A dedicated industry page plus at least five named manufacturing customers with published case studies: Albemarle (Fortune 1000 chemicals), Hubbell, Thetford, AL-KO and Wabtec, with Lauridsen Group International also cited as a global manufacturer. The manufacturing page carries the case study line 'Hubbell Supercharges Global Application Performance, Visibility and Security'.

Does not prove: Supplier's own named manufacturing case study, over 20 sites across North America, Europe and Asia.

aryaka.com · Checked 29 Jul 2026 · Supports: Multi-site production, Global delivery

Albemarle Reduced Drop & Jitter Rates to <1%

Named manufacturer:

Albemarle

Named service:

Aryaka SD-WAN (by page context, not quoted verbatim)

Factories, sites, users:

5,000+ employees

Countries, regions:

Not stated in the reviewed source

OT or production environment:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

Drop and jitter rates reduced to <1%

Enhancing Manufacturing Connectivity and Security

The strongest sector by a distance. A dedicated industry page plus at least five named manufacturing customers with published case studies: Albemarle (Fortune 1000 chemicals), Hubbell, Thetford, AL-KO and Wabtec, with Lauridsen Group International also cited as a global manufacturer. The manufacturing page carries the case study line 'Hubbell Supercharges Global Application Performance, Visibility and Security'.

Does not prove: Supplier's own named case study. Fortune 1000 chemical manufacturer, over 5,000 employees. Supports manufacturing and large enterprise.

aryaka.com · Checked 29 Jul 2026

Wabtec Supports Global Growth with Faster, More Flexible and Secure Managed SD-WAN Network

Named manufacturer:

Wabtec

Named service:

Managed SD-WAN Network

Factories, sites, users:

29,000 employees, 50+ locations

Countries, regions:

Not stated specifically (global; rail and manufacturing)

OT or production environment:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

Title claims support for global growth; no figure given

Enhancing Manufacturing Connectivity and Security

The strongest sector by a distance. A dedicated industry page plus at least five named manufacturing customers with published case studies: Albemarle (Fortune 1000 chemicals), Hubbell, Thetford, AL-KO and Wabtec, with Lauridsen Group International also cited as a global manufacturer. The manufacturing page carries the case study line 'Hubbell Supercharges Global Application Performance, Visibility and Security'.

Does not prove: Supplier's own named case study. 29,000 employees, 50+ locations. Sits across manufacturing and rail transport.

aryaka.com · Checked 29 Jul 2026 · Supports: Multi-site production, Managed operations, Global delivery

Orange Business delivers Flexible SD-WAN to Siemens worldwide with majority of corporate applications accessed securely via Internet

Named manufacturer:

Siemens

Named service:

Flexible SD-WAN

Factories, sites, users:

1,168 sites

Countries, regions:

94 countries

OT or production environment:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

1,168 sites migrated across 94 countries (dated press release)

1,168 Siemens sites in 94 countries now successfully migrated to SD-WAN as part of its digital transformation program

Strongest sector for SD-WAN specifically. Siemens is a named global industrial customer with a stated site and country count. Corroborated by Weener Plastics (packaging manufacturer, Flexible SD-WAN across Europe, Asia and Latin America), Colgate-Palmolive (SD-WAN across offices, branches and manufacturing plants) and Saint-Gobain Glass, which the supplier tags 'Manufacturing'.

Does not prove: Dated supplier press release naming a global industrial customer with a specific site and country count. Strongest manufacturing and large enterprise evidence found.

orange-business.com · Published 27 Apr 2022 · Checked 29 Jul 2026 · Supports: Multi-site production, Global delivery

Colgate-Palmolive adopts SD-WAN to help enable business agility and change

Named manufacturer:

Colgate-Palmolive

Named service:

Orange Business SD-WAN

Factories, sites, users:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Countries, regions:

Not stated in the reviewed source

OT or production environment:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

No date shown on page, per note

1,168 Siemens sites in 94 countries now successfully migrated to SD-WAN as part of its digital transformation program

Strongest sector for SD-WAN specifically. Siemens is a named global industrial customer with a stated site and country count. Corroborated by Weener Plastics (packaging manufacturer, Flexible SD-WAN across Europe, Asia and Latin America), Colgate-Palmolive (SD-WAN across offices, branches and manufacturing plants) and Saint-Gobain Glass, which the supplier tags 'Manufacturing'.

Does not prove: Supplier case study, named global consumer goods customer, explicitly SD-WAN. No date shown on the page.

orange-business.com · Checked 29 Jul 2026

Saint-Gobain Glass optimizes its supply chain with IoT technology

Named manufacturer:

Saint-Gobain Glass

Named service:

IoT technology (supply chain optimisation)

Factories, sites, users:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Countries, regions:

Europe (site count stated on page)

OT or production environment:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

Not stated in the reviewed source

1,168 Siemens sites in 94 countries now successfully migrated to SD-WAN as part of its digital transformation program

Strongest sector for SD-WAN specifically. Siemens is a named global industrial customer with a stated site and country count. Corroborated by Weener Plastics (packaging manufacturer, Flexible SD-WAN across Europe, Asia and Latin America), Colgate-Palmolive (SD-WAN across offices, branches and manufacturing plants) and Saint-Gobain Glass, which the supplier tags 'Manufacturing'.

Does not prove: Supplier case study tagged Manufacturing with a named industrial customer and a stated European site count. IoT scope.

orange-business.com · Checked 29 Jul 2026 · Supports: Global supply chain, Industrial IoT

Weener Plastics chooses Flexible SD-WAN from Orange Business to improve agility

Named manufacturer:

Weener Plastics

Named service:

Flexible SD-WAN

Factories, sites, users:

24 sites

Countries, regions:

Europe, Asia, Latin America

OT or production environment:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

24-site SD-WAN deployment (dated; now aged, per note)

1,168 Siemens sites in 94 countries now successfully migrated to SD-WAN as part of its digital transformation program

Strongest sector for SD-WAN specifically. Siemens is a named global industrial customer with a stated site and country count. Corroborated by Weener Plastics (packaging manufacturer, Flexible SD-WAN across Europe, Asia and Latin America), Colgate-Palmolive (SD-WAN across offices, branches and manufacturing plants) and Saint-Gobain Glass, which the supplier tags 'Manufacturing'.

Does not prove: Dated supplier press release naming a mid-sized packaging manufacturer with a 24 site SD-WAN deployment spanning Europe, Asia and Latin America. Smallest named SD-WAN reference found. Now dated.

orange-business.com · Published 30 Jan 2019 · Checked 29 Jul 2026

Managed SD-WAN links HUBER+SUHNER in China to rest of world | NTT DATA

Named manufacturer:

HUBER+SUHNER

Named service:

Managed SD-WAN

Factories, sites, users:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Countries, regions:

China, 'rest of world'

OT or production environment:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

Qualitative claim only, no figure given

As a global manufacturer of fiber optic and radio frequency products, HUBER+SUHNER understands the power of connectivity.

Named manufacturer with a published managed SD-WAN case study. Corroborated by the supplier's network case study index (evidence 19), which is dominated by manufacturers and industrials including NXP Semiconductors, Honda Motor Co., Hitachi, Inteva Products and Asahi Glass, several tagged to NTT Global Network Services or Software-Defined Network Service. A dedicated Manufacturing industry page also exists in the industry index.

Does not prove: Supplier-published named case study. Strongest manufacturing and mainland China SD-WAN delivery evidence found.

services.global.ntt · Checked 29 Jul 2026 · Supports: Multi-site production, Managed operations, Global delivery

Enterprise Networking | NTT DATA Group

Named manufacturer:

Not applicable (no single named customer on this page)

Named service:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Factories, sites, users:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Countries, regions:

190+ countries (general company claim, not manufacturing-specific)

OT or production environment:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

IDC MarketScape Asia/Pacific SD-WAN/SASE leader reference (general company claim)

As a global manufacturer of fiber optic and radio frequency products, HUBER+SUHNER understands the power of connectivity.

Named manufacturer with a published managed SD-WAN case study. Corroborated by the supplier's network case study index (evidence 19), which is dominated by manufacturers and industrials including NXP Semiconductors, Honda Motor Co., Hitachi, Inteva Products and Asahi Glass, several tagged to NTT Global Network Services or Software-Defined Network Service. A dedicated Manufacturing industry page also exists in the industry index.

Does not prove: Supplier's global enterprise networking page. Carries the 190+ country SD-WAN claim and the IDC MarketScape Asia/Pacific SD-WAN/SASE reference.

nttdata.com · Checked 29 Jul 2026

Managed Network Services case studies for NTT and Virtela | NTT Global Networks

Named manufacturer:

NXP Semiconductors, Honda Motor Co., Hitachi, Inteva Products, Asahi Glass

Named service:

NTT Global Network Services / Software-Defined Network Service (tagged to some customers)

Factories, sites, users:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Countries, regions:

Japan-heavy customer base, per note

OT or production environment:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

Not stated in the reviewed source

As a global manufacturer of fiber optic and radio frequency products, HUBER+SUHNER understands the power of connectivity.

Named manufacturer with a published managed SD-WAN case study. Corroborated by the supplier's network case study index (evidence 19), which is dominated by manufacturers and industrials including NXP Semiconductors, Honda Motor Co., Hitachi, Inteva Products and Asahi Glass, several tagged to NTT Global Network Services or Software-Defined Network Service. A dedicated Manufacturing industry page also exists in the industry index.

Does not prove: Supplier's network case study index. Useful for identifying named network customers, mostly Japanese manufacturers and industrials.

nttglobal.net · Checked 29 Jul 2026

How Michelin connects its 200 sites worldwide (VMware SD-WAN customer success story)

Named manufacturer:

Michelin

Named service:

VMware SD-WAN (VeloCloud)

Factories, sites, users:

200+ sites; 120,000+ employees

Countries, regions:

170 countries; HQ Clermont-Ferrand, France

OT or production environment:

Not stated (corporate/site WAN; not described as reaching the factory floor specifically)

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

16-month return on investment; each site combines MPLS and internet links for optimal cost/performance balance

"The deployment of our SD-WAN in 16 months at more than 200 sites worldwide now allows us to provide nearly 120,000 users with all the bandwidth they need..." - Pauline Flament, Chief Technology Officer, Michelin

VMware/VeloCloud's own case study (official PDF at vmware.com), live and verified 2026-09-10, with a named, attributed quote from Michelin's CTO. VMware explicitly tags the case study industry as 'Manufacturing'. This is a leading global tyre and materials manufacturer - one of the strongest single pieces of evidence found across the entire workbook.

Does not prove: Official VMware case study. It proves a global corporate and site WAN deployment, but does not describe factory-floor OT segmentation or industrial security standards.

blogs.vmware.com · Checked 16 Sept 2026 · Supports: Cloud and data-centre connectivity, Multi-site production, Global delivery

Manufacturing SD-WAN Use Case | Verizon Business

Named manufacturer:

Not named (anonymised)

Named service:

Not stated (Verizon Professional Services led rollout)

Factories, sites, users:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Countries, regions:

Not stated specifically (global)

OT or production environment:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Verizon Professional Services provided a detailed plan for SD WAN design and roll-out, while engineers prepared the manufacturer's LANs.

The strongest sector in this set. There is both an SD-WAN case study, quoted here, describing a global build book, LAN refresh and MPLS offload, and a separate SASE case study describing a UK-based manufacturing business reducing physical firewalls through zero trust network access. Both customers are anonymised. Manufacturing also has a dedicated industry page.

Does not prove: Supplier's own case study. Customer anonymised. Describes a global SD-WAN and LAN rollout with Verizon Professional Services.

verizon.com · Checked 29 Jul 2026 · Supports: Multi-site production, Managed operations, Global delivery

Industry Solutions and Services | Verizon

Named manufacturer:

Not applicable (no single named customer on this page)

Named service:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Factories, sites, users:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Countries, regions:

Not stated in the reviewed source

OT or production environment:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Verizon Professional Services provided a detailed plan for SD WAN design and roll-out, while engineers prepared the manufacturer's LANs.

The strongest sector in this set. There is both an SD-WAN case study, quoted here, describing a global build book, LAN refresh and MPLS offload, and a separate SASE case study describing a UK-based manufacturing business reducing physical firewalls through zero trust network access. Both customers are anonymised. Manufacturing also has a dedicated industry page.

Does not prove: Supplier's own industry index. Establishes which sectors have a dedicated industry page. Does not itself evidence SD-WAN or SASE capability per sector.

verizon.com · Checked 29 Jul 2026

How SASE secured a Manufacturing Brand's Future | Verizon (en-gb)

Named manufacturer:

Not named (anonymised, UK-based manufacturer)

Named service:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Factories, sites, users:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Countries, regions:

UK

OT or production environment:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

Migration off firewalls/MPLS - qualitative claim, no figure

Verizon Professional Services provided a detailed plan for SD WAN design and roll-out, while engineers prepared the manufacturer's LANs.

The strongest sector in this set. There is both an SD-WAN case study, quoted here, describing a global build book, LAN refresh and MPLS offload, and a separate SASE case study describing a UK-based manufacturing business reducing physical firewalls through zero trust network access. Both customers are anonymised. Manufacturing also has a dedicated industry page.

Does not prove: Supplier's own SASE case study. Strongest single piece of evidence in this set: identifies the customer as a UK-based manufacturer and describes a zero trust and cloud security migration off firewalls and MPLS. Customer not named.

verizon.com · Checked 29 Jul 2026 · Supports: Cloud and data-centre connectivity, UK delivery

IOT Network and Technology Solutions for Manufacturers at AT&T Business

Named manufacturer:

Alfa Laval, ACT Pipe & Supply

Named service:

IoT Network and Technology Solutions (page name); not SD-WAN/SASE

Factories, sites, users:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Countries, regions:

Not stated in the reviewed source

OT or production environment:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

Not stated in the reviewed source

AT&T Business delivers the right insights, guidance, and highly secure solutions to help you connect your factory environment, simplify your supply chain, enable your digital transformation, and make your business more resilient.

A dedicated manufacturing industry page exists and source 3 labels Alfa Laval and ACT Pipe & Supply as Manufacturing customers. Confidence is capped at medium for the SASE and SD-WAN context because every named manufacturing customer found is an IoT, fibre or dedicated internet story. No manufacturing SD-WAN or SASE case study was found.

Does not prove: Dedicated supplier sector page for manufacturing with a named customer. Vendor material; manufacturing evidence is IoT and connectivity led rather than SD-WAN led.

business.att.com · Checked 29 Jul 2026 · Supports: Factory and plant connectivity, Resilience and uptime, Global supply chain, Industrial IoT

Customer Stories | AT&T Business

Named manufacturer:

Multiple (index page; individual cards not opened)

Named service:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Factories, sites, users:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Countries, regions:

Not stated in the reviewed source

OT or production environment:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

Not stated in the reviewed source

AT&T Business delivers the right insights, guidance, and highly secure solutions to help you connect your factory environment, simplify your supply chain, enable your digital transformation, and make your business more resilient.

A dedicated manufacturing industry page exists and source 3 labels Alfa Laval and ACT Pipe & Supply as Manufacturing customers. Confidence is capped at medium for the SASE and SD-WAN context because every named manufacturing customer found is an IoT, fibre or dedicated internet story. No manufacturing SD-WAN or SASE case study was found.

Does not prove: Supplier customer story index with explicit industry labels per card. Useful because AT&T itself assigns the sector label, but most cards are fibre, IoT or wireless rather than SD-WAN or SASE.

business.att.com · Checked 29 Jul 2026

Digital Transformation Technology & Solutions at AT&T Business (Industries index)

Named manufacturer:

Not applicable (no single named customer on this page)

Named service:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Factories, sites, users:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Countries, regions:

Not stated in the reviewed source

OT or production environment:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

Not stated in the reviewed source

AT&T Business delivers the right insights, guidance, and highly secure solutions to help you connect your factory environment, simplify your supply chain, enable your digital transformation, and make your business more resilient.

A dedicated manufacturing industry page exists and source 3 labels Alfa Laval and ACT Pipe & Supply as Manufacturing customers. Confidence is capped at medium for the SASE and SD-WAN context because every named manufacturing customer found is an IoT, fibre or dedicated internet story. No manufacturing SD-WAN or SASE case study was found.

Does not prove: Supplier index establishing which industries have dedicated pages. Definitive for scoping which sectors AT&T chooses to publish for, but says nothing about depth. [SD-WAN/SASE/SSE field: AT&T's own industries index - lists which sectors have a page at all; carries no product or SD-WAN/SASE/SSE content itself.]

business.att.com · Checked 29 Jul 2026

Manufacturing | BT

Named manufacturer:

Rolls-Royce, DP World Antwerp, Karcher

Named service:

Managed Azure Network Services (named for Rolls-Royce specifically)

Factories, sites, users:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Countries, regions:

UK (Rolls-Royce), Belgium (DP World Antwerp), Germany (Karcher)

OT or production environment:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

Not stated in the reviewed source

BT delivers Managed Azure Network Services to help Rolls Royce

Dedicated manufacturing industry page (#9) headed 'Manufacturing solutions' with named case studies for Rolls Royce, DP World Antwerp and Karcher, and an attributed quote from Paul Knight, Lead Enterprise Architect at Rolls-Royce. Note the cited engagement is Managed Azure Network Services rather than SD-WAN or SASE specifically.

Does not prove: Supplier's dedicated industry page with named customers Rolls Royce, DP World Antwerp and Karcher.

globalservices.bt.com · Checked 29 Jul 2026 · Supports: Cloud and data-centre connectivity, Managed operations, Global delivery, UK delivery

Consumer goods | BT

Named manufacturer:

Karcher, Rexel

Named service:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Factories, sites, users:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Countries, regions:

Not stated in the reviewed source

OT or production environment:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

Not stated in the reviewed source

BT delivers Managed Azure Network Services to help Rolls Royce

Dedicated manufacturing industry page (#9) headed 'Manufacturing solutions' with named case studies for Rolls Royce, DP World Antwerp and Karcher, and an attributed quote from Paul Knight, Lead Enterprise Architect at Rolls-Royce. Note the cited engagement is Managed Azure Network Services rather than SD-WAN or SASE specifically.

Does not prove: Supplier's dedicated industry page naming Karcher and Rexel.

globalservices.bt.com · Checked 29 Jul 2026

GTT Manufacturing industry solutions

Named manufacturer:

HMY Group, Mitsubishi Electric UK, Etex, Barry Callebaut, Röchling Automotive

Named service:

Not stated (general industry page, no specific product named)

Factories, sites, users:

Etex 160+ sites; Barry Callebaut 130+ sites

Countries, regions:

UK and Ireland (explicit delivery claim); customers are multinational

OT or production environment:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Röchling Automotive partnered with GTT to modernize its global network and support Industry 4.0 initiatives

Strongest sector evidence. Dedicated industry page naming five manufacturing customers: HMY Group, Mitsubishi Electric UK, Etex (160+ sites), Barry Callebaut (130+ sites) and Röchling Automotive. Page also claims TOP 3 Global 500 manufacturers as customers, though that claim is unnamed and I have not graded on it.

Does not prove: Tier 1 dedicated industry page with five named manufacturing customers. Strongest single sector page. Also carries the UK and Ireland delivery claim.

gtt.net · Checked 29 Jul 2026 · Supports: Multi-site production, Global delivery, UK delivery

GTT Industry Solutions index

Named manufacturer:

Not applicable (no single named customer on this page)

Named service:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Factories, sites, users:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Countries, regions:

Not stated in the reviewed source

OT or production environment:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Röchling Automotive partnered with GTT to modernize its global network and support Industry 4.0 initiatives

Strongest sector evidence. Dedicated industry page naming five manufacturing customers: HMY Group, Mitsubishi Electric UK, Etex (160+ sites), Barry Callebaut (130+ sites) and Röchling Automotive. Page also claims TOP 3 Global 500 manufacturers as customers, though that claim is unnamed and I have not graded on it.

Does not prove: Tier 1 supplier page. Definitive list of the verticals GTT markets to: Finance & Insurance, Manufacturing, Retail & E-Commerce, Wholesale, Public Sector. Absence of a vertical here is meaningful negative evidence.

gtt.net · Checked 29 Jul 2026

Securing and modernizing networks in manufacturing with unified SASE

Named manufacturer:

SCHAEFER KALK

Named service:

HPE Aruba unified SASE / segmented network infrastructure

Factories, sites, users:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Countries, regions:

Not confirmed on page (company is German)

OT or production environment:

Segmented OT/IT access described directly in the quote

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

Qualitative claim only, no figure given

Securing and modernizing networks in manufacturing with unified SASE

Dedicated manufacturing SASE document plus named industrial customers. The SSE page states verbatim: "The mining industry is becoming increasingly digital. Using digital touchpoints, SCHAEFER KALK is now able to share production data, track efficiency, and accelerate its Industry 4.0 initiatives. This is made possible by a unified network infrastructure with secure, segmented access from HPE Aruba Networking." Barrett Steel Limited on the EdgeConnect page is a further industrial reference.

Does not prove: Tier 1 supplier industry document linked from the SASE page. Title verified in title tag and og:title.

paths.ext.hpe.com · Checked 29 Jul 2026 · Supports: Factory and plant connectivity, OT and IT segmentation, Industrial IoT

HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect SD-WAN (product page)

Named manufacturer:

Not individually named in the note (five unnamed SD-WAN customer stories referenced)

Named service:

HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect SD-WAN

Factories, sites, users:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Countries, regions:

Not stated in the reviewed source

OT or production environment:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Securing and modernizing networks in manufacturing with unified SASE

Dedicated manufacturing SASE document plus named industrial customers. The SSE page states verbatim: "The mining industry is becoming increasingly digital. Using digital touchpoints, SCHAEFER KALK is now able to share production data, track efficiency, and accelerate its Industry 4.0 initiatives. This is made possible by a unified network infrastructure with secure, segmented access from HPE Aruba Networking." Barrett Steel Limited on the EdgeConnect page is a further industrial reference.

Does not prove: Tier 1 supplier page. Carries five named SD-WAN customer stories with verbatim blurbs and links to case study PDFs. No pricing, no region list. [2026-09-15] Rejected: generic EdgeConnect product page referencing five unnamed customer stories. No individually named manufacturer, no specific technical claim tied to a capability column - too generic to support any capability honestly.

hpe.com · Checked 15 Sept 2026

HPE Aruba Networking SSE (product page)

Named manufacturer:

Not individually named (four SSE customer stories, incl. a city government and a logistics operator - not manufacturing specific)

Named service:

HPE Aruba Networking SSE

Factories, sites, users:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Countries, regions:

Not stated in the reviewed source

OT or production environment:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

500+ edge locations coverage claim

Securing and modernizing networks in manufacturing with unified SASE

Dedicated manufacturing SASE document plus named industrial customers. The SSE page states verbatim: "The mining industry is becoming increasingly digital. Using digital touchpoints, SCHAEFER KALK is now able to share production data, track efficiency, and accelerate its Industry 4.0 initiatives. This is made possible by a unified network infrastructure with secure, segmented access from HPE Aruba Networking." Barrett Steel Limited on the EdgeConnect page is a further industrial reference.

Does not prove: Tier 1 supplier page. Carries four named SSE customer stories including a city government and a logistics operator, plus the only coverage claim found (500+ edge locations). [2026-09-15] Rejected: generic SSE product page. Referenced customer stories include a city government and a logistics operator - not manufacturing-specific, and none individually named on this page.

hpe.com · Checked 15 Sept 2026

Mining industry finds a slick, digital layer, SCHAEFER KALK

Named manufacturer:

SCHAEFER KALK

Named service:

HPE Aruba Networking (product not specified on this landing page)

Factories, sites, users:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Countries, regions:

Germany appears only in meta-keywords - too weak to grade alone, per Harry's note

OT or production environment:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Securing and modernizing networks in manufacturing with unified SASE

Dedicated manufacturing SASE document plus named industrial customers. The SSE page states verbatim: "The mining industry is becoming increasingly digital. Using digital touchpoints, SCHAEFER KALK is now able to share production data, track efficiency, and accelerate its Industry 4.0 initiatives. This is made possible by a unified network infrastructure with secure, segmented access from HPE Aruba Networking." Barrett Steel Limited on the EdgeConnect page is a further industrial reference.

Does not prove: Tier 1 supplier case study landing page. Title and meta description readable. Germany appears only in the meta-keywords field, which is too weak to carry a region grade alone. [SD-WAN/SASE/SSE field: Same SCHAEFER KALK story as the Accepted MFG-036 (which is graded SASE), but this landing page doesn't itself confirm the product line, so it's supporting context rather than a standalone product claim.] [2026-09-15] Rejected after a live search attempt: the recorded quote is just the generic 'Securing and modernizing networks in manufacturing with unified SASE' tagline, not SCHAEFER KALK-specific content. A fresh search for a genuine SCHAEFER KALK + HPE Aruba SD-WAN/SASE case study found only generic HPE Aruba product pages and unrelated SCHAEFER KALK mining-industry news - no real case study located despite the named title.

hpe.com · Checked 15 Sept 2026

Great Wi-Fi blooms at FloraCraft with Juniper Mist

Named manufacturer:

FloraCraft

Named service:

Juniper wireless (Mist AI), AP43 access points

Factories, sites, users:

200+ employees, single HQ site

Countries, regions:

USA (Ludington, Michigan)

OT or production environment:

Cameras and sensors guiding robots on a new automated manufacturing line run over this Wi-Fi network

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

User complaints about Wi-Fi stopped; automated troubleshooting saved substantial time

"Team members on the plant floor can plan production and manage inventory from wireless kiosks... cameras and sensors guiding the robots."

Juniper's own case study, live and verified 2026-09-10. FloraCraft is a real, named foam-products manufacturer. This is Wi-Fi/wireless (AP43), not SD-WAN/SASE - per evidence rule 4 it cannot be used as SD-WAN/SASE evidence, but it is genuine, specific, named evidence for plant-floor connectivity and IoT-adjacent (camera/sensor-guided robot) capabilities.

Does not prove: Wireless/Wi-Fi evidence, not SD-WAN/SASE - graded Not relevant on that field per evidence rule 4.

juniper.net · Checked 10 Sept 2026 · Supports: Factory and plant connectivity, Industrial IoT

Manufacturing Networking Solutions | Juniper Networks

Named manufacturer:

Not named (no customers on page, per note)

Named service:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Factories, sites, users:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Countries, regions:

Not stated in the reviewed source

OT or production environment:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Juniper's Mist AI-native networking platform empowers manufacturers to maximize production and supply chain velocity, streamline network operations, and protect employees, data, and devices through reliable, secure connectivity

Graded yes on the dedicated industry page test. Manufacturing is in the published industry list [3]. The manufacturing page itself carries no named customer. Separately, the SD-WAN page [1] names Seagate Technology, a mass-data storage hardware manufacturer, as an SD-WAN customer, which is arguably a named manufacturing reference, but Juniper does not present Seagate as a manufacturing case study so this is not relied on for the grade.

Does not prove: Supplier's own dedicated manufacturing industry page. Sector-specific framing, no named customers. Undated. [SD-WAN/SASE/SSE field: Juniper's dedicated manufacturing page frames the sector generally without naming a specific product tier (SD-WAN vs SASE vs SSE), so it supports the sector case without proving a specific product.] [2026-09-15] Rejected: generic Juniper Mist manufacturing solutions page, no named customer at all, confirmed per the note. Marketing tagline only.

juniper.net · Checked 15 Sept 2026

AI-Native SD-WAN Solutions | Juniper Networks

Named manufacturer:

Seagate Technology

Named service:

Juniper AI-Native SD-WAN (Mist)

Factories, sites, users:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Countries, regions:

Not stated in the reviewed source

OT or production environment:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Juniper's Mist AI-native networking platform empowers manufacturers to maximize production and supply chain velocity, streamline network operations, and protect employees, data, and devices through reliable, secure connectivity

Graded yes on the dedicated industry page test. Manufacturing is in the published industry list [3]. The manufacturing page itself carries no named customer. Separately, the SD-WAN page [1] names Seagate Technology, a mass-data storage hardware manufacturer, as an SD-WAN customer, which is arguably a named manufacturing reference, but Juniper does not present Seagate as a manufacturing case study so this is not relied on for the grade.

Does not prove: Supplier's own SD-WAN solution page. Carries the only named SD-WAN customer found (Seagate) and the industry navigation list. Undated.

juniper.net · Checked 29 Jul 2026

Solutions & Technologies | Juniper Networks

Named manufacturer:

Not applicable (no single named customer on this page)

Named service:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Factories, sites, users:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Countries, regions:

Not stated in the reviewed source

OT or production environment:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Juniper's Mist AI-native networking platform empowers manufacturers to maximize production and supply chain velocity, streamline network operations, and protect employees, data, and devices through reliable, secure connectivity

Graded yes on the dedicated industry page test. Manufacturing is in the published industry list [3]. The manufacturing page itself carries no named customer. Separately, the SD-WAN page [1] names Seagate Technology, a mass-data storage hardware manufacturer, as an SD-WAN customer, which is arguably a named manufacturing reference, but Juniper does not present Seagate as a manufacturing case study so this is not relied on for the grade.

Does not prove: Supplier's own solutions index. Source for the definitive list of industries Juniper publishes dedicated pages for, and for the industry page URLs. Undated.

juniper.net · Checked 29 Jul 2026

Vodafone Business in Manufacturing, Transport and Logistics

Named manufacturer:

Ford, Irish Manufacturing Research

Named service:

Vodafone Business SD-WAN named on page; the Ford engagement itself is 5G Mobile Private Network, not SD-WAN

Factories, sites, users:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Countries, regions:

Not stated in the reviewed source

OT or production environment:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Vodafone 5G Mobile Private Network (MPN) is supporting Ford in the digital transformation of its technical centre to speed up electric vehicle manufacturing.

Dedicated industry page (Manufacturing, Transport and Logistics) on vodafone.com that names Vodafone Business SD-WAN directly, plus a separate manufacturing page in the Vodafone UK industry expertise list, plus a Construction & Manufacturing sector requirements section in the SD-WAN document. Caveat: the named manufacturing customers (Ford, Irish Manufacturing Research) are 5G mobile private network deployments, not SD-WAN or SASE. The SD-WAN document does cite an anonymised "84 plants in 36 countries" engagement.

Does not prove: Tier 1 dedicated supplier industry page covering three of the ten sectors at once, naming SD-WAN and a named manufacturing customer (Ford).

vodafone.com · Checked 29 Jul 2026 · Supports: Industrial IoT

SD-WAN for Business | Vodafone UK

Named manufacturer:

Not applicable (no single named customer on this page)

Named service:

Vodafone Business SD-WAN

Factories, sites, users:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Countries, regions:

192 countries (general company claim, not manufacturing-specific)

OT or production environment:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Vodafone 5G Mobile Private Network (MPN) is supporting Ford in the digital transformation of its technical centre to speed up electric vehicle manufacturing.

Dedicated industry page (Manufacturing, Transport and Logistics) on vodafone.com that names Vodafone Business SD-WAN directly, plus a separate manufacturing page in the Vodafone UK industry expertise list, plus a Construction & Manufacturing sector requirements section in the SD-WAN document. Caveat: the named manufacturing customers (Ford, Irish Manufacturing Research) are 5G mobile private network deployments, not SD-WAN or SASE. The SD-WAN document does cite an anonymised "84 plants in 36 countries" engagement.

Does not prove: Tier 1 supplier product page. Carries the vendor's own SD-WAN partner line-up (Fortinet, Arista, Cisco), sector suitability lists, business-size tiers and the 192 country claim. No date published on the page.

vodafone.co.uk · Checked 29 Jul 2026

Vodafone Business SD-WAN (product document, PDF)

Named manufacturer:

Not named specifically

Named service:

Vodafone Business SD-WAN

Factories, sites, users:

84 plants (anonymised example)

Countries, regions:

36 countries; 192 countries (general company claim)

OT or production environment:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Vodafone 5G Mobile Private Network (MPN) is supporting Ford in the digital transformation of its technical centre to speed up electric vehicle manufacturing.

Dedicated industry page (Manufacturing, Transport and Logistics) on vodafone.com that names Vodafone Business SD-WAN directly, plus a separate manufacturing page in the Vodafone UK industry expertise list, plus a Construction & Manufacturing sector requirements section in the SD-WAN document. Caveat: the named manufacturing customers (Ford, Irish Manufacturing Research) are 5G mobile private network deployments, not SD-WAN or SASE. The SD-WAN document does cite an anonymised "84 plants in 36 countries" engagement.

Does not prove: Tier 1 Vodafone-authored SD-WAN document, but hosted on a third-party CDN (cloudfront) rather than a vodafone.com URL, so permanence is not guaranteed. Contains sector requirement sections, deal-size examples and the 192 country statement.

d3bql97l1ytoxn.cloudfront.net · Checked 29 Jul 2026 · Supports: Multi-site production, Global delivery

Industry Expertise index | Vodafone UK

Named manufacturer:

Not applicable (no single named customer on this page)

Named service:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Factories, sites, users:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Countries, regions:

UK

OT or production environment:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Vodafone 5G Mobile Private Network (MPN) is supporting Ford in the digital transformation of its technical centre to speed up electric vehicle manufacturing.

Dedicated industry page (Manufacturing, Transport and Logistics) on vodafone.com that names Vodafone Business SD-WAN directly, plus a separate manufacturing page in the Vodafone UK industry expertise list, plus a Construction & Manufacturing sector requirements section in the SD-WAN document. Caveat: the named manufacturing customers (Ford, Irish Manufacturing Research) are 5G mobile private network deployments, not SD-WAN or SASE. The SD-WAN document does cite an anonymised "84 plants in 36 countries" engagement.

Does not prove: Tier 1 supplier index confirming exactly which industries have dedicated UK pages (water, energy, retail, finance, manufacturing, professional services, central government, local government, construction). Useful as negative evidence for sectors absent from the list.

vodafone.co.uk · Checked 29 Jul 2026 · Supports: UK delivery

Cloudflare case study: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical

Named manufacturer:

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical

Named service:

Cloudflare Zero Trust

Factories, sites, users:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Countries, regions:

Asia-Pacific

OT or production environment:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

75% reduction in remote connection expenses; 40 hours/month saved on troubleshooting

"The lower cost and the ability to access from anywhere globally via Cloudflare's infrastructure led us to make a decision to migrate to Cloudflare." Result: reduced department remote connection expenses by 75%; cut 40 hours/month previously spent troubleshooting network routing.

Two named manufacturing case studies, both with SASE relevant deployments. Mitsubishi Gas Chemical is tagged Asia-Pacific and lists Zero Trust, CDN, DNS and Gateway. Anadolu Efes, a brewer headquartered in Istanbul, is documented using Cloudflare One, ZTNA, Magic WAN and Secure Web Gateway, which is the strongest full SASE plus SD-WAN sector reference found in this task. Knauf, a building materials manufacturer, also appears as a logo on the Magic WAN page. There is no dedicated manufacturing industry page.

Does not prove: Tier 1 supplier case study. Named manufacturing customer deploying Zero Trust, with an Asia Pacific region tag. Directly relevant to the SASE grading. [2026-09-15] Capability and quote completed. This is general remote-workforce access (Zero Trust for all employees), not engineer/OT-specific access - graded Partial for Remote engineer access on that basis.

cloudflare.com · Checked 15 Sept 2026 · Supports: Remote engineer access

Cloudflare case study: Anadolu Efes

Named manufacturer:

Anadolu Efes

Named service:

Cloudflare One, ZTNA, Magic WAN, Secure Web Gateway

Factories, sites, users:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Countries, regions:

Not stated in the reviewed source

OT or production environment:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

Latency cut from 250ms to 30-40ms; ~1 million malicious requests blocked monthly; new site deployment cut from weeks to hours

"Anadolu Efes cuts latency from 250 ms to 30-40 ms with Cloudflare." Cloudflare implemented WAF, DDoS Protection, and the Cloudflare One SASE platform, replacing traditional VPNs and MPLS. Result: blocked ~1 million malicious requests monthly; cut new site deployment times from weeks to hours.

Two named manufacturing case studies, both with SASE relevant deployments. Mitsubishi Gas Chemical is tagged Asia-Pacific and lists Zero Trust, CDN, DNS and Gateway. Anadolu Efes, a brewer headquartered in Istanbul, is documented using Cloudflare One, ZTNA, Magic WAN and Secure Web Gateway, which is the strongest full SASE plus SD-WAN sector reference found in this task. Knauf, a building materials manufacturer, also appears as a logo on the Magic WAN page. There is no dedicated manufacturing industry page.

Does not prove: Tier 1 supplier case study. Named manufacturer (brewing) explicitly deploying Cloudflare One, ZTNA, Magic WAN and Secure Web Gateway. The single best SASE plus SD-WAN sector case study found. [2026-09-15] CORRECTED: this row previously had a copy-paste error, carrying the Mitsubishi Gas Chemical (MFG-018) quote instead of its own. Replaced with the real Anadolu Efes wording and outcome. The 'weeks to hours' new-site deployment figure is genuinely strong multi-site evidence.

cloudflare.com · Checked 15 Sept 2026 · Supports: Resilience and uptime, Multi-site production, Network visibility

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical reduces remote connection expenses by 75% with Cloudflare

Named manufacturer:

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical (MGC)

Named service:

Cloudflare Zero Trust

Factories, sites, users:

Not stated

Countries, regions:

Asia-Pacific (Japan-headquartered, global workforce)

OT or production environment:

Not stated

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

75% reduction in department remote-connection expenses, 40 hours per month saved on troubleshooting

"reduced department remote connection expenses by 75%, and cut 40 hours per month previously spent troubleshooting network routing"

Cloudflare's own case study, live and verified 2026-09-10. MGC is described on-page as 'a unique technology-oriented manufacturer'. Quantified, named, real deployment of Cloudflare Zero Trust for global remote/device access - stronger and more specific than the existing MFG-018 lead for the same customer.

Does not prove: Supersedes/strengthens MFG-018 for the same customer - MFG-018 can be left as a secondary reference.

cloudflare.com · Checked 10 Sept 2026 · Supports: Cloud and data-centre connectivity, Third-party and supplier access, Remote engineer access

Manufacturing Cybersecurity | Fortinet

Named manufacturer:

Steelcase, GEMU, Kalsec, Barnes Group, Toyota Material Handling

Named service:

FortiSASE (page context)

Factories, sites, users:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Countries, regions:

Not stated in the reviewed source

OT or production environment:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Our extended IT infrastructure is absolutely critical to everything we do, so it's invaluable to have the seamless protection that Fortinet provides across our physical and cloud-based domains.

Quote attributed to Steelcase on the dedicated manufacturing page. GEMU, Kalsec, Barnes Group and Toyota Material Handling are also named on that page. The SD-WAN ebook [9] carries a global auto parts company (~11,000 locations, 17 countries) and a bakery manufacturer (1,000 locations, 32 countries) as SD-WAN deployments. Note the Steelcase quote evidences platform security rather than SD-WAN specifically; the SD-WAN link comes from [9].

Does not prove: Supplier's dedicated manufacturing industry page with named manufacturer case studies. Vendor-authored.

fortinet.com · Checked 29 Jul 2026 · Supports: Cloud and data-centre connectivity, Multi-site production, Global delivery

Secure SD-WAN Customer Success Stories (ebook PDF)

Named manufacturer:

Not named (anonymised: global auto parts company, bakery manufacturer)

Named service:

Fortinet Secure SD-WAN

Factories, sites, users:

~11,000 locations (auto parts co.); ~1,000 locations (bakery mfr.)

Countries, regions:

17 countries (auto parts co.); 32 countries (bakery mfr.)

OT or production environment:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Our extended IT infrastructure is absolutely critical to everything we do, so it's invaluable to have the seamless protection that Fortinet provides across our physical and cloud-based domains.

Quote attributed to Steelcase on the dedicated manufacturing page. GEMU, Kalsec, Barnes Group and Toyota Material Handling are also named on that page. The SD-WAN ebook [9] carries a global auto parts company (~11,000 locations, 17 countries) and a bakery manufacturer (1,000 locations, 32 countries) as SD-WAN deployments. Note the Steelcase quote evidences platform security rather than SD-WAN specifically; the SD-WAN link comes from [9].

Does not prove: Supplier's own SD-WAN case study ebook. Strongest SD-WAN-specific sector and scale evidence, though most customers are anonymised by descriptor rather than named.

fortinet.com · Checked 29 Jul 2026

Manufacturing Industry Technology Solutions | Comcast Business

Named manufacturer:

Not named (anonymised: 'Houston-based manufacturer')

Named service:

Not named in source

Factories, sites, users:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Countries, regions:

USA (Houston)

OT or production environment:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Manufacturers of any finished good need a fast and reliable network to ensure that their facilities can maintain daily production flows.

Dedicated manufacturing industry page, which meets the test. The supporting case study is anonymised as a Houston-based manufacturer rather than a named customer, so this is weaker evidence than the retail or financial services grades.

Does not prove: Supplier's dedicated manufacturing page with an anonymised but published case study (Houston-based manufacturer).

business.comcast.com · Checked 29 Jul 2026 · Supports: Factory and plant connectivity, Resilience and uptime

Industry Solutions for the Enterprise | Comcast Business

Named manufacturer:

Not applicable (no single named customer on this page)

Named service:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Factories, sites, users:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Countries, regions:

Not stated in the reviewed source

OT or production environment:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Manufacturers of any finished good need a fast and reliable network to ensure that their facilities can maintain daily production flows.

Dedicated manufacturing industry page, which meets the test. The supporting case study is anonymised as a Houston-based manufacturer rather than a named customer, so this is weaker evidence than the retail or financial services grades.

Does not prove: Supplier's own industry hub. Fetched twice; both times returned the same eleven named industries, which is the basis for grading the three absent sectors as unknown. [SD-WAN/SASE/SSE field: Comcast's own industry-solutions hub - names sectors, not products; carries no SD-WAN/SASE/SSE content itself.] [2026-09-15] Rejected in final pass: generic industry-solutions hub page naming sectors, not a specific product or named manufacturer. No capability can be honestly assigned - missed in the earlier 8-row fix pass, caught in final QA.

business.comcast.com · Checked 15 Sept 2026

Industries (UK site) - Ericsson Enterprise Wireless Solutions

Named manufacturer:

Not applicable (no single named customer on this page)

Named service:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Factories, sites, users:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Countries, regions:

UK

OT or production environment:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Private networks built for the rigours of manufacturing

Manufacturing is one of four industries given a headed section with descriptive copy on the UK industries page, but no manufacturing customer, plant deployment or case study was found on any page read. The nearest named private cellular customers are Port of Tyne (a port) and, on the construction page, Taylor Construction and Bilfinger Global IT. Graded partial because the sector is named with detail but nothing is shown behind it.

Does not prove: Supplier's own UK industries landing page. Names exactly four industries (retail, public safety, manufacturing, construction) with descriptive copy but no named customers on the page itself.

cradlepoint.com · Checked 29 Jul 2026 · Supports: Industrial IoT, UK delivery

Private 5G - Ericsson Enterprise Wireless Solutions

Named manufacturer:

Port of Tyne

Named service:

Private 5G

Factories, sites, users:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Countries, regions:

UK

OT or production environment:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Private networks built for the rigours of manufacturing

Manufacturing is one of four industries given a headed section with descriptive copy on the UK industries page, but no manufacturing customer, plant deployment or case study was found on any page read. The nearest named private cellular customers are Port of Tyne (a port) and, on the construction page, Taylor Construction and Bilfinger Global IT. Graded partial because the sector is named with detail but nothing is shown behind it.

Does not prove: Supplier product page naming Port of Tyne (UK) as a private 5G customer.

cradlepoint.com · Checked 29 Jul 2026

5G for construction efficiency and safety? Built for this.

Named manufacturer:

Taylor Construction, Bilfinger Global IT

Named service:

Cellular networking for construction

Factories, sites, users:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Countries, regions:

Not stated in the reviewed source

OT or production environment:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Private networks built for the rigours of manufacturing

Manufacturing is one of four industries given a headed section with descriptive copy on the UK industries page, but no manufacturing customer, plant deployment or case study was found on any page read. The nearest named private cellular customers are Port of Tyne (a port) and, on the construction page, Taylor Construction and Bilfinger Global IT. Graded partial because the sector is named with detail but nothing is shown behind it.

Does not prove: Dedicated supplier industry page for construction naming Taylor Construction and Bilfinger Global IT. Construction is outside the ten graded sectors but the Bilfinger reference evidences large multinational customers.

cradlepoint.com · Checked 29 Jul 2026

Forcepoint Data Security for Manufacturers industry page

Named manufacturer:

Caesarstone; Acme Brick

Named service:

Not stated (page is about data security generally)

Factories, sites, users:

Caesarstone: 3 facilities, 2 continents; Acme Brick: 14 manufacturing plants, 91 US locations

Countries, regions:

Not stated in the reviewed source

OT or production environment:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Caesarstone: "The company manufactures at three facilities in two continents, and sells in 50 countries all over the world... increased visibility into web traffic, data movement and cloud activity." Acme Brick: "14 manufacturing plants that press out more than 1 billion bricks a year and 91 locations across the U.S... Governance and reporting for regulatory compliance such as PCI DSS... Access to reporting that can meet internal and external audit requirements."

Dedicated manufacturing industry page with three named customers quoted (ACME Brick, GG Group and Caesarstone). The customer index separately tags HUBER+SUHNER as Manufacturing, and HUBER+SUHNER is the one manufacturing reference that is also an SD-WAN deployment, cited on the Secure SD-WAN page with a '20+ Countries' and '45+ Cluster Nodes' scale figure. Graded on the H1 because that page was read once.

Does not prove: Tier 1 supplier material. Dedicated manufacturing page with three named manufacturing customers. Single read, so only the H1 heading is used as the graded quote. [2026-09-15] Original quote was just the page title. Replaced with real content from both named manufacturers found on the page. Product is Forcepoint Web Security/DLP/CASB - data security, not SD-WAN/SASE connectivity - graded Partial for network visibility given the explicit visibility/reporting language for both companies.

forcepoint.com · Checked 15 Sept 2026 · Supports: Global supply chain, Network visibility

Forcepoint Secure SD-WAN product page

Named manufacturer:

Not named (product page; logo wall unspecified)

Named service:

Forcepoint Secure SD-WAN

Factories, sites, users:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Countries, regions:

Not stated in the reviewed source

OT or production environment:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Data Security for Manufacturers

Dedicated manufacturing industry page with three named customers quoted (ACME Brick, GG Group and Caesarstone). The customer index separately tags HUBER+SUHNER as Manufacturing, and HUBER+SUHNER is the one manufacturing reference that is also an SD-WAN deployment, cited on the Secure SD-WAN page with a '20+ Countries' and '45+ Cluster Nodes' scale figure. Graded on the H1 because that page was read once.

Does not prove: Tier 1 supplier material. Primary product page for the SD-WAN offer. Read four times with different extraction prompts; the appliance sizing phrases and the cost heading reproduced identically across passes, so those strings are treated as reliable verbatim. Customer logo wall and testimonial carousel also confirmed across passes.

forcepoint.com · Checked 29 Jul 2026 · Supports: Multi-site production, Global delivery

Forcepoint Customer Stories index

Named manufacturer:

Multiple (index; industry tags only, not opened individually)

Named service:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Factories, sites, users:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Countries, regions:

Not stated in the reviewed source

OT or production environment:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Data Security for Manufacturers

Dedicated manufacturing industry page with three named customers quoted (ACME Brick, GG Group and Caesarstone). The customer index separately tags HUBER+SUHNER as Manufacturing, and HUBER+SUHNER is the one manufacturing reference that is also an SD-WAN deployment, cited on the Secure SD-WAN page with a '20+ Countries' and '45+ Cluster Nodes' scale figure. Graded on the H1 because that page was read once.

Does not prove: Tier 1 supplier material. Carries Forcepoint's own industry tags against each customer story, which is the single most useful sector artefact found. Read three times; the tag set (Healthcare, Education, Aerospace, Entertainment, Financial Services, Manufacturing, Energy, Information Technology) reproduced consistently.

forcepoint.com · Checked 29 Jul 2026

Netskope For Manufacturing

Named manufacturer:

Not named (anonymised: 'Security Architect, Fortune 100 Equipment Manufacturer')

Named service:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Factories, sites, users:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Countries, regions:

Not stated in the reviewed source

OT or production environment:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Netskope helps the world's largest and most demanding manufacturing companies securely adopt the cloud to streamline operations and compete at all levels.

Dedicated industry page plus an unusually strong set of manufacturer logos on the customers page: Airbus, Yamaha Motor Corporation, Colgate Palmolive, AVX Corporation and Orbia. No named manufacturing case study; the page testimonial is anonymised as 'Security Architect, Fortune 100 Equipment Manufacturer'.

Does not prove: Dedicated supplier industry page. Testimonial is anonymised ('Security Architect, Fortune 100 Equipment Manufacturer'), so the page itself plus manufacturer logos carry the grade.

netskope.com · Checked 29 Jul 2026 · Supports: Cloud and data-centre connectivity

Netskope Customers

Named manufacturer:

Airbus, BMO, Colgate Palmolive, ManTech, Prologis, JLL, Orbia, Republic Services, BLG, Culture Amp, GBfoods, The Auto Club Group, Elevance Health, Ross Stores, Sainsburys, Yamaha Motor Corporation, AVX Corporation (logos only; one linked case study)

Named service:

Not stated (logos only)

Factories, sites, users:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Countries, regions:

Not stated in the reviewed source

OT or production environment:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Netskope helps the world's largest and most demanding manufacturing companies securely adopt the cloud to streamline operations and compete at all levels.

Dedicated industry page plus an unusually strong set of manufacturer logos on the customers page: Airbus, Yamaha Motor Corporation, Colgate Palmolive, AVX Corporation and Orbia. No named manufacturing case study; the page testimonial is anonymised as 'Security Architect, Fortune 100 Equipment Manufacturer'.

Does not prove: Supplier's own customer index. Carries named customer logos (Airbus, BMO, Colgate Palmolive, ManTech, Prologis, JLL, Orbia, Republic Services, BLG, Culture Amp, GBfoods, The Auto Club Group, Elevance Health, Ross Stores, Sainsburys Supermarkets Ltd, Yamaha Motor Corporation, AVX Corporation) but only one linked case study. Logos alone are used as supporting, not sole, evidence.

netskope.com · Checked 29 Jul 2026 · Supports: Global delivery

Manufacturing industry page

Named manufacturer:

Flex

Named service:

Prisma SASE (page context)

Factories, sites, users:

20,000 people (remote access, not sites)

Countries, regions:

Not stated in the reviewed source

OT or production environment:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

Remote access solution stood up in seven days - qualitative claim

If you can bring up a secure remote access solution for 20,000 people in seven days, I think that shows we made the right choice.

Quote is attributed on the manufacturing industry page to Friedrich (Fritz) Wetschnig, CISO and VP of Enterprise IT at Flex. Dedicated manufacturing industry page headed 'Cybersecurity for Manufacturing'. Corroborated by Colgate-Palmolive, described on the SASE page as securing manufacturing with a unified platform approach, and by NXP labelled Manufacturing on the customers index.

Does not prove: Dedicated supplier page with named customer Flex and an attributed CISO quote.

paloaltonetworks.com · Checked 29 Jul 2026 · Supports: Remote engineer access

Prisma SASE product page

Named manufacturer:

Westfield, Zespri, Colgate-Palmolive, Autodesk, Grupo Bimbo, Cordis

Named service:

Prisma SASE

Factories, sites, users:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Countries, regions:

Not stated in the reviewed source

OT or production environment:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

No PoP count, coverage list, pricing or org-size language published, per note

If you can bring up a secure remote access solution for 20,000 people in seven days, I think that shows we made the right choice.

Quote is attributed on the manufacturing industry page to Friedrich (Fritz) Wetschnig, CISO and VP of Enterprise IT at Flex. Dedicated manufacturing industry page headed 'Cybersecurity for Manufacturing'. Corroborated by Colgate-Palmolive, described on the SASE page as securing manufacturing with a unified platform approach, and by NXP labelled Manufacturing on the customers index.

Does not prove: Supplier's own SASE landing page. Names customers (Westfield, Zespri, Colgate-Palmolive, Autodesk, Grupo Bimbo, Cordis) but publishes no PoP count, no coverage list, no pricing and no organisation-size language.

paloaltonetworks.com · Checked 29 Jul 2026 · Supports: Cloud and data-centre connectivity

Prisma SASE customer stories index

Named manufacturer:

Relias Healthcare, AutoNation, Ministry of Justice, RaceTrac, Colgate-Palmolive, Costa Group

Named service:

Prisma SASE

Factories, sites, users:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Countries, regions:

Not stated in the reviewed source

OT or production environment:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

Not stated in the reviewed source

If you can bring up a secure remote access solution for 20,000 people in seven days, I think that shows we made the right choice.

Quote is attributed on the manufacturing industry page to Friedrich (Fritz) Wetschnig, CISO and VP of Enterprise IT at Flex. Dedicated manufacturing industry page headed 'Cybersecurity for Manufacturing'. Corroborated by Colgate-Palmolive, described on the SASE page as securing manufacturing with a unified platform approach, and by NXP labelled Manufacturing on the customers index.

Does not prove: Supplier's own SASE case study index. Gave story URLs and informal industry labels (Relias Healthcare, AutoNation automotive retail, Ministry of Justice government, RaceTrac retail, Colgate-Palmolive manufacturing, Costa Group agriculture).

paloaltonetworks.com · Checked 29 Jul 2026 · Supports: Cloud and data-centre connectivity

Zscaler for Manufacturing

Named manufacturer:

Siemens AG, AkzoNobel, Coats, Sanmina

Named service:

Zscaler zero trust platform (page context)

Factories, sites, users:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Countries, regions:

Not stated in the reviewed source

OT or production environment:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

Qualitative CISO quotes only, no figures

Zero trust principles are incredibly relevant to smart factory initiatives.

Quote attributed to Herbert Wegmann, General Manager, Siemens AG, on the dedicated manufacturing industry page. Three further named manufacturers with attributed CISO-level quotes: AkzoNobel (Raffaele Maresca, CISO), Coats (Benjamin Corll, VP of Cybersecurity) and Sanmina (Matt Ramberg, VP of Information Security). Page headline 'Siemens secures digital transformation in modern factory environments' confirms these are full case studies, not logos.

Does not prove: Supplier's own dedicated manufacturing page with four named manufacturers (Siemens AG, AkzoNobel, Coats, Sanmina) and attributed executive quotes. Strong for sector grading, vendor-claimed.

zscaler.com · Checked 29 Jul 2026 · Supports: Cloud and data-centre connectivity, Global delivery

Zscaler Industries index

Named manufacturer:

Not applicable (no single named customer on this page)

Named service:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Factories, sites, users:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Countries, regions:

Not stated in the reviewed source

OT or production environment:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Zero trust principles are incredibly relevant to smart factory initiatives.

Quote attributed to Herbert Wegmann, General Manager, Siemens AG, on the dedicated manufacturing industry page. Three further named manufacturers with attributed CISO-level quotes: AkzoNobel (Raffaele Maresca, CISO), Coats (Benjamin Corll, VP of Cybersecurity) and Sanmina (Matt Ramberg, VP of Information Security). Page headline 'Siemens secures digital transformation in modern factory environments' confirms these are full case studies, not logos.

Does not prove: Supplier's own industries hub. Used to establish which industries Zscaler actually publishes dedicated pages for: banking and financial services, healthcare, US public sector (federal, state and local), Australian government, China, education, manufacturing. Absence of retail, energy, transport, professional services and hospitality pages is itself informative.

zscaler.com · Checked 29 Jul 2026

Manufacturing IT Solutions | Lumen

Named manufacturer:

Upstate Niagara Cooperative, alphabroder, VSP Vision, Calgon Carbon

Named service:

Not named specifically (page carries 'explicit SASE and SD-WAN blocks' generically)

Factories, sites, users:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Countries, regions:

Not stated (named customers skew US food co-op / apparel / activated carbon, per Harry's caveat)

OT or production environment:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Enhancing network performance for a cleaner world.

Dedicated manufacturing industry page with four named customers: Upstate Niagara Cooperative, alphabroder, VSP Vision and Calgon Carbon, plus explicit SASE and SD-WAN blocks. The quoted string is the Calgon Carbon story headline. Caveat worth recording for the buyer: the named customers skew to food co-operative, apparel distribution and activated carbon rather than heavy discrete manufacturing or OT/ICS environments, so this is not evidence of industrial control network capability.

Does not prove: Supplier's dedicated manufacturing industry page with four named customers (Upstate Niagara Cooperative, alphabroder, VSP Vision, Calgon Carbon) and explicit SASE and SD-WAN blocks.

lumen.com · Checked 29 Jul 2026 · Supports: Cloud and data-centre connectivity

Case study - Leading Apparel Manufacturer and Exporter Secures Work from Home Operations with SonicWall's Advanced Solutions (Gokaldas Exports)

Named manufacturer:

Gokaldas Exports

Named service:

SonicWall Cloud Secure Edge (by provider context; not explicitly quoted)

Factories, sites, users:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Countries, regions:

India

OT or production environment:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Standard or regulation:

None stated

Outcome:

Not stated in the reviewed source

Gokaldas Exports is recognized as one of India's largest apparel manufacturers and exporters.

Graded on a single clearly sector-labelled named customer. There is no manufacturing industry page in SonicWall's Solutions by Industry navigation, so manufacturing is not a marketed vertical. Several other library entries look like manufacturers (Cavagna Group, a Turkish sugar producer, poultry producer Bupilic, Monte Carlo Fashions, Harsha Automotive) but their pages carry no sector label and their narratives are in PDFs blocked by robots.txt, so they were rejected. Confidence is medium because the grade rests on one page's meta description.

Does not prove: Supplier-published case study naming Gokaldas Exports as an apparel manufacturer. Sole clearly sector-labelled manufacturing evidence found. Also Asia Pacific (India) corroboration.

sonicwall.com · Checked 29 Jul 2026

Versa Networks - Company Overview / About page

Standard or regulation:

This URL returned a 404 on the 2026-09-04 live check - needs a replacement primary source before use

https://versa-networks.com/solutions/industries/manufacturing/

Partial on a navigation list entry only. The target page could not be loaded. Checked the homepage, the customers page and the docs Solution Use Cases page for the word manufacturing: not present in any of them. No named manufacturing customer or case study was found.

Does not prove: Tier 1 but weaker than a live page. This URL 404s; its 'Looking for something?' block renders the full site navigation including an Industry Solutions menu of dedicated industry page URLs. Read via https://r.jina.ai/https://versa-networks.com/company/. The individual industry pages could NOT be loaded: reader attempts returned HTTP 429 and direct attempts hit the bot wall. Verified navigation entries, not verified page content, so possibly stale. | Live link check 2026-09-04: this URL returned 404. Find the current primary source before accepting this row. [SD-WAN/SASE/SSE field: This URL 404s and only exposes site navigation, not product content - not usable as SD-WAN/SASE/SSE evidence.]

· Published 24 Apr 2026 · Checked 16 Sept 2026