Case study
International integration of
Boryszew Group’s
plants owing to SD-WAN
About the company
Boryszew S.A. Maflow branch in Tychy is a manufacturer of rubber and plastic components used in car air-conditioning systems. The Maflow Group comprises 11 plants across countries such as: Poland, France, Spain, Italy, Brazil, India, China and Mexico. The Company is committed to maintaining and continuously evolving an efficient organisation, technology as well as expanding into more markets.
The customers of the Maflow Group’s products include the world’s major car corporations, such as: Volkswagen, General Motors, Renault Nissan, Jaguar Land Rover, PSA Peugeot Citroën, Volvo Car Corporation, BMW, FCA oraz Volvo GTT, Daimler Truck, Scania i Paccar Group.
Customer’s view
The SD-WAN service delivered by T-Mobile made it possible for us to interconnect all of our locations around the world.
Our work today feels like we are part of one big local network without having to worry about security and availability.
IT Infrastructure Manager, Maflow Group
Challenge
taken
A dozen production plants across four continents required a stable and reliable connection. Until then, the European locations had been interconnected via a VPLS line, while branches in North America, South America and Asia had used a VPN. This solution proved troublesome for some countries. Moreover, to deliver the best data transmission quality, it was necessary to select the connection path manually on each occasion.
What did the Customer seek?
Maflow was in need of a solution that would facilitate constant, secure and trouble-free communication between its branches around the globe. What was essential for the company was the optimisation of work by automating the management of network traffic between plants. Furthermore, the new solution had to secure stable connections to challenging markets subject to numerous international regulations and restrictions, such as China, to name but a few.
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Requirements
- Central management
- Support for international networks
- Security and speed of connections
- Compatibility with existing infrastructure
- Flexibility
- Connection stability