Meryl Bushell, chief procurement officer for the BT Group, commented: �This is a cable supplier that is looking way beyond its core product to the broader needs of its valued customer base. The company clearly looks for a true long term partnership in which it can play as wide a role as possible. They have delivered outside of the contract to help BT implement a more cost efficient and safer way of working�. Mr Nick Bowman, BT account manager with Belden, added: �Kaizen has been in operation at Belden for 3 years now and it has led to the creation of genuine partnerships with firms right across the supply chain. The input we have into processes through Kaizen affects every aspect of a business and creates a positive foundation for future development. Kaizen effectively improves the operations of companies we do business with and we are highly delighted that these practices are being adopted by BT as well as pick an award of this stature�.

Belden Communications has been operating in Europe since 1995 with manufacturing plants in the Manchester - UK, Venlod - The Netherlands and Budapest - Hungary. Belden Inc is a market leader in the manufacture, supply and distribution of wire and cable technologies, supplying the industry with a portfolio of over 10,000 cabling solutions for a wide range of sectors including telecommunications, industrial, IT-networking, medical, home entertainment, electrical and live media.