Case Study: Birla Opus Paints achieves connected, resilient factory operations with Cisco Meraki

Birla Opus Paints achieves 99.9% uptime with Cisco Meraki

Birla Opus Paints, a new decorative paint manufacturer in India, faced the challenge of rapidly building a secure and resilient digital foundation to connect six new factories, over 145 depots, and offices into a single, unified network. Their goals were to ensure consistent product quality, achieve centralized visibility for IT and OT systems, meet stringent IEC 62443 security compliance, and scale operations quickly while controlling costs. To meet this challenge, they partnered with vendor Cisco Meraki.

The solution implemented by Cisco Meraki, integrated by ABB, included a complete IT/OT platform based on CPwE architecture featuring Cisco Industrial Ethernet, Meraki for depot connectivity, and a security suite with Firepower, ISE, Cyber Vision, and Zero Trust. This provided a secure, intelligent backbone for operations. The results included achieving 99.9% uptime across all plants and depots, enabling a rapid nationwide rollout, reducing batch variability for consistent quality, and building resilient, compliant security into every layer of the manufacturing process.

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