Case Study: RONAL GROUP achieves accelerated production agility and stronger global network security with HPE Aruba Networking

Alloy wheel maker accelerates its production agility from the strength and security of its global network

RONAL GROUP, a Switzerland-based automotive supplier that manufactures 18 million alloy wheels a year across 14 production sites, needed a reliable, consistently managed network to handle increasing production data and protect industrial IP. The company’s priorities were clear segmentation of office and production environments, strict network access control to support just-in-time delivery and supplier confidentiality, and compliance with industry security standards such as TISAX while enabling Industry 4.0 initiatives.

RONAL deployed an Aruba-based architecture—Wi‑Fi 6 access points, CX and 2930M switches, mobility controllers, ClearPass NAC with Dynamic Segmentation, AirWave, Aruba Central and UXI sensors—to centralize access control and monitoring. The result is a single management console with consistent policies across wired and wireless environments, stronger role- and device-based security, proactive visibility into network performance, reduced downtime, and a scalable, future-ready infrastructure that supports digital manufacturing, compliance and a cloud-first, as‑a‑service strategy.

Ronal Group

Dirk Wacker

Head of IT Infrastructure