Case Study: Imperial Industries Inc. achieves future-proof Gigabit Wi‑Fi and IIoT-ready smart manufacturing with HPE Aruba Networking

Aruba Gigabit Wi-Fi solutions power Industrial IoT and other innovations for smart manufacturing at 34-acre complex

Imperial Industries, a manufacturing firm in Wausau, Wisconsin with a 34‑acre, 200,000 sq. ft. campus, needed wire‑speed Gigabit Wi‑Fi to support Industry 4.0 initiatives—like a new plasma burn table and IIoT devices—while future‑proofing the network and minimizing demands on its lean IT team.

Working with RMM and Aruba, Imperial deployed 802.11ac Wave 2 APs, Aruba 7200 controllers and HPE Smart Rate switches, with AirWave for unified management under a managed‑services model. The result is campus‑wide Gigabit Wi‑Fi that securely supports IIoT, mobile shop‑floor operations, digital sales and e‑commerce, simplifies administration, frees internal IT resources, and positions the company for multi‑gigabit and advanced analytics capabilities.

Imperial Industries Inc.

Ann Babl

CIO