Case Study: Middleton Paper achieves ubiquitous wireless coverage and 75% fewer cable drops with Riverbed

Middleton Paper Improves Manufacturing Productivity with Xirrus 802.11n Wireless Arrays

Brigham Young University–Idaho, a private four‑year university with about 15,000 students and a sprawling campus of 40 major buildings, struggled with fragmented wireless hotspots that confused users and failed to support high‑density classrooms and residence halls. Middleton Paper, a UK paper manufacturer with four large production and warehousing units, faced a harsh, cable‑unfriendly environment where running CAT5 was labor‑intensive and reliable, pervasive wireless was required for PCs, printers, barcode scanners and wireless forklifts.

Both organizations deployed Xirrus array‑based Wi‑Fi: BYU‑Idaho installed nearly 700 arrays (expanding toward 800) to achieve 100% indoor coverage and support roughly 6,500 simultaneous devices, dramatically reducing dropped connections and enabling digital teaching tools; Middleton Paper covered each building with a single Array, completing deployment in a day and cutting devices, cable pulls and switch ports by about 75–80%, delivering faster installations, lower costs and reliable wireless for voice, video and data.

Middleton Paper

Martin Travis

IT/Project Manager, Middleton Paper