Strengthening disaster recovery connectivity across a European factory estate

A global manufacturer needed to strengthen connectivity resilience across its factory estate in Europe.

The organisation required an additional internet route that could sit alongside existing primary connections and integrate directly with site firewall infrastructure. The objective was clear: create a consistent disaster recovery connectivity model across 14 factories without replacing the network infrastructure already in place.

Active Digital supplied business-priority Starlink connectivity for each location. The manufacturer’s engineers completed the physical hardware installation and connected each service directly to factory firewalls on a dual-WAN basis. This gave the organisation a secondary connectivity route to support its wider business continuity planning.

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Our Solution

Active Digital supplied business-priority Starlink connectivity for 14 factories across Europe. The manufacturer’s engineers completed the physical hardware installation at each location.

Each Starlink service was connected directly to the site firewall as a secondary WAN connection. This allowed the manufacturer to retain its existing primary connectivity while introducing an independent additional route for disaster recovery purposes.

The solution included:

Business-priority Starlink connectivity supplied for 14 European factories

Physical hardware installation completed by the manufacturer’s engineers

Direct integration with existing factory firewalls

Dual-WAN connectivity alongside the primary connection

A consistent connectivity model across a multi-country estate

A secondary internet route to support disaster recovery planning

A solution that worked with the manufacturer’s existing network infrastructure

The challenge

Reliable connectivity is an operational requirement for factory environments, where local teams depend on access to business systems, communications and wider organisational networks.

The manufacturer needed to reduce reliance on a single internet connection across its European sites. Any disruption to primary connectivity could place pressure on site operations, so the business needed a practical secondary connection that could be introduced without a full redesign of its established network infrastructure.

The organisation needed support with:

Disaster recovery connectivity for 14 factory locations
An additional internet route alongside primary connections
Direct integration with existing firewall infrastructure
A dual-WAN approach that could be applied consistently across Europe
A practical implementation model for a distributed factory estate
Connectivity resilience that supported wider business continuity planning

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The outcome

The global manufacturer now has business-priority Starlink connectivity in place across 14 factories in Europe.

The manufacturer’s engineers connected each service directly to the existing factory firewall on a dual-WAN basis. This introduced a secondary internet route without replacing the primary connectivity infrastructure.

The result is a consistent disaster recovery connectivity model across the estate, giving the organisation an additional option within its network resilience and business continuity planning.

The partnership has delivered:

Business-priority Starlink connectivity supplied for 14 European factories
Hardware installation completed by the manufacturer’s engineers
Secondary WAN connectivity integrated with existing site firewalls
An additional internet route alongside primary connectivity
A consistent disaster recovery approach across multiple countries
A solution that works with the manufacturer’s established network infrastructure