Leviton is putting $100 million into its global network cabling factories over the next five years, and that spending plan touches one of the largest copper cable manufacturing plants in the country right here in Lancaster County. The New Holland facility, which produces structured LAN copper cables used in data centers and commercial buildings, has been under Leviton’s ownership since the company bought former operator Berk-Tek in 2020.
The $100 million capital investment program spans 2026 through 2030 across all of Leviton’s global Network Solutions manufacturing facilities, with major funding allocated to U.S. plants to boost Category 6A cabling and fiber optic output, according to Converge Digest. The plan builds on an earlier $80 million five-year capital program the company completed, as reported by the Central Penn Business Journal. Leviton President and CEO Daryoush Larizadeh said the new commitment underscores the company’s determination to lead through innovation, manufacturing excellence and customer partnership, per the outlet.
How Leviton Landed in New Holland
Leviton’s presence in Lancaster County traces back to its $202 million acquisition of New Holland-based Berk-Tek LLC from French cable maker Nexans in September 2020, a deal detailed by CEPRO. Berk-Tek had generated roughly $163 million in net sales in 2019 before the sale, per the same outlet. The company had operated as an independent cabling brand for more than 60 years after its 1961 founding, and Leviton fully folded the Berk-Tek name into its global brand in 2024, integrating the Lancaster County production line into Leviton Network Solutions.
The New Holland plant remains one of the largest dedicated four-pair copper cabling manufacturing facilities in the United States, according to Penn State University, which produces structured LAN copper cables for data centers and commercial buildings. Leviton has also invested in the local workforce pipeline beyond the factory floor: the company established a $25,000 endowed scholarship at Pennsylvania College of Technology in March 2024 to support students from Lancaster and surrounding central Pennsylvania counties pursuing industrial engineering degrees, with preference given to those in polymer engineering and mechatronics automation programs, per Penn State.
What the New Money Targets
The initiative includes investments across all of Leviton’s Network Solutions factories, covering fiber optic and copper end-to-end systems, according to the Central Penn Business Journal. The company plans to expand Category 6A cabling and connector capacity to support demand for smart building infrastructure, while also growing fiber optic cabling and connectivity manufacturing capacity to meet rising enterprise and data center bandwidth requirements and speed up project deployment timelines, the outlet reports…