Company Profile | January 1, 1996

multimedia transmissions, optical cables, horizontal wiring, connectors, telecommunications, mechanical terminations

Source: Berk-Tek, A Nexans Company
Berk-Tek, headquartered in New Holland, Pennsylvania, is one of the leading manufacturers of high-performance copper and fiber optic cable in North America. For more than 30 years, the company has supplied cable for high-performance premises networking, factory automation, computer electronics, and telecommunications applications across the continent. As a subsidiary of Alcatel, Berk-Tek is part of the world's largest producer of cable. As such, Berk-Tek is supported by a global network of companies that include expertise in every aspect of the cable business: metallurgy, optical fiber production, the manufacture of all types of cable; applications expertise, and customer services.

Berk-Tek's leadership in the industry is a direct result of its manufacturing expertise and commitment to quality. At their three ISO 9001 registered manufacturing facilities, they have dedicated more than 400,000 square feet to the manufacture of data communications cables, including their internationally acclaimed high-performance Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP) cables. Berk-Tek's extensive engineering and product development expertise has also fostered a full selection of fiber optic cables as well as custom designed and specialty cable products that are engineered for specific communications applications.

Berk-Tek's Electro-Optic Products Division located in Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina, is dedicated to the production of single mode and multimode fiber optic cables for local and wide area networking applications.