Brockville-based power cable manufacturer Northern Cables is setting itself up for the next few years of growth with an 80,000-square-foot expansion of one of its plants. 

With two manufacturing plants in Brockville and one in Prescott, Northern Cables invests in plant expansions every few years, said president Todd Stafford. The latest expansion, which aims to increase manufacturing capacity at the original Brockville plant at 50 California Ave., will accommodate future plans for two additional production lines and “incremental” growth each year.

“That plant has been expanded twice now. By adding to that building space, we can add equipment and processes every year and add two, three, even four years of growth,” explained Stafford. “It won’t be much of a production increase immediately, it might help us five or 10 per cent in industrial growth, but now we have the space for more and more equipment.

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