Leviton (company)

Leviton is an electronic products and solutions manufacturer headquartered in Melville, New York. The company offers electrical, lighting, energy management, data networking devices, cabling systems, energy management solutions, network, submetering, antimicrobial-treated devices, lighting controls, and other related products. Leviton offers various product lines for residential, commercial, and industrial wiring devices.

Leviton was founded in 1906 after Isidor Leviton immigrated to the United States from Russia. Founded as a tinsmithing business, where mantle tips for gas lighting were produced, Leviton began the manufacturing of electronics and electronic equipment with the development of Edison's light bulb, with the company's first electrical product being the pull-chain lamp holder. Since then, the company has diversified its portfolio of products and solutions through internal innovation, the acquisition of other companies, and an expansion of capabilities.

Leviton categorizes the company's products under residential, commercial, industrial, network solutions, and lighting and controls. Many of the Leviton products are offered under various product brands.

Under the residential product category, Leviton offers a large series of products, including arc-fault circuit interrupters (AFCIs), ground-fault circuit interrupters (GFCIs), USB in-wall outlets, decorative outlets and receptacles, load centers (including various circuit breakers), switches, dimmers, smart home accessories (including smart switches and dimmers, fan controls, and outlets), fan speed controls, motion sensors, timer switches, wallplates, lampholders, submetering solutions, networking solutions, and electric vehicle chargers.

For commercial solutions and products, Leviton offers AFCIs and GFCIs; antimicrobial switches and wallplates; electric vehicle charging stations; floor boxes; lighting solutions; lighting control solutions; network solutions; plugs, connectors, and locking receptacles; power strips; switiches; straight blade receptacles; power pedestals; surge protection; wallplates; submetering; and weatherproof covers and boxes.

In the company's industrial solutions and products category, Leviton offers LEV Series pin and sleeve devices, including ICE 60309-1 and 60309-2 devices, such as plugs, connectors, receptacles, inlets, and blackboxes; manual motor controllers; portable outlet boxes; power strips; power pedestals; plugs, connectors, and receptacles; wire mesh safety grips; utility submetering solutions; industrial networking systems; and single pole cam-type connectors.

Leviton offers various network solutions, including residential, commercial, and industrial. These solutions and products include quick links, copper systems, fiber systems, IT/AV systems, industrial networks, network extenders, and made-to-order products and configurations, depending on the industry. These solutions are developed for data center infrastructure, enterprise and smart buildings, education networks, health care IT networks, and electric vehicle manufacturing networks.