ADC opens new manufacturing facility in South Carolina.(BUSINESS)

ADC announced that it is opening a new manufacturing facility in Lexington, South Carolina, located near Columbia. The new leased facility will manufacture cable-intensive fiber connectivity products for service-provider customers that deploy FTTx services throughout the Eastern region of the United States.

ADC will move into the current 10,000-square-foot facility in March, with plans to expand to 20,000 square feet later this year. By the end of 2007, the company could employ up to 65 people at the new facility.

"The Lexington site provides a more central