London’s Amphenol-Borisch Technologies (ABT) facility is expanding to more than 35,000 square feet of operations, with increased capacity needed for customers as defence and technology investments soar.
When you’re forty thousand feet up in the air or floating in space where a single loose connection wire can end a mission, there’s a piece of engineering nobody sees but everyone depends on.
It starts simple: a cable, a harness, or a connector no bigger than a quarter. But this piece in the greater system is what keeps the larger mission intact and allows systems to stay working.
Right here in London, Canada, that’s the business of Amphenol-Borisch Technologies (ABT). Connecting systems of huge scale to ensure they perform when it matters the most, even at the edge of space exploration.
For years, Amphenol has built cable assemblies, wire harnesses, and electronic systems that allow aircraft, satellites, and defence equipment to survive the harshest environments and heat. Chances are that if a system is facing such a challenge, ABT has contributed to keeping it all together.
As one facility in the larger network, ABT’s facilities across the corners of North America—spanning from London to Mexico—form the system that takes the engineering idea into flight or product hardware without ever leaving the network.
Now, their work in London is scaling at a rapid pace.
ABT is more than quadrupling its local facilities from 8,000 to over 35,000 square feet. The additions will create extensive room for engineering, prototypes, and new projects. The expansion will give the London site a more than 50% increase in capacity compared to today’s operations.
This expansion comes at a time when aerospace and defence spending is rising globally. Analysts at Forecast International project that defence spending will exceed $2.6 trillion by the end of 2026, an 8% jump from 2025 (Global Defence Spending to Top $2.6 Trillion in 2026).
As Ottawa continues to pour more spending into that trend, London is seeing it firsthand as ABT is adapting to the new landscape of demand.
Just weeks ago, Prime Minister Mark Carney stood at General Dynamics Land Systems in their local London facility to announce a nearly $2 billion partnership over the next four years as a part of Canada’s new Defence Industrial Strategy. (LFP article for further reading) As part of the broader national push for defence infrastructure, the investment aims to keep the work and jobs ABT produces within Canada.
With their London and wider North American partners expanding projects, Amphenol’s demand is rising alongside it. General Dynamics, SpaceX, Raytheon, and Collins Aerospace have all recently invested in greater facilities and contracts, signalling that demand for the connection is ramping up.
For London’s reputation as a manufacturing hub, this investment carries impact beyond one expansion. With a foothold in aerospace and defence supply chains, it has brought more investment into the community than ever before.
“Amphenol-Borisch Technologies’ expansion is an excellent sign for the job-creating potential of the defence and aerospace sectors in London. We have the talent and capacity to help Canada meet its huge defence goals” said Larry MacKinnon, Director, Business Development at LEDC.
As construction moves forward to completion in May 2027, ABT’s expansion will empower the next generation of aerospace and defence programming, one connection at a time.
