Leviton
The company was founded in 1906 by Isidor Leviton. He began by manufacturing brass mantle tips for the natural gas lighting infrastructure in Manhattan. They sold their mantle tips on a pushcart on the Bowery Lower East Side of Manhattan.
He also designed a screw-in lamp holder for Thomas Edison's electric lamp in 1910, and within ten years the lamp holders were being used in nearly every apartment in New York City.
Leviton Manufacturing Company is the largest privately held manufacturer of electrical wiring equipment in North America.
It produces electrical light sockets, receptacles and outlets, dimmer,lighting control systems,Wire,power cables,power cords, wall and ceiling ,occupancy sensors, wall plates, data com and other electrical products.
Leviton is most famous for its Decora wall switch, the flat low profile form factor which replaced the standard toggle switch in many homes and office.
