AFL, a manufacturer of fiber optic products and equipment, announced that it is investing $155 million to expand its manufacturing operations across Spartanburg County in South Carolina.

A press release said that the initiative will create more than 150 new jobs over the next two to five years. A subsidiary of Japan’s Fujikura, Ltd., AFL’s product lines include fiber optic cable and hardware, transmission and substation accessories and more, that is marketed to some 130 countries.

AFL will expand all of its fiber optic cable manufacturing operations located across Duncan. Last March, AFL announced that it would invest more than $50 million to expand its operations in Spartanburg County to support AFL’s portfolio of products compliant with the Build America, Buy America Act (BABA).

AFL was formed on Nov. 2, 1984, by Alcoa Securities Corporation, a subsidiary of ALCOA and Fujikura Ltd. AFL manufactures fiber optic ground wire (entrance cables for sale to the public utility industry) at its Duncan facility. In 2005, Fujikura assumed 100% ownership of AFL and moved its headquarters to Duncan.