Company: PLPC
Filing Date: 2025-03-13
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001628280-25-012640
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Company: PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS CO
Filing Date: 2025-03-13
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1
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 fittings and motion control devices like spacer dampers. Energy products were approximately 71%, 64%, and 59% of the Company’s revenues in 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

Communications Products include rugged outside plant (OSP) closures to protect and support wireline and wireless networks, such as fiber optic cable or copper cable, from moisture, environmental hazards and other potential contaminants. The precision engineered OSP closures support many FTTx (Fiber-to-the-X) and 4G/5G applications and are deployed at various points in the network—deadend, middle-mile and last-mile—but primarily are used in modern FTTH (Fiber-to-the-Home) applications. In addition to the OSP closures, the Company supplies demarcation related products that include wall boxes, pre-terminated cabinets, wall plates and passive components that are typically deployed at residences, businesses or MDUs (Multi-dwelling units). The Company supplies formed wire products, utility pole line hardware, motion control products and cable storage devices used to hold, support, protect and terminate various cable types that are used to transfer voice, video or data signals. These communications products serve all segments of the telecommunications industry including but not limited to network operators, broadband service providers, wireless internet service providers, enterprise networks, educational institutions, and electric utilities deploying fiber optics. Communications products were approximately 22%, 29%, and 33% of the Company’s revenues in 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

Special Industries Products include hardware assemblies, pole line hardware, plastic products, cable dynamics/vibration solutions, interior/exterior connectors, tools, and urethane solutions. They are used by energy, renewable energy, communications, cable and other industries for specialized applications. Also included in Special Industries is the Inspection Services group which provides safe and reliable drone inspection services for utility assets, including transmission and distribution power lines, substations, generation facilities, and communications assets as well as solar framing and electric vehicle (EV) offerings which include mounting solutions for photovoltaic solar applications, including commercial, industrial, utility, and residential applications as well as pre-

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fabricated, precision-engineered EV charging station foundations. Special Industries products were approximately 7%, 7%, and 8% of the Company’s revenues in 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

International Operations

The international operations of the Company are essentially the same as its domestic (“PLP-USA”) business. The Company manufactures