Preformed Line Products (PLP) designs and manufactures hardware used to build and maintain energy and communications infrastructure. PLP's core product is formed wire — wire shaped into a helical form — used to support, protect, connect, and secure cables on utility and telecom networks. PLP sells to electric utilities, telecom and broadband operators, and contractors through a direct sales force, independent manufacturers' representatives, distributors, and value-added resellers. Energy products make up roughly 71% of revenue and include formed wire, string hardware, polymer insulators, wildlife protection products, and spacer dampers for transmission and distribution lines. Communications products (~22% of revenue) include fiber optic and copper cable closures and formed wire used heavily in fiber-to-the-home deployments. A smaller Special Industries segment (~7% of revenue) covers solar mounting systems, EV charging station foundations, and drone-based utility inspection services. Revenue is driven by capital spending on grid modernization and fiber broadband buildout, with additional demand from storm and disaster repair. Raw material costs — primarily galvanized wire, aluminum, and steel — are a key cost driver, and PLP is exposed to metal price fluctuations and tariff surcharges. PLP is vertically integrated in manufacturing and distribution, with facilities in the U.S. and internationally, and claims to be the world's largest manufacturer of formed wire products for energy and communications markets.