Preformed Line Products Company (PLPC)
Utility and telecom line hardware maker, 24% U.S. Read November 8, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed March 5, 2026. Ranked 174 of the 275 Industrials companies read so far, by the share within reach now.
Within reach now
27%
projected from METR's April 2026 measurement and Epoch's November 2026 index
End of 2028
34%
Employees, annual report
3,734
Leading staffing pattern
Other Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing
Share of the working time within reach, long-run pace, four times in five
Now is projected from METR's April 2026 measurement and Epoch's November 2026 index.
- Now27%
- End of 202733%
- End of 202834%
- End of 203034%
What changes for its people by the end of 2028, by its industries' figures
- Stays with people 65%
- Becomes checking a model's work 29%
- Handed over with lighter checks 5%
Preformed Line Products states 3,734 employees, 24% in the U.S., making hardware that anchors and protects utility and telecommunications lines, read at other electrical equipment and components with its fabricated wire hardware at the fabricated metal group, by description.
The figures on this page come from the company's own annual report and from BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. They are estimates with a stated method. Nothing here says what the company will do: within reach is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings.
What follows from the reading
Share of working time within reach of AI, on the long-run pace at four in five: 27% now, 33% at the end of 2027, 34% at the end of 2028, 34% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 34% desk work, 15% people work and 51% body work. These are the site's industry estimates weighted by the shares below: estimates with a stated method and range, not a forecast of what the company will do. By the same patterns, at the end of 2028 about 65% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 29% becomes checking a model's work and 5% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.
Headcount
3,734 employees as of December 31, 2025 (stated). Approximately 24% of employees are located in the U.S., the filing states.
The filing: “At December 31, 2025, the Company had 3,734 employees, the overwhelming majority of which are full-time employees.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Other Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing | 60% | By description (c): helical formed wire products, connectors, insulators and splice closures that anchor and protect conductors and cables on utility and telecommunications lines, noncurrent-carrying wiring devices and related electrical components, NAICS 3359, made at plants on five continents. |
| Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (3321, 3322, 3325, 3326, and 3329 only) | 40% | By description (c): the formed wire hardware, clamps, brackets and solar mounting systems that make up the rest of the product line, fabricated wire and metal products, NAICS 3326 and 3329 in the 3320A1 group. |
What the filing says about the workforce: 3,734 employees, the overwhelming majority full-time, 24% in the U.S.; no hourly, part-time or union counts; the data service's segment table shows one line at 100% and is not usable.
Companies read with the same leading pattern
Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Other Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five. Now is projected from METR's April 2026 measurement and Epoch's November 2026 index.
- Hubbell Incorporated (HUBB, 18,000 employees)28% now, 38% by 2028
- Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. (AEIS, 13,000 employees)26% now, 35% by 2028
- nVent Electric plc (NVT, 12,000 employees)26% now, 35% by 2028
- EnerSys (ENS, 9,682 employees)26% now, 35% by 2028
- Belden Inc. (BDC, 8,000 employees)30% now, 41% by 2028
- Energizer Holdings, Inc. (ENR, 6,050 employees)27% now, 35% by 2028
- Atkore Inc. (ATKR, 5,400 employees)25% now, 32% by 2028
- SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. (SEDG, 3,576 employees)29% now, 38% by 2028
What the filing says about AI
3 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing says AI tools are increasingly used in its industry and that it is evaluating their use throughout the company, and names the risks of developing and using them, in three sentences.
- “Further, artificial intelligence tools are increasingly being used in our industry, and we are evaluating the use of such tools throughout our company.”
- “There are risks involved in developing and using artificial intelligence tools in our operations.”
- “Use of artificial intelligence may increase these vulnerabilities, as well.”
Its annual reports, year by year
Sentences naming AI in each annual report, counted by one rule, beside the median report in the Index that year. Each count links its filing. Every company, by year and sector
- Fiscal 20210median 0
- Fiscal 20220median 0
- Fiscal 20230median 1
- Fiscal 20240median 4
- Fiscal 20253median 10
Headcount by filing year
As reported in each year's annual report, with the filing. A year marked not read had no figure the reading could take from the report's text.
| Period | Employees | Filed | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 3,734 | 2026-03-05 | 10-K |
| 2024-12-31 | 3,401 | 2025-03-13 | 10-K |
| 2023-12-31 | 3,520 | 2024-03-08 | 10-K |
| 2022-12-31 | 3,261 | 2023-03-03 | 10-K |
| 2021-12-31 | 2,927 | 2022-03-04 | 10-K |
| 2020-12-31 | 2,969 | 2021-03-05 | 10-K |
| 2019-12-31 | 2,983 | 2020-03-06 | 10-K |
| 2018-12-31 | 2,650 | 2019-03-08 | 10-K |
| 2017-12-31 | 2,762 | 2018-03-09 | 10-K |
| 2016-12-31 | 2,579 | 2017-03-10 | 10-K |
| 2015-12-31 | 2,645 | 2016-03-11 | 10-K |
| 2014-12-31 | 2,744 | 2015-03-12 | 10-K |
| 2013-12-31 | 2,794 | 2014-03-14 | 10-K |
| 2012-12-31 | 2,901 | 2013-03-15 | 10-K |
| 2011-12-31 | 2,854 | 2012-03-14 | 10-K |
| 2010-12-31 | 2,617 | 2011-03-11 | 10-K |
| 2009-12-31 | 2,304 | 2010-03-15 | 10-K |
| 2008-12-31 | 1,858 | 2009-03-13 | 10-K |
| 2007-12-31 | 1,936 | 2008-04-07 | 10-K |
| 2006-12-31 | 1,528 | 2007-03-15 | 10-K |
| 2005-12-31 | 1,583 | 2006-03-15 | 10-K |
| 2004-12-31 | 1,395 | 2005-03-24 | 10-K |
| 2003-12-31 | 1,265 | 2004-03-26 | 10-K |
| 2002-12-31 | 1,344 | 2003-03-26 | 10-K |
| 2001-12-31 | 1,657 | 2002-03-28 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- The split between electrical components and fabricated metal hardware is by description (c); the filing counts no employees by product line, and the industry hint's SIC code names line construction, not manufacturing.
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0000080035-26-000007, the filing. Read by Claude Fable 5.1 under rubric version 1, by the method. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.
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Questions about this company
- How much of Preformed Line Products Company's working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 27% now and 34% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce Preformed Line Products Company's own annual report describes and BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. It is an estimate with a stated method. It is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings, and it says nothing about what the company will do.
- How many people does Preformed Line Products Company employ?
- 3,734 as of December 31, 2025, as its annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025 states. About 24% in the U.S.
- What kinds of work make up Preformed Line Products Company's workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 2 industry staffing patterns, the largest Other Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing; by those patterns the work is about 34% desk work, 15% people work and 51% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does Preformed Line Products Company's annual report say about AI?
- 3 sentences in the filing name AI. Its annual reports for fiscal 2021 to 2025 name it in 0, 0, 0, 0 and 3 sentences, year by year. They are counted and quoted on this page, never judged: a count says how much a filing talks about AI, not what the company does with it.
- How is this estimated?
- Claude Fable 5.1 read the annual report under the Index's written rubric (version 1) on November 8, 2026: the stated headcount, the share in the U.S. when stated, and the workforce as a blend of industry staffing patterns. The estimates are the site's industry estimates weighted by those shares, from O*NET tasks with estimated lengths and METR's measurements of how long a task AI models can finish. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.
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