PLPC vs PRIM

Preformed Line Products Company

Preformed Line Products Company, together with its subsidiaries, designs and manufactures products and systems used in the construction and maintenance of overhead, ground-mounted, and underground networks for the energy, telecommunication, cable operator, information, and other industries. The company offers formed wire products to support, protect, terminate, and secure power conductor and communication cables, as well as to control cable dynamics; and hardware products to support and protect transmission conductors, spacers, spacer-dampers, stockbridge dampers, corona suppression devices, and various compression fittings for dead-end applications. It also provides protective closures and splice cases to protect fixed line communication networks, such as copper cable or fiber optic cable from moisture, environmental hazards, and other contaminants; and data communication cabinets, hardware assemblies, pole line hardware, resale products, underground connectors, solar hardware systems, guy markers, tree guards, fiber optic cable markers, pedestal markers, and urethane products that are used by energy, renewable energy, communications, cable, and special industries for various applications. The company serves public and private energy utilities and communication companies, cable operators, financial institutions, governmental agencies, contractors and subcontractors, distributors, and value-added resellers in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific. It markets its products through a direct sales force, as well as through manufacturing representatives. The company was incorporated in 1947 and is headquartered in Mayfield, Ohio.

Primoris Services Corporation

Primoris Services Corporation, a specialty contractor company, provides a range of construction, fabrication, maintenance, replacement, and engineering services in the United States and Canada. It operates in five segments: Power, Industrial, and Engineering; Pipeline and Underground; Utilities and Distribution; Transmission and Distribution; and Civil. The Power, Industrial, and Engineering segment offers engineering, procurement, construction, retrofit, upgrade, repair, outage, and maintenance services for entities in the petroleum and petrochemical industries, as well as traditional and renewable power generators. The Pipeline and Underground segment provides a range of services comprising pipeline construction, maintenance, facility, and integrity services; installation of compressor and pump stations; and metering facilities for entities in the petroleum and petrochemical industries, as well as gas, water, and sewer utilities. The Utilities and Distribution segment offers installation and maintenance services for natural gas utility distribution systems; and pipeline integrity services for entities in the gas utility market. The Transmission and Distribution segment provides installation and maintenance services for electric utility transmission, substation, and distribution systems for entities in the electric utility market. The Civil segment undertakes highway and bridge construction, airport runway construction, demolition, site work, soil stabilization, mass excavation, flood control, and drainage projects for entities in the petroleum and petrochemical industries, state and municipal departments of transportation, and airports. The company was founded in 1960 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.