{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0000950170-23-001672","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"PLPC","cik":"0000080035","company_name":"PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS CO","filed_at":"2023-02-02T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:03:48.125124+00:00","generated_at":"2026-06-20T03:02:06.498071+00:00","sec_items":["7.01","9.01"],"event_type":"m_and_a","sentiment":"positive","materiality_score":0.55,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.55,"confidence":"high","headline":"Preformed Line Products acquires injection molder Pilot Plastics to boost broadband component capacity","bullets":["Acquired substantially all assets of Pilot Plastics, an injection molding specialist founded 2001 in Peninsula, Ohio.","Also purchasing the land and building used by Pilot from Jendrisak Properties, LLC.","Pilot has been a partner for 15 years; acquisition expands PLP's injection molding for fiber optic devices.","Deal supports PLP's COYOTE and FIBERLIGN products for FTTH and 5G networks; no financial terms disclosed.","PLP plans gradual transition of product line manufacturing to Pilot throughout 2023."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-001672","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-001672.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-001672.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-001672.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80035/000095017023001672/0000950170-23-001672-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80035/000095017023001672/plpc-20230201.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-20T03:02:06.498071+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}