---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-065832"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PLPC"
cik: "0000080035"
company_name: "PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS CO"
filed_at: "2023-11-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T22:26:11.006929+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Preformed Line Products appoints Dennis F. McKenna as CEO; Ruhlman becomes Executive Chairman

## Summary
- Effective January 1, 2024, Dennis F. McKenna becomes CEO; Robert G. Ruhlman becomes Executive Chairman.
- McKenna, a 30-year PLP veteran, previously served as COO overseeing global operations and business development.
- Ruhlman, CEO since 2000 (filing says 2001), transitions to Executive Chairman; J. Ryan Ruhlman named President in May 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-065832
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PLPC
- cik: 0000080035
- company_name: PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS CO
- filed_at: 2023-11-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80035/000095017023065832/0000950170-23-065832-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80035/000095017023065832/plpc-20231117.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-065832
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-065832.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-065832.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Robert G. Ruhlman was appointed as Executive Chairman at PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS CO.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Chairman
  source text: Robert G. Ruhlman, the Company’s current Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, has been appointed as Executive Chairman of the Company and will no longer serve in the capacity of Chief Executive Officer, effective January 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80035/000095017023065832/0000950170-23-065832-index.htm
- Executive change
  Dennis F. McKenna was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS CO.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: the Board of Directors of the Company appointed Dennis F. McKenna as Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective as of January 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80035/000095017023065832/0000950170-23-065832-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.