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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001666138-22-000115"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ATKR"
cik: "0001666138"
company_name: "Atkore Inc."
filed_at: "2022-08-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T18:44:34.182756+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Atkore buys Cascade (HDPE conduit) and Northwest Polymers (plastics recycler)

## Summary
- Acquisition bolsters Pacific Northwest HDPE conduit presence for 5G and broadband infrastructure markets.
- Northwest Polymers is a strategic recycler of PVC, HDPE and other plastics; supports sustainability goals.
- FY2022 total M&A spend now exceeds $310M across six acquisitions; deal terms not disclosed.
- Cascade (~30 employees) in Woodburn, OR; Northwest Polymers (~80 employees) in Molalla, OR; operations continue.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001666138-22-000115
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ATKR
- cik: 0001666138
- company_name: Atkore Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-08-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1666138/000166613822000115/0001666138-22-000115-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1666138/000166613822000115/atkr-20220831.htm

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