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Announcements and coverage from Polesocks™ LLC.

March 2016

Polesocks Goes National

Polesocks LLC announced the expanded availability of its subterranean termite barrier for wood poles beyond its home market of Hawaii. Utility companies and other users of wood utility poles throughout the United States can now protect their poles from damage by subterranean termites. Made of marine-grade stainless steel wire mesh shown by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to be 100% effective at stopping termites, a Polesock is a pesticide-free physical barrier that has protected thousands of wood poles in Hawai‘i without failure against the Formosan termite, saving pole owners many millions of dollars while helping the environment.

2016

Expansion to the Mainland, Just in Time for California Utilities

Major news coverage of billion-dollar maintenance costs and PUC fines against California utility companies drew attention to the condition of wood poles, many weakened by termites. A state-ordered study found that a significant share of one utility's power poles did not meet standards intended to safeguard against failure or collapse. Polesocks™ offer California utilities a pesticide-free way to protect new and replacement poles from subterranean termite damage for the life of the pole.