CCG acquires composite pole manufacturer Trident Industries
Third acquisition in under two years marks CCG’s ambitious growth for composites manufacturer, boosts grid hardening for utilities.
Source | Creative Composites Group
Creative Composites Group (CCG) (Dayton, Ohio, U.S.) announces that it has acquired the assets of Trident Industries (Schaumburg, Ill., U.S.)), a manufacturer of single- and mutilayer composite poles. This marks CCG’s third acquisition in less than two years.
Power demands and storm frequencies are increasing, stressing the power grid. Trident specializes in resilient composite poles to meet these requirements while aiming to minimize installation and maintenance time. Its multilayer pole design is said to yield a strong pole that utilities can use to eliminate the need for guy wires in dead-end and angled applications. Trident multilayer poles can deliver significant groundline moment capacities with optimal stiffness.
“Our multilayer poles deliver the strength utilities today need as they go up against nature’s extremes,” says Ted Fotos, chief operating officer, Trident Industries. “In the aftermath of terrible storms, we’ve seen splintered wood poles, but our poles are still standing. Public utilities are beginning to mandate resilient poles, and our Trident pole systems deliver.”
Trident’s poles are said to have an optimal strength-to-weight ratio. They are designed to be lighter than steel poles and approximately a third of the weight of wood poles. Poles are available in sizes from 12- to 17-inch diameters in both multilayer and single-layer designs, and every pole is delivered with preinstalled internal ground wire, impact-resistant cap and baseplate and is predrilled for attachments. The inert composite material also eliminate the risk of harsh preservatives leaching into soil or groundwater, and its dielectric strength helps keep workers and wildlife safer from electrocution.
“I’m excited to welcome Trident Industries Team into the Creative Composites Group as we are encouraged to expand CCG’s market reach by increasing our product offering with Trident poles,” says Shane Weyant, chairman/CEO for CCG. “We’ve successfully executed an aggressive growth plan over the last 2 years. The addition of Trident is an important milestone for CCG to continue our journey to expand our overall group with highly engineered systems and solutions into the utility infrastructure sector. Trident will be under the management of our Enduro Composites Team, and Ted Fotos will remain as group president of Trident. Both Enduro and Trident have a long-standing relationship, which will allow the integration to go very smoothly as we onboard Trident into our CCG Team. Welcome aboard, Trident!”
Trident Industries joins a list of CCG’s acquisitions since 2023. CCG acquired Enduro Composites early last year, expanding CCG’s geographic reach in the western and southwestern U.S. and building on its portfolio with building panels, cable management systems and water/wastewater industry products. CCG also acquired United Fiberglass of America in late 2023, bringing its fiberglass pipe, conduit and bridge drain infrastructure systems into the group.
