Built to Perform. Engineered to Last.
Over 7 million PUPI fiberglass crossarms are in service across North America, with no documented environmental degradation failures since 1990. Engineered for 60+ year design life, SunGUARD® UV protection, and TorqueGUARD™ bushing technology — PUPI composites are built for the long-term reliability utility infrastructure demands.
The Operational Cost of Aging Infrastructure
Wood splits, rots, and attracts woodpeckers. Steel rusts and fatigues. Traditional utility materials were never designed for decades of uninterrupted service. For Canadian utilities managing harsh winters, intense UV, and aging infrastructure, the maintenance cycle never ends—and every failure means emergency truck rolls, unplanned outages, and budget overruns.
Key pain points:
Material degradation: Wood crossarms rarely deliver their projected lifespan. Rot, UV damage, and wildlife compromise structural integrity years ahead of schedule.
Rising maintenance costs: Routine inspection cycles, emergency replacements, and unplanned truck rolls erode operating budgets.
Inconsistent quality: Wood is a natural material—knots, imperfections, and species variability mean unpredictable strength from one crossarm to the next.
Cascading failure risk: A degraded crossarm stresses the pole, hardware, and conductor. One failing component accelerates wear on everything connected to it.
Composite Systems Built for Utility Infrastructure
PUPI designs and manufactures fiberglass-reinforced polymer utility products engineered for the lifecycle requirements of overhead distribution and transmission systems. Since creating the first commercially successful composite crossarm in 1990, PUPI has earned market leadership through relentless investment in technology, engineering, and customer service.
Every PUPI product is manufactured using a fiberglass pultrusion process that creates consistent, predictable strength—free from the knots and imperfections that plague wood. Products are completely filled with closed-cell polyurethane foam to lock out moisture and contaminants, thermally bonded with SunGUARD® UV coating, and reinforced with TorqueGUARD™ internal bushings that withstand over 450 ft-lbs of bolt-tightening torque.
Available Across Canada Through Rexel Utility
Rexel Utility is the exclusive Canadian distributor for PUPI fiberglass composite products. As a division of Rexel Canada Electrical, Rexel Utility serves investor-owned utilities, public power municipalities, rural electrification associations, and utility contractors from coast to coast.
With dedicated branches in Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, and Atlantic Canada, Rexel Utility provides local inventory access, technical support, and application engineering for every PUPI product in the distribution and transmission lineup.
Wesco Utility Canada’s utility distribution business was acquired by Rexel in February 2021. All Canadian PUPI sales, support, and quoting are handled through Rexel Utility. Wesco Utility Canada is no longer an active PUPI channel in this market.
