Termite damage to wood poles costs the global utility industry billions of dollars each year. Polesaver, expert in the long-term protection of wooden utility poles, has launched Termi-Guard, a new anti-termite protection product. Termi-Guard is a non-chemical physical barrier that can be fitted to the pole before its installation in the ground.…

With the growing demand for Polesaver products, we have recently set up a dedicated USA based office to service the USA and Canadian markets. We are now working with an ever-expanding number of field sales engineers across the USA and Canada to promote the benefits of using Poleaver products to utilities and provide full on the ground support and training.…

Lehighton Light & Power has been supplying electricity to customers in this area since 1943. Read more to find out how Polesaver helped solve their operating issues…

Recently, 50 installation engineers attended a 2 day training session organized my Umeme at its headquarters in Kampala, Uganda. The purpose of the training was to demonstrate the benefits of applying a Polesaver sleeve to wooden utility poles…

Over the years our distributors and ourselves have witnessed the sometimes, quite astonishing lengths people will go to keep utility poles standing rather than having to replace the failed pole. Here are some examples…

We were recently contacted by a West African utility who were having problems with a percentage of premature pole failures. These had been tracked down to variations in the quality of preservative treatment of the poles…

Creosoted poles are a long-lasting mainstay for power distribution & telecoms in many parts of the world…

Ground conditions in many parts of Africa are a real test for even the best of wooden poles. In some cases, utilities are seeing pole failures in under 5 years…

A recent training day with a major telecom provider proved to be a hit in more than one way. Looking for a solution to early-onset decay in a poorly treated batch of poles Polesaver retrofit was identified as an ideal candidate…

In many Eastern European countries, Chestnut is the material of choice for utility poles. Readily available and with good natural durability it offers a service life of around 20 to 25 years. The major downside is that…