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Business Combinations - Additional Information (Detail) (Australian Electricity [Member]) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | 0 Months Ended | 1 Months Ended |  |
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Jan. 31, 2012 AUD | Apr. 30, 2013 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($) | Jan. 31, 2012 AUD
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Acquisition of outstanding equity |  |  |  | 6.3 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedNet / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = plpc_AustralianElectricityMember
Business combination working capital adjustment | 0.5 plpc_BusinessCombinationWorkingCapitalAdjustment / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = plpc_AustralianElectricityMember |  |  |
cash acquired from acquisition | 1.8 us-gaap_CashAcquiredFromAcquisition / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = plpc_AustralianElectricityMember |  |  |
Additional earn-out consideration payment as of purchase price |  |  |  | 1.1 plpc_BusinessAcquisitionContingentConsiderationPotentialCashPayments / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = plpc_AustralianElectricityMember
Contingent consideration liability |  |  | 0.4 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationLiability / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = plpc_AustralianElectricityMember |
Contingent consideration paid |  | $ 0.4 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = plpc_AustralianElectricityMember |  |

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