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Segment Information - Summary of Company's Reportable Segments (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014
Net sales
Net sales	$ 85,790us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet	$ 89,925us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet
Income taxes
Income taxes	197us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	1,399us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Net income
Net income	(256)us-gaap_ProfitLoss	2,738us-gaap_ProfitLoss
ASSETS
Assets	337,869us-gaap_Assets		353,967us-gaap_Assets
Operating Segments [Member] | PLP-USA [Member]
Net sales
Net sales	31,957us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = plpc_PlpUsaMember	30,686us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = plpc_PlpUsaMember
Income taxes
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Net income
Net income	(826)us-gaap_ProfitLoss / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = plpc_PlpUsaMember	1,002us-gaap_ProfitLoss / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = plpc_PlpUsaMember
ASSETS
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Operating Segments [Member] | The Americas [Member]
Net sales
Net sales	16,147us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = us-gaap_AmericasMember	23,234us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = us-gaap_AmericasMember
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Income taxes	(375)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = us-gaap_AmericasMember	314us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = us-gaap_AmericasMember
Net income
Net income	(603)us-gaap_ProfitLoss / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = us-gaap_AmericasMember	1,330us-gaap_ProfitLoss / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = us-gaap_AmericasMember
ASSETS
Assets	77,947us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = us-gaap_AmericasMember		85,017us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = us-gaap_AmericasMember
Operating Segments [Member] | EMEA [Member]
Net sales
Net sales	14,196us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = us-gaap_EMEAMember	14,226us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = us-gaap_EMEAMember
Income taxes
Income taxes	528us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = us-gaap_EMEAMember	338us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = us-gaap_EMEAMember
Net income
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ASSETS
Assets	49,803us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = us-gaap_EMEAMember		51,691us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = us-gaap_EMEAMember
Operating Segments [Member] | Asia-Pacific [Member]
Net sales
Net sales	23,490us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = us-gaap_AsiaPacificMember	21,779us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = us-gaap_AsiaPacificMember
Income taxes
Income taxes	(22)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = us-gaap_AsiaPacificMember	(92)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = us-gaap_AsiaPacificMember
Net income
Net income	(631)us-gaap_ProfitLoss / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = us-gaap_AsiaPacificMember	(447)us-gaap_ProfitLoss / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = us-gaap_AsiaPacificMember
ASSETS
Assets	112,024us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = us-gaap_AsiaPacificMember		117,093us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = us-gaap_AsiaPacificMember
Segment Reconciling Items [Member]
Net sales
Net sales	85,790us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_MaterialReconcilingItemsMember	89,925us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_MaterialReconcilingItemsMember
Income taxes
Income taxes	197us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_MaterialReconcilingItemsMember	1,399us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_MaterialReconcilingItemsMember
Net income
Net income	(256)us-gaap_ProfitLoss / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_MaterialReconcilingItemsMember	2,738us-gaap_ProfitLoss / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_MaterialReconcilingItemsMember
ASSETS
Assets	337,553us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_MaterialReconcilingItemsMember		353,651us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_MaterialReconcilingItemsMember
Intersegment Eliminations [Member]
Intersegment sales
Intersegment sales	6,521us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_IntersegmentEliminationMember	6,650us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_IntersegmentEliminationMember
Intersegment Eliminations [Member] | PLP-USA [Member]
Intersegment sales
Intersegment sales	2,818us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_IntersegmentEliminationMember / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = plpc_PlpUsaMember	2,725us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_IntersegmentEliminationMember / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = plpc_PlpUsaMember
Intersegment Eliminations [Member] | The Americas [Member]
Intersegment sales
Intersegment sales	1,388us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_IntersegmentEliminationMember / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = us-gaap_AmericasMember	1,365us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_IntersegmentEliminationMember / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = us-gaap_AmericasMember
Intersegment Eliminations [Member] | EMEA [Member]
Intersegment sales
Intersegment sales	423us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_IntersegmentEliminationMember / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = us-gaap_EMEAMember	362us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_IntersegmentEliminationMember / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = us-gaap_EMEAMember
Intersegment Eliminations [Member] | Asia-Pacific [Member]
Intersegment sales
Intersegment sales	1,892us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_IntersegmentEliminationMember / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = us-gaap_AsiaPacificMember	2,198us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_IntersegmentEliminationMember / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = us-gaap_AsiaPacificMember
Corporate, Non-Segment [Member]
ASSETS
Assets	$ 316us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_CorporateNonSegmentMember		$ 316us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_CorporateNonSegmentMember

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