POWER OF ATTORNEY

     Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Eric R. Graef, J. Richard Hamilton, Robert M. Loesch, and Barry
W. Andrews signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact
to:

     1.   execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
          capacity as an officer and/or director of Preformed Line Products
          Company (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section
          16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;
          and

     2.   do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
          which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such
          Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments
          thereto, and timely file such form with the United States Securities
          and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority.

     The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

     This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of the date set forth below.

                                  /s/ Wilber C. Nordstrom
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                                  Signature
                                  Printed Name: Wilber C. Nordstrom
                                  Date:  7/30, 2003