Charles Industries Ltd
5600 Apollo Drive , Rolling Meadows, , Illinois, United States

Founded in 1968, Charles is a privately-held, diversified manufacturing and technology company with corporate headquarters in Rolling Meadows, Illinois and five U.S. manufacturing centers. Charles sells quality products, services and innovative solutions to telecommunications, utility, government, marine, and industrial markets worldwide. Charles is proud of its Midwest manufacturing roots that position it to effectively compete in an ever-changing marketplace. Over the years, Charles has successfully balanced growth through innovative and cost-effective engineering and manufacturing, and over 25 strategic acquisitions that include Rockwell International's Wescom division (1991), Alcatel's T1 Channel Bank product lines (1998), and the molded high density polyethylene (HDPE) below grade enclosure product line from NewBasis (10/2012). The below grade enclosure line complements Charles' existing enclosures, expands applications for current telecommunications, cable and broadband customers, and allows Charles to introduce new products and accelerate growth in the newest markets served by Charles - wireless, utility and vertical markets.

Driven by "Customer Satisfaction through Continuous Improvement," Charles' strategic initiative for growth stands clear - to enable our internal and external Customers to better serve their Customers. Leveraging over 45 years of expertise, Charles remains committed to providing solutions that are innovative, reliable, competitively priced, provide customer value, and backed by industry-leading customer service and field support.

Charles supplies a comprehensive line of active and passive, metallic and non-metallic environmental enclosure solutions for communications and power distribution applications.

Charles Universal Broadband Enclosures (CUBE) are constructed of welded aluminum and built to withstand the elements while providing superior protection for active electronics in all environments. Designed to house a variety of communications equipment, CUBE customers can take advantage of Charles' Engineering and Factory Integration capabilities to bring a complete turn-key solution ready to install and turn-up on the same day. The expansive CUBE product line incorporates flexibility in design to quickly customize dimensions and functionalities which when combined with our optimized manufacturing facility, enables customers to get a "right fit" solution. Today, CUBEs are being used at a variety of remote sites, including cell-towers, business parks, campuses, strip malls, sports stadiums, oil fields, wind farms, solar fields, lift stations, and traffic systems.

Charles leverages its extensive design and manufacturing background in metallic and non-metallic fabrication and molding capabilities to offer an expansive its portfolio of passive fiber optic enclosure solutions for indoor and outdoor applications. Whether it's Fiber-to-the-Business, residential multi-dwelling units (MDU)/multi-tenant units (MTU), or cell site Charles Fiber Interconnect (CFIT) and Building Terminals (CFBT) provide a wide range of solutions for both active and passive optical networks.

Charles Fiber Distribution Point™ (CFDP) and Buried Distribution Optical (BDO) pedestals provide industry leading environmental protection for above-grade fiber splice points and are a critical part of many broadband stimulus related construction projects. The CFDP and BDO lines were an evolutionary leap from Charles Pedlock® copper pedestals, the industry's first non-metallic buried cable terminal housing, which has proven to be the pedestal of choice amongst major and independent telephone and CATV companies for its high-quality, durability and low installation and maintenance costs.

Charles has developed a broad portfolio of enclosures aimed at protecting and maximizing the value of infrastructure investments by wireline and wireless operators to support the migration to 4G wireless technologies. CUBE, CFIT, CFDP, Below Grade Enclosure (CBGE) and Multi-Purpose Housing (CMPH) product lines have been positioned to support this critical industry trend.

Other Outside Plant and critical infrastructure product lines include telecom and utility riser pipes, utility riser line and wire guards, terminal blocks, network interface devices, apparatus cases, cable stubs, load coils, and building entrance housings.

Charles is also aiding service providers in their efforts to lower wireline twisted pair copper network operating costs with products like T1 mini-repeaters, T1 span termination equipment, T1 channel banks and a compact 1RU channel bank product, the 360-80 ICB. In addition, Charles continues to offer product lines that help deliver extended-reach DSL to hard-to-reach subscribers, such as our SmartCoil and HVDL lines.

MARINE & INDUSTRIAL

SOLID POWER

Charles' Marine and Industrial Groups' SOLID POWER solutions define the industry standard by developing and delivering a full lifeline of electrical power products and systems for recreational boats, workboats, and industrial equipment manufacturers. Marine product lines include marine UL Listed electronic switching and ferroresonant battery chargers, power cables and adapters, isolation & boosting transformers, power management systems, battery regulators, combiners and isolators, and onboard communications systems. Industrial product lines include battery chargers and a broad line of standard and custom transformers including power, current, surface mount, audio and switching transformers.

CUSTOMER SERVICE, QUALITY, INNOVATION, INTEGRATION

Our success is built upon our core competencies.

Building Long-Term Relationships

Through integrity, mutual respect, communication, initiative and teamwork; by committing to continuous improvement through strategic planning, technological innovation and cost-effective operations; by encouraging and enhancing vertical integration in our manufacturing operations; by building on our current strengths and developing new competencies to enable our customers to better serve their customers.

Our Strength Is Our People and our Partnerships

At Charles, we recognize that our strength comes from our employees, our customer partners, our suppliers, and the communities in which we operate. Our entrepreneurial tradition is fostered by a culture that values intensity of effort and sense of urgency, where problems are opportunities yet to be tackled. We don't just talk about the future; we create a way and make it happen with innovative solutions that add customer value.

For more than 45 years, Charles Telecommunications & CATV Group has consistently introduced new innovations that shape the outside plant. Today, our solutions play a role in the network of every major North American RBOC, and the majority of CLEC, ILEC, IOC and MSO networks. 

Charles’ reputation for quality products and unparalleled support results from working with customers to create solutions that solve problems and save money. Our goal remains to enable our customers to better serve their customers. Service providers can count on Charles to improve network reliability, lower support costs and provide years of dependable performance.