The new series comprises sixteen styles - four base shapes and four shaft shapes. The poles are available in a palette of standard or custom finishes - seven standard plus twenty-three custom colors. Architectural colors are available.

Light weight and easy to transport, the new Polymer Concrete Series Decorative Tuff-Poles™ are built to withstand at least 100 MPH wind forces (calculated per AASHTO standards and including a 30% gust factor). They can support luminaires up to 6.0 square feet (effected projected area) - post top loads up to 150 pounds. Other loading requirements can be accommodated. The poles, which are direct burial style, are available up to twenty feet mounting height.

Shakespeare Composite Structures composite decorative poles cannot rust or rot, and insects won't eat them. The company's Tuff-Pole® formula contains advanced UV inhibitors and coatings that provide even longer lasting protection in extreme weather conditions. With pigments formulated into the resins for long lasting color retention, the non-conductive poles need virtually no maintenance.

Shakespeare Composite Strucures is a Philips group brand. Shakespeare Composite Structures is on the World Wide Web at www.skp-cs.com. For more information, just call. (800-800-9008)