Clearfield announced that it has shipped more than 2 million ClearPass® Connector Cleaning Dust Caps worldwide, a milestone that underscores the rapid uptake of its craft‑friendly fiber solutions across the broadband ecosystem. The dust caps are a single‑use cleaning tool that is integrated into fiber connectors, designed to reduce installation waste and labor costs for service providers.
The product’s popularity is driven by its simplicity and the tangible time‑savings it delivers. Anis Khemakhem, Chief Commercial Officer, said the dust cap “may be small, but it’s delivering big results for our customers by saving time, lowering costs, and keeping networks running at peak performance.” Adoption is evident in central offices, data centers, outside plant, and fiber‑to‑the‑home deployments, where technicians report fewer connector clean‑up incidents and faster installation times.
Clearfield’s 2 million‑cap milestone fits into a broader strategy to capture market share in the community broadband segment and to leverage government funding programs such as E‑ACAM and BEAD. The company’s focus on labor‑lite, high‑margin products positions it to benefit from the expanded broadband infrastructure spending that these programs support, potentially translating the dust‑cap adoption into incremental revenue growth as manufacturing and distribution scale.
The milestone arrives after Clearfield’s Q3 fiscal 2025 results, which showed net sales of $49.9 million, a gross profit of $15.2 million (30.5% margin), and a net income of $1.6 million. The improved profitability reflects higher volumes and better manufacturing efficiency, and the dust‑cap success reinforces the company’s trajectory toward sustained margin expansion and revenue growth.”,
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