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Road Markings, Barriers & Workzone Protection

Avery Dennison’s TrafficJet takes off
May 9, 2016
Avery Dennison’s TrafficJet is a reel-fed inkjet print system that uses dedicated eco-solvent inks matched to traffic sign colours. Featuring an eight-colour ink capacity, the TrafficJet is now capable of printing both reflective and Mutoh Eco Ultra CMYK inks. This allows signmakers to add customised graphics and colours. With appropriate overlaminates, it provides professional-grade signage for commercial applications.
A Promax SP60 is hard at work for Yimtas Group in Turkey
May 9, 2016
Yimtas A.S. Group, based in Turkey, reports that it has produced 1,600 units of the preformed READYMARK thermoplastic road marking signs for the Turkish market since October. Yimtas was set up in 1980 to import products for use in the domestic production of road and guardrail safety barriers, traffic signs, thermoplastic road markings, component road markings as well as preformed thermoplastic READYMARK road signs. The company also has CE certificates approval.
Geveko changes its name within the Solix group
May 9, 2016
Geveko has changed its name Geveko Markings, a business unit within Solix which acquired Geveko last summer. Geveko said there will be an increasing focus on developing, producing and supplying marking materials.
MRL’s Mini Mac road marker stands up to the maxi jobs
May 6, 2016
MRL Equipment Company says its Mini Mac series of ride-on, self-propelled road marking machines is a highly manoeuvrable thermoplastic application unit. The Mini Mac is designed to increase production when applying markings for intersections, symbols or lane lines, according to MRL, based in the northern US state of Montana.
Degaroute skipline markings
May 6, 2016
Of the 8,050km of tollway roads in the United States, the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority manages 460km of them As part of the maintenance programme for this network of five highways, the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority has partnered with Applied Research Associates to manage and monitor the performance of all their pavement marking programmes, providing recommendations for striping projects.
Rondino mixes it up with the GRP wood and steel guardrail
May 6, 2016
Rondino, based in Savigneux, northeastern France, has developed a new range of guardrails - the GRP guardrail. Rondino claims it is the first wood and steel guardrail in the world with such high performance values. The aesthetically pleasing guardrail is CE certified according EN1317, N2 level from W2 to W5.
Italian manufacturer AMS provides safety by using honeycomb panels
May 6, 2016
Italian road safety firm Industry AMS has developed and patented high efficiency energy absorption systems provided with special metallic honeycomb panels. The SMA Crash Cushion was certified to the European Standard EN1317. It also tested successively against the US standard NCHRP in a frontal impact with a pickup truck provided with an anthropomorphic traffic device - and obtained the best Euro NCAP score.
Hitex International announces joint venture with Trans Metalite India
May 5, 2016
Hitex International Group, a UK global provider of road safety and surfacing solutions, has partnered with Trans Metalite India, a New Delhi-based supplier of highway infrastructure solutions.“Metalite Hitex Group has been formed to meet the often complex difficulties facing India’s highway infrastructure network,” said Finn Goff, group commercial director at Hitex International Group. “Together we will focus on developing cost effective Indian solutions to Indian problems rather than trying to implement pr
Tough bollard bounces back
April 1, 2016
The tough and durable self-righting keep left bollard from Leafield Highways features patented new manufacturing technology. The economical, one piece bollard is said to offer improved performance over previous bollard types. The Night Owl bollard is a surface-mounted, one-piece unit that is rotationally moulded in a single operation. The neck is made from a durable reflex material that provides the bounce-back capabilities of the bollard. The body is moulded from a high rigidity polymer that provid
Noise reduction for busy UK motorway
March 21, 2016
A key advance has been made in reducing noise along the busy M40 motorway in the UK. The work forms part of a design contract worth up to €2.62 million (£2 million). WSP Parsons Brinkerhoff is reviewing sites along the M40 between junction 3 (Loudwater) and junction 8 (Wheatley), where road noise is a particular issue. Earlier this year, Highways England, working in partnership with the M40 Chiltern Environmental Group, (M40 CEG) Wycombe District Council and South Oxfordshire District Council, ran a