Road Markings, Barriers & Workzone Protection

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 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 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.

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, 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 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 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

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

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

Egis is now working on a new contract for Vindhyachal Expressway Private Limited (VEPL) on India’s National Highway 7. The three year concession is for the 73km National Highway 7 (NH-7), which connects the main city of Rewa and Hanumana of the Indian federal state of Madhya Pradesh. Egis is in charge of toll collection, route patrolling and incident management and routine maintenance of a section of the stretch (40 km) with one toll plaza of 6 lanes.