Energy Absorption Systems, Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Trinity Industries, Inc.

Trinity Industies, Inc., headquartered in Dallas,Texas, is a multi-industry company that owns a variety of market-leading businesses which provide products and services to the industrial, energy, transportation, and construction sectors. Trinity reports its financial results in five principal business segments: the Rail Group, the Railcar Leasing and Management Services Group, the Inland Barge Group, the Construction Products Group, and the Energy Equipment Group. For more information, visit www.trin.net

Quixote Transportation Safety, Inc. Announces Strategic Organizational Changes

Following the sale this week of its Inform segment to Vaisala, Inc., Quixote Safety Transportation Safety, Inc. (QTS), the global leader in transportation safety products and solutions, today announced that Mark Holland has accepted the position of Sr. Vice President of Sales and Marketing and that Mike Corbett will now serve as Vice President of International Sales. Read More

QuadGuard™ CEN and Quest™ CEN systems are now CE Certified

Both the QuadGuard™ CEN and Quest™ CEN family of crash cushions have received a Certificate of Conformity from an authorized EU Notified Body, qualifying them to carry the CE Mark. The CE mark is a universally accepted symbol of conformity to European Directives and can only be applied to a product once the manufacturer has undergone a rigorous process of checks and inspections. The CE Mark on a crash cushion indicates that a manufacturer has met all the requirements of 1317-5 and ensures that its products are compliant and consistent in meeting the required standards and specifications.

Highly Portable Barrier Vulcan® TL-3 System

The Vulcan Barrier from Energy Absorption Systems is a portable steel longitudinal barrier that meets NCHRP 350 TL-3 test requirements as a longitudinal redirecting barrier.

Quest® Impact Attenuator Economical Alternative For Low Impact Areas

The QUEST impact attenuator is being introduced by Quixote Transportation Safety, Inc. as an ideal, economic crash cushion solution for low impact areas, that features fast and simple installation in that it is available already assembled.

SST® Trailer TMA Meets all required and optional tests

The SST provides state-of-the-art protection with a revolutionary trailer design that allows users to rapidly deploy a TMA while lowering operating costs.

SST® Trailer TMA Stops Driver From Impacting Bridge Crew.

A two-person drill crew working on the Little River Bridge in Sayre, Alabama was saved from a potentially fatal incident when a driver traveling eastbound on Highway 78 errantly entered the work zone late last summer, and impacted the crew’s shadow vehicle that was serving as protection for the workers.

Stopgate® System saves lives in Madison, Wisconsin

Vehicles collide with trains at highway-rail grade crossings approximately every 90 minutes in the United States. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, a motorist is 40 times more likely to be killed if involved in a vehicle-train crash than in any other type of highway collision. Fifty-percent of railroad crossing incidents occur when warnings are working properly. For these reasons, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WDOT) was the first agency to install a StopGate System in 1998 and today the system is being seriously considered by other Departments of Transportation.