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COMPANY / TIMELINE
TRINITY HIGHWAY FOUNDED
It was the decade of the 1970s that roadway safety design became a regular component of highway projects and Trinity Highway made and sold its first galvanized guardrail.
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BUY AMERICAN
The “Buy American” Program was created to ensure that transportation infrastructure projects are built with American-made steel products.
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GUARDRAIL SALES EXPANDS
Trinity Highway Products offers guardrail products to Mexico and Canada.
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SYRO STEEL
The acquisition of SYRO Steel expanded Trinity’s line of fabricated steel products
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EUROPEAN STANDARDS INTRODUCED
The European standard for road restraint systems, EN 1317, was introduced.
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TRINITY HIGHWAY INTERNATIONAL
Sales representation in the European market extends Trinity Highway’s international reach.
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ENERGY ABSORPTION SYSTEMS ACQUIRED
Trinity Highway bolstered its business in 2010 with the acquisition of Energy Absorption Systems, a leader in the research and development of efficient energy-absorbing materials and technology, as well as cutting-edge breakthroughs in a variety of impact attenuators, crash cushions, truck-mounted attenuators, high performance delineators, Safe-Hit® delineators, and other highway safety products since 1969.
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SIGN POSTS & SIGN SUPPORTS ADDED
The POZ-LOC product line acquisition enhances Trinity Highway’s Sign Posts & Sign Supports business.
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YODOCK ACQUISITION
The Yodock Wall Company acquisition augments Trinity’s existing line of longitudinal channelizing devices to include water-filled barricades that meet a variety of urban construction, traffic control, military, and special events applications.
Trinity Highway Rentals was established to offer leasing and rental options for select traffic control and work zone products.
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COUNTDOWN TO MASH
Sunset Dates for NCHRP Report 350 to MASH begins.
Trinity Highway is Ahead of the Curve® with MASH ready products.
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TRINITY HIGHWAY BECOMES VALTIR
Trinity Highway rebrands and announces an exciting new name change to Valtir. The rebranding signals one of the final steps in Trinity Highway Products’ transition to a standalone company and reinforces its commitment to being an industry leader and global supplier of commercial highway products.