Mark Holland

Quixote Corp. develops, manufactures and markets highway and transportation safety products to protect, direct and inform motorists and highway workers. The company was founded in 1969 by Philip E. Rollhaus and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Quixote Transportation Technologies, Inc. provides high-tech, innovative solutions for the transportation industry. The company's products include Highway Advisory Radio (HAR), integrated systems, portable & permanent traffic counting systems, distance measuring instruments, Road / Runway Weather Information Systems (RWIS), fixed & mobile pavement sensors and user-friendly software. QTT serves Departments of Transportation, City, County and Municipal Street & Traffic Departments, Airports, Military & Parking Management groups, both domestically and internationally. The company offers customers well-known, industry-proven products from Highway Information Systems, Nu-Metrics and Surface Systems (SSI). It has offices in Durham, North Carolina, Uniontown and Pennsylvania. QTS manufactures energy-absorbing highway crash cushions, truck-mounted attenuators, flexible post delineators as well as many other highway safety products and services.

Part of Trinity Industries, Inc., Highway Information Systems, Inc. is a provider of highway advisory radio systems. The company is based in Durham, NC. Highway Information Systems was acquired by Quixote Corp., a SUB of Trinity Industries, Inc. from DRI Corp. on April 14, 1998 for $2.80 million.

Part of Trinity Industries, Inc., Nu-Metrics, Inc. develops and manufactures traffic sensing and distance measuring devices. The company is based in Uniontown, PA. Nu-Metrics was acquired by TranSafe Corp on December 11, 1998 for $13.70 million.

Part of Trinity Industries, Inc., Surface Systems, Inc. manufactures patented pavement sensing equipment, specialized weather forecasting stations, and proprietary weather forecasting software. The company is based in St. Louis, MO. Surface Systems was acquired by Quixote Corp., part of Trinity Industries, Inc. from February 05, 2010 on August 30, 2001 for $11.50 million.