Quixote Traffic Corporation

About Us

The Quixote Traffic Corporation (QTC) companies have been leaders in the development of highly practical and innovative traffic control products that help to make motorists throughout the world safer and more efficient. Some of the best known brands in the traffic control industry were consolidated to create the Quixote Traffic Corporation. This expertise, experience and scope of product lines have made Quixote Traffic Corporation a well respected leader in the traffic control marketplace.

Quixote Traffic employs approximately 150 personnel, working in facilities in California, Florida and Pennsylvania. Quixote Traffic has combined the history, product expertise and experiences of two of the most venerable and respected of American traffic equipment firms: PEEK Traffic and U.S. Traffic.' .

With a lineage dating back 82 years to the first electric traffic signal installed in North America, you’d expect our engineers to have a few ideas about using modern technology for today’s traffic and transit issues. Peek Traffic is a technology-driven business that is shaping the future of integrated mobility. This vision positions Peek Traffic as both a leader in the industry and a source of important innovation.

Peek Traffic is an integral part of a growing family of Quixote Corporation companies that supply advanced traffic mobility products, systems and services. Peek Traffic Corporation was incorporated October 20, 2003 as a Delaware corporation, and began operation December 10, 2003 when the US operation of worldwide Peek Corporation was acquired by Quixote. Prior to that, the predecessor Peek Traffic, Inc. was incorporated in 1973, and has roots in the traffic industry dating back to 1921.

The majority of U.S. Traffic manufacturing occurs at the 183,000 square-foot facility located in Santa Fe Springs, California. All facilities are certified to ISO-9001:2000, ensuring that all facets of the manufacturing process, from sales order entry and product design to shipping and servicing, are performed in accordance with stringent quality standards.

Quixote Corporation is a publicly traded company (NASDAQ QUIX) that for over three decades has been a leader in meeting the rising public demand for greater transportation safety through innovative technologies that save lives and prevent injuries by protecting, directing, and informing. Quixote is the world’s leading manufacturer of energy-absorbing highway crash cushions, electronic wireless measuring and sensing devices, intelligent intersection control systems, weather forecasting stations, computerized highway advisory radio, electronic variable message signs, flexible post delineators and other transportation safety products and services. Quixote has been named to Forbes 200 America’s Best Small Companies in 2003 and Fortune’s 100 Fastest Growing Small Companies in 2002.