The company’s Protect and Direct segment offers energy-absorbing products that include crash cushions, truck-mounted attenuators, sand-filled barrels, and water-filled barriers, as well as directing and guiding products that include flexible post delineators and glare screen systems.
These products absorb and dissipate the force of impact in collisions between vehicles and fixed roadside objects, and prevent collisions and control the flow of traffic by directing or guiding.
Its Inform segment offers intelligent intersection control systems; automated enforcement systems; video detection systems; mobile and permanent variable message signs; sensing products to measure distance, count, and classify vehicles, as well as to sense weather conditions; computerized highway advisory radio transmitting systems; automated red light enforcement systems; and other transportation equipment.
These products provide information to prevent collisions from occurring and ease traffic congestion.
The company sells its products to distributors, contractors, state departments of transportation, state agencies, local governments, national governments, municipalities, and airports worldwide.
Quixote was founded in 1969 by Philip E.
Rollhaus, Jr.
It was formerly known as Energy Absorption Systems, Inc.
and changed its name to Quixote Corporation in 1980.
The company is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
