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Safety Products
Safety Products Group

- Line of Business:
- Warning, signaling and communications products
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- Market Segments:
- Industry, municipalities, OEM's, fire and security, automotive and truck
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- Locations:
- Signal Products - University Park, Illinois
- Aplicaciones Tecnologicas VAMA S.L. - Barcelona, Spain
- Victor Industries Limited - Newcastle, England
- Line of Business:
- Parking, revenue and access control systems
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- Market Segments:
- Airports, municipalities, institutions, parking operators, contractors, bridge/roadway authorities
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- Locations:
- Federal APD, Inc. - Farmington Hills, Michigan
- Line of Business:
- Containment products for storage and use of hazardous materials
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- Market Segments:
- Industry, laboratories, institutions, government
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- Locations:
- Justrite Manufacturing Company, LLC - Des Plaines, Illinois
Recent Developments
- Federal Signal Corporation acquired Victor Industries Limited on May 31, 1996. Victor is the leading
manufacturer of hazardous area lighting products in the United Kingdom and supplies hazardous area and
industrial lighting to over 40 countries worldwide. The company employs approximately 250 people and has sales
of over $23 million. In addition to two plants in the U.K., Victor manufactures product in South Africa and has
sales/service facilities in the Middle East and the United States. Applications for Victor's products include
onshore and offshore oil and gas facilities, refineries, chemical plants, pharmaceutical companies, underground
mining and pulp/paper processing facilities to name a few. Victor also supplies a range of lighting control gear
and mining equipment such as connectors and drills.
Operating Highlights - 1995
- Safety Products Group sales represented 20 percent of Federal Signal's total sales for 1995.
- 1995 Group earnings increased 24% on a 19% increase in sales. Acquisition growth and substantial increases in
sales and earnings at Signal Products propelled the group's results.
- Signal Products acquired four product lines in 1995, complementing the current product mix and strengthening
export potential.
- In its first full year with Federal Signal, Justrite greatly expanded its new product development capacity and grew
20% outside of the U.S.
For information regarding the Safety Group, e-mail us
info@federalsignal.com