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2020

ATSSA’S CONVENTION & TRAFFIC EXPO EXHIBITOR PROSPECTUS Celebrating ATSSA’s 50th Anniversary Since 1969, the American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA), an international roadway safety infrastructure trade association, has represented companies and individuals in the traffic control and roadway safety infrastructure industry. More than 1,500 ATSSA member companies provide the majority of products, services, and devices used to make our nation’s roadways safer. For five decades, the roadway safety infrastructure industry has relied on ATSSA’s Annual Convention & Traffic Expo to find innovative and high-quality roadway safety infrastructure solutions. Exhibiting at this annual event provides companies the visibility they seek to increase their company’s goals, growth, and most importantly – their bottom line. Exhibit at ATSSA’s 2020 Convention & Traffic Expo Convention: Jan. 24-28 | Traffic Expo: Jan. 26-28 New Orleans, Louisiana

Meet thousands of industry professionals, potential new customers to boost your bottom line The American Traffic Safety Services The key players in the roadway safety Association’s (ATSSA) Annual Convention infrastructure industry will all be present and will & Traffic Expo is the largest roadway safety be displaying product types such as: trade show in North America. More than 3,300 attendees from 50 countries exhibited in over • Channelizing devices 650 booths at Traffic Expo in 2019, and even • Flagging equipment more are expected in 2020. This means new • Guardrail individual companies and contacts will be • Cable median barrier present on the show floor, along with potential • High Friction Surface Treatment customers for visitors to access. ATSSA’s Annual • Intelligent Transportation Systems Convention is also a favorite for state department • Pavement marking equipment and of transportation (DOTs) roadway safety experts, who not only attend the event for valuable materials information and networking opportunities in • Personal protective apparel and equipment workshops and educational sessions, but also • Signs and related materials and sign attend the event to shop the show floor for products and services that they need in their manufacturing equipment local jurisdictions. • Traffic control devices • Vehicle safety equipment For a show this size, ATSSA will require every • Trucks and custom-made equipment trailers inch of the 200,000 square feet of exhibit space • Water blasting and grinding equipment available at the Ernest N. Morial Convention • Worker safety apparel Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. Because of this, early booth, hotel, and registration will prove Fourteen hours of uninterrupted beneficial for potential exhibitors. show time At ATSSA’s 50th Annual Convention & Traffic Unlike other trade shows, where exhibit hall Expo, your business possibilities are endless. As hours compete with education sessions or you enter the exhibit hall, you will immediately be other important events that take you, or more impressed with the widest range of traffic control importantly – your customers – away from the products, devices, and services available on the exhibit floor, Traffic Expo’s uninterrupted show market today. times allow exhibitors 14 full hours of exhibit time to get down to business without interruptions or distractions.

GET THE MOST OUT OF ATSSA’s 50th Unsurpassed business opportunities ATSSA makes it easy to bring your key customers directly to you ATSSA’s Annual Convention & Traffic Expo is the ideal place to discover and gain insight As an exhibitor, if you book accommodations into the most current industry trends and find within the ATSSA official hotel block, you will solutions to important issues that impact your receive two free, full registrations for each 10’- bottom line. Most importantly, the Traffic Expo by-10’ space purchased. In addition, ATSSA also represents key stakeholders from virtually provides exhibitors three Express Passes at every segment of our exciting and thriving no additional cost. Express Passes offer your industry. This equates to unparalleled networking personal VIPs free admission to the entire show opportunities for you and your team. You will floor for the duration of the event. Additionally, not only gain important contacts in the industry ATSSA can provide exhibitors with Customer that will prove invaluable in your daily business Invitation Passes (upon request) to use with all of operations – you will also make lifelong friends. your pre-convention marketing and promotional efforts. These passes allow your key customers The most diverse group of roadway and prospects to pre-register, or register on site safety professionals that you will ever for free daily admission to Traffic Expo. Customer encounter, all under one roof Invitation Passes are uniquely coded specifically for your company, and are charged back to you Nearly 200 big-name manufacturers and after the event at a significantly reduced rate if suppliers of roadway safety infrastructure they are used by your guests. products and services from around the world are showcased at ATSSA’s Annual Convention & High-level advertising and Traffic Expo. promotional opportunities 8% Foremen/ 2% Media, Educators, Your company’s name, products, services, and booth number will all have high visibility leading Supervisors Law Enforcement up to the ATSSA’s Annual Convention & Traffic Expo by being listed on the event’s website, as 13% Sales and well as in the on-site Convention Program & Exhibit Guide and the event mobile application (or Marketing app). These publications are ideal reference tools used by potential customers throughout the year. This added exposure offers low-cost advertising rates exclusively for Traffic Expo exhibitors. 36% Traffic Control Installers 20% Public 21% Presidents and CEOs Tr a n s p o r t a t i o n Officials

ANNUAL CONVENTION & TRAFFIC EXPO Be part of the national safety solution ATSSA Innovation Awards 2020 While at ATSSA’s Annual Convention & Traffic The ATSSA Innovation Award winners are Expo, all attendees are invited to participate selected by a group of public transportation in the event’s Opening General Session, officials and recognize the top three innovative concurrent education sessions, as well as products entered for judging. Criterion for the Chairman’s Reception and many other selection includes lifesaving qualities, degree of education and networking events designed to need, innovation, and design and eligibility under keep you informed and entertained during your the Highway Safety Improvement Program. stay in New Orleans, Louisiana. Download the Bonus points can also be awarded by the judges ATSSA’s 50th Annual Convention & Traffic Expo in several different areas. The judges will be mobile app onto your personal mobile device, present in the New Products Rollout area on or check the ATSSA Program & Exhibit Guide a scheduled day to personally evaluate and for a complete schedule of important, business- examine the new product or service. Winners advancing opportunities. will receive a trophy and be featured in ATSSA media efforts and publications. New product? Tell the entire industry Incredible, affordable advertising Exhibitors who introduced new products after opportunities February 1, 2019 are eligible to participate in ATSSA’s New Products Rollout (NPRO) ATSSA provides affordable rates for advertising event. ATSSA will host a new products section in ATSSA’s Traffic Expo Magazine, Convention on the trade show floor where attendees can Program & Exhibit Guide, as well as the event’s check out the latest innovations in roadway mobile app. Circulation of printed materials totals safety infrastructure during trade show hours. over 25,000. Enrollees will have an opportunity to give a short presentation about their products Gain visibility and company promotion during scheduled times throughout the day. A through event sponsorships presentation schedule will be developed and disseminated to all attendees and participants By becoming an official ATSSA Annual prior to event. Innovation Award judges will be Convention & Traffic Expo sponsor, you will present to hear about your product and judge gain event visibility immediately, creating an entries for the prestigious ATSSA Innovation unparalleled presence at the event, as well as Awards. increasing your exhibitor Priority Points. Several sponsorship opportunities are available that will Entrants to this event must bring at least one (1) fit any budget. of the following for their New Products Rollout Presentation: After the event, let the show go on 1. Your new, innovative product Upon request, ATSSA will provide exhibitors 2. A prototype of your product if it is too large with a list of attendees registered for the Annual Convention & Traffic Expo. This allows you to for transport reach out and stay in touch with them after the 3. A PowerPoint presentation that highlights event. Attendee lists are normally available for distribution approximately 10 days following the your new product event. 4. A poster that shows the capabilities of your new product

General exhibit information Booths, points, and hotels Location Fees and member discounts Ernest N. Morial Convention Center ATSSA members $ 2 , 9 0 0 900 Convention Center Blvd Non-members $ 4 , 1 0 0 New Orleans, Louisiana 70130 Please purchase your booth within the tiered Set-Up Hours deadlines. Booths purchased after the June 1, 2019 deadline will be subject to the following Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. rates: Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020, 8 – 11 a.m. ATSSA members $ 3 , 0 0 0 Exhibit Hours Non-members $ 5 , 1 0 0 Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020, Noon – 5:30 p.m. An additional charge of $250 will be assessed for Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, 11:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. each corner. Booth space purchased on or after Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. January 1, 2020 will be subject to a $400 late processing fee. Tear Down Hours All exhibitor booth spaces include: Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020, 1 – 8 p.m. • Standard eight-foot back and three-foot side drape (in-line booths only, island booths do Recognized as an IAEE not pipe and drape) Certified Exhibition • Standard black and white company identification sign ATSSA’s Annual Convention and • Two free ATSSA Annual Convention Traffic Expo has been recognized registrations per 10x10’ booth when you as a Certified Exhibition by the book your room in the official ATSSA hotel International Association of Exhibitions and block Events (IAEE), based on its code of ethics and standards, by continuing to offer educational Carpeting, furnishings, lead retrieval units, credits, and by demonstrating consistent verified and other booth display items are available at growth, as well as fulfilling other key criteria. additional costs. Contracts received after August 1, 2019 must include the booth rental fee, paid in full.

3,500+ 650+ 200,000 attendees exhibit booths square-foot exhibit hall ATSSA Priority Points Hotel suites, hospitality events, and the five tier levels and general meeting guidelines ATSSA’s Priority Point System has five distinct ATSSA’s exhibitors are welcomed and tiers. Tier notifications are sent out separately encouraged to conduct hospitality and meeting with deadlines to return the forms. This method events during the convention. ATSSA requires allows more efficient management of booth attendees to conduct these events only when space for each exhibitor. they do not conflict with official ATSSA events. ATSSA must be informed of all hospitality events. Points are awarded and accumulated Additionally, private events may not take place as follows: in any suite within the ATSSA room block during Each year you exhibit = 1 Pt Annual Convention & Traffic Expo hours. Failure Each 10x10’ booth you purchase = 1 Pt to comply with these guidelines may result in the loss of 25 percent of booth points per incident. Advertising and sponsorship points are awarded as follows: Final confirmation for initial assignment of exhibit $500 - $2,500 = 1 Pt space will be made within 30 days of booth $2,501 - $6,500 = 2 Pts assignment. $6,501 - $10,000 = 3 Pts $10,000 or greater = 4 Pts Several months prior to the show, exhibitors will receive instructions on how to access their Cancellation and eligibility exhibitor service manual online, which includes information regarding furnishing and decoration If you must cancel of booths. If an exhibitor cancels prior-to July 15, 2019, a full refund Eligibility will be made, minus a service fee of $100 per 10’x10’ booth reserved. For cancellations made after July 15, ATSSA’s Annual Convention & Traffic Expo is devoted but before September 15, a 50 percent cancellation fee exclusively to devices, materials, supplies and services will apply. A full refund will be issued (minus the $100 per used for traffic control and roadway safety, and for the 10’x10’ booth service fee per booth) only if the show is manufacturers and suppliers of those devices. All producers sold out. After September 15, 2019, no refunds will be of such devices, materials and supplies, as well as the made. Refunds are paid approximately 30 days following purveyors of special services who are full, affiliate, traffic the completion of Traffic Expo. engineering and design firms, or international members in good standing, may qualify as exhibitors. Companies, entities, or associations that provide products or services that compete with ATSSA are ineligible to exhibit. Non- members are eligible to exhibit at non-member rates.

CELEBRATING OUR PAST. For more information, contact: DRIVING THE FUTURE. Bill Dallas, Convention Sales Manager American Traffic Safety Services Association 15 Riverside Parkway, Suite 100 Fredericksburg, VA 22406-1077 Direct: 540-376-3864 | Fax: 540-368-1717 [email protected] | expo.atssa.com Take a peek at last year’s exhibitors 3M Traffic Safety and Security Fechometal USA, Inc. Martin Asphalt Company SIMIFAST Division Federal Highway Administration MDI Traffic Control Products Site 2020 Inc. 8:12 Illumination (FHWA) - USDOT Addco FIEDOR-BIS MDSolutions, Inc. Skip-Line, Inc. Advance Traffic Markings FlexStake, Inc. Aervoe Industries Inc. Franklin Paint Company, Inc. MRL Equipment Co., Inc. Sky Bracket AIMS International FX Minerals, Inc. Airstar America, Inc. G & I Tech Co., Ltd. Natina Products LLC Solar Advanced Warning Systems, Allied Powers LLC Geveko Markings Inc. Allied Tube & Conduit Corp - Gibraltar Cable Barrier Systems, L.P. Nippon Carbid Industries (USA) Inc. Inc. Graco, Inc. Telespar Division Gregory Industries, Inc. Nite Beam Products, LLC Solar Technology, Inc. Almon Eqipment, Ltd. Grimco, Inc. American Signal Company GRT Utilicorp, Inc. NLB Corp. SoundOff Signal American Timber & Steel Co., Inc. Heat Design Equipment/ Infrared American Traffic Safety Services North America Traffic Stalker Radar Pavement Repair Association (ATSSA) Hefei Super Trade Co, Ltd. North American Signal Company Straub Design Company American Traffic Safety Services Helly Hansen Henry Company Nucor Steel Marion, Inc. Striping Service and Supply, Inc. Foundation (The Foundation) Highway Care Ltd Apex Universal, Inc. Highway Sales dba Highway Safety OccuNomix International LLC Svevia Arrow Safety Device ARTBA Work Zone Safety Clearing Group Off Duty Services, Inc. Swarco Hill & Smith Inc. House Hog Technologies OKI Three D Traffic Works Artuk Inc. Horizon Signal Technologies Ashapura Minechem Ltd. Houston Radar Olin POLY-CARB Tire Conversion Technologies Avery Dennison Reflective Solutions HRS Benron Equipment & Supply Inc. Huizhou Huaen Industrial Co., Ltd. OMJC Signal Inc. TITAN Blasters Inc. ILLUMAGEAR Inc. Bone Safety Signs Impact Recovery Systems, Inc. ORAFOL Americas Inc. Traffic & Parking Control Co., Inc. Brimguard LLC Independent Metal Strap Co., Inc. Brite-Line Technologies, LLC Industrial Suncreen Osburn Associates, Inc. (TAPCO) Caris Guardrail Co., Ltd Innoplast Inc. Carsonite Composites IntelliStrobe Safety Systems PeopleReady / TrueBlue, Inc. Traffic Control Rental Software, LLC Checkers Safety Group Invarion, Inc. Chicago Heights Steel Inventory Sales Company Pexco Davidson Traffic Control Traffic Pro Beds Chiye Glass Bead (Heibei) Co., Ltd. J-Tech Inc. Construction Accessories, Inc. JBC Safety Plastics, Inc. Products Traffic Safety Technology, LLC Cortina Safety Products Jiangsu Guoqiang Zinc - Plating Crown Technology, LLC Pi Variables, Inc. Traffic Sign Solutions Inc CWT Worktools USA Industrial Co. Cyclone Technology John Thomas Inc. Plasticade TraffiCalm Systems Decker Manufacturing Keystone Engineering & Dent Breakaway Industries PolyOne Glasforms, Inc. TrafFix Devices, Inc. Dicke Safety Products Manufacturing Dispensing Technology Corp. Korman Signs, Inc. Portwest LLC Transpo Industries, Inc. Dow Coating Materials Labor Max Staffing Dynatech Systems, Inc. Lakeside Plastics, Inc. Potters Industries Transportation Research Board E-Chem LLC Langfang Olan Glass Beads Co., Ltd Eastern Metal of Elmira/USA-Sign LaserLine Manufacturing Inc. PPP, Inc. (TRB) Easylux Retroreflectometers Laura Metaal Roadway Safety EnDiSys LimnTech Scientific Inc. PREFORM LLC Trantex, Inc. Ennis- Flint Lindsay Transportation Solutions EPIC Solutions, Inc. Lubao Industrial Co., Ltd. Pride Baker Paint Trinity Highway Products, LLC. ETI USA Inc. M-B Companies, Inc. EZ-Liner Industries M.L. Kishigo Manufacturing Co. Proceq USA TRIP Failsafe-ERA Marker One PSS UAT, LLC Quanzhou Dingfei Reflective Ultimate Highway Solutions Materials, Co., Ltd. Unipart Dorman QWICK KURB®, Inc. US Standard Sign Raxar Technology Corporation Utility Business Media, Inc. Rayolite Vantac ITS Group Inc. Reflective Measurement Systems Ltd. Ver-Mac Inc. Remcon Plastics, Inc. Verdegro USA LLC Rhino Tool Company via traffic controlling gmbh Road Guardian LLC Vulcan, Inc. Road Systems Inc. Wanco, Inc. Roads & Bridges WDM USA Ltd. RoadVista WEL-CO Diamond Tool Corp. Roadway Safety Foundation Wilco Supply LLC Roadway Safety Materials Inc. Work Area Protection Corp. Royal Truck & Equipment , Inc. XYZ University, LLC RubberForm Recycled Products Yaham Oproelectronics Co., Ltd. SA-SO Yongqing Jibei Xingguo Glass Saferoads Products Co. Ltd. Safety Base USA Inc. Yongqing Road Safety Technology Safety Technologies, Inc. Co., Ltd. SealMaster Zhejiang Sanmen Hongqiao Rubber Shanghai Biyu New Mstar Technology & Plastic Tech Co., Ltd. SHUR-TITE Products SignCADSystems, Inc.