The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has released the first four
crash test results conducted at the 27¾” installation height of the ET
Plus® System. These tests passed and comprise the first series of the
FHWA requested National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP)
Report 350 tests. The 27¾” height system accounts for a vast majority of
the ET Plus® Systems installed on highways nationwide.
The test results for these first four passed tests can be found at: http://www.etplusfacts.com.
These test results validate Trinity Highway Products’ long standing
position that when installed, maintained and impacted within the Report
350 standards, the 27¾” height ET Plus® System performs to Report 350
criteria. When all eight test results are reviewed and released by the
FHWA, the company will perform a thorough analysis before resuming any
shipments of the ET Plus® System to its customers.
These tests were conducted in accordance with Report 350 at Southwest
Research Institute (SwRI), an accredited and independent research
facility. Report 350 sets forth the performance evaluation criteria
applicable to the ET Plus® System and many other roadside safety
features used on U.S. highways. The ET Plus® extruder heads tested in
all eight tests were randomly selected by the FHWA from inventory at the
California Department of Transportation. These extruder heads complied
with all design tolerances and are representative of what is in use on
U.S. highways.
Trinity Highway Products has completed testing the ET Plus® System at
the 31” height as outlined in the test plan submitted to the FHWA. SwRI
is analyzing the results of these tests. The results will be released
when the data is fully analyzed by the FHWA.
Trinity Highway Products, LLC is a subsidiary of Trinity Industries,
Inc. (NYSE:TRN).
Trinity Industries, Inc., headquartered in Dallas, Texas, is a
diversified industrial company that owns market-leading businesses,
which provide products and services to the energy, transportation,
chemical, and construction sectors. Trinity reports its financial
results in five principal business segments: the Rail Group, the Railcar
Leasing and Management Services Group, the Inland Barge Group, the
Construction Products Group, and the Energy Equipment Group. For more
information, visit: www.trin.net.
Revenue for the ET Plus® System through the first three quarters of 2014
have been approximately $33 million.
Some statements in this release, which are not historical facts, are
“forward-looking statements” as defined by the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include
statements about Trinity's estimates, expectations, beliefs, intentions
or strategies for the future, and the assumptions underlying these
forward-looking statements. Trinity uses the words “anticipates,”
“believes,” “estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” “forecasts,” “may,”
“will,” “should,” “guidance” and similar expressions to identify these
forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from
historical experience or our present expectations. For a discussion of
such risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ
from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see “Risk
Factors” and “Forward-Looking Statements” in the Company's Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the most recent fiscal year.
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