Three D Traffic Works
Three D Traffic Works is a privately held US manufacturer of NCHRP350-certified traffic safety hardware including barricades, delineators, channelizers, cones, and ADA detectable warning tiles, made primarily from post-consumer recycled rubber and plastic and sold to highway safety distributors, construction firms, and municipalities across North America.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded1999
- HeadquartersBurbank, United States
- Headcount51–100
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
What Three D Traffic Works does
Three D Traffic Works, the operating name of Three D Plastics, Inc., is a privately held US manufacturer of traffic safety hardware founded in 1999 and headquartered in Burbank, California. The company designs and produces barricades, delineators, channelizers, cones, bollards, rubber bases, pavement markers, rumble strips, speed bumps, and ADA-compliant detectable warning tiles. Its products are manufactured primarily from 100% post-consumer recycled plastic and rubber, including crumb rubber derived from California waste tires sourced through a CalRecycle partnership that has diverted over 520,000 tires since 2021. Many products hold NCHRP350 certification and FHWA Work Zone Approval Letters, meeting MUTCD, FHWA, FRA, and ADA requirements for work zone, highway, pedestrian, and rail-adjacent safety applications.
The company sells through three complementary channels: a direct e-commerce storefront at trafficwks.com with quote-request functionality, a coast-to-coast US sales representative force, and a distributor network reaching highway safety distributors, construction companies, and safety supply outlets throughout North America. Revenue is generated through one-time hardware sales at quote-based pricing. The customer base is fragmented across federal programs (notably the Federal Safe Routes to School initiative), state DOTs, municipalities, contractors, and event-safety buyers.
The business is supported by a single known capital event, a $400,000 CalRecycle TIP1 grant awarded in April 2014, which funded tire-derived product development and manufacturing improvements including a square rubber base intended for Canadian traffic-device markets. The company operates without disclosed institutional equity funding, suggesting founder- or family-owned control, and has steadily broadened its branded sub-product portfolio (Boomerang, Cross Block, Pathfinder, Road Rumbler, Park-N-Guard, Roadguide, Sentinel, Guardflex, Repo Post, Tough-EZ, and VIP) while maintaining a workforce of 51-100 employees.
Three D Traffic Works firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Three D Traffic Works
- Legal name
- Three D Plastics, Inc.
- Website
- https://trafficwks.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 1999
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 51–100 employees
- Short description
- Three D Traffic Works is a privately held US manufacturer of NCHRP350-certified traffic safety hardware including barricades, delineators, channelizers, cones, and ADA detectable warning tiles, made primarily from post-consumer recycled rubber and plastic and sold to highway safety distributors, construction firms, and municipalities across North America.
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Three D Traffic Works industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Traffic Safety Equipment Manufacturing
- NAICS
- Sign Manufacturing (339950)
- SIC
- Miscellaneous Plastics Products (3080), Fabricated Rubber Products, Nec (3060)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Traffic Systems & Road Safety Infrastructure (Signals, ITS, Barriers, Signage, Markings) (IMAFAEAI)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Work Zone Traffic Control Device Supply & Rental (Cones, Drums, Barricades, Delineators) (TLAJALAB), Temporary Pavement Markings & Delineation (Tape, Temporary Striping, Raised Markers) (TLAJALAE)
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Where Three D Traffic Works is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Burbank
- HQ country
- United States
- HQ region
- North America
Offices1 record
Markets served
Three D Traffic Works business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D
Revenue model
- Traffic Safety Hardware Sales: One-time hardware sales of traffic safety products including barricades, delineators, channelizers, bollards, cones, and rubber bases. Products are sold through distributors, directly via e-commerce, and via sales representatives.
Go-to-market motion2 records
Distribution channels4 records
Marketing channels4 records
Three D Traffic Works product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Three D Traffic Works manufactures physical traffic safety and ADA-compliant products, including barricades, delineators, channelizers, pavement markers, bollards, cones, rubber bases, curb systems, speed-control devices, and detectable warning tiles. Its products are made with recycled plastic and rubber materials and are used for work zones, highway safety, pedestrian safety, temporary traffic control, and permanent traffic control applications.
Product overview
Three D Traffic Works is a manufacturer of traffic safety and ADA-compliant products made from recycled materials. The company offers a comprehensive portfolio of physical traffic control devices organized across multiple product lines: barricade systems (Types I, II, and III in various material configurations including all-plastic, plastic/steel, and plywood/steel), delineator posts and markers (portable, surface-mount reboundable, and ground-mount flexible variants), channelizers and cones, pavement markers and raised markers, guard rail markers, speed bumps and rumble strips, detectable warning tiles for ADA compliance, and rubber base accessories. The products are designed for work zone safety, channelization, highway safety, pedestrian safety, event safety, and ADA-compliant applications. Most products are manufactured from post-consumer recycled plastic and rubber, with a significant portion being 100% recyclable. Key branded products include the Boomerang reboundable delineator, Cross Block mountable curb system, Path finder raised pavement markers, Road Rumbler rumble strips, Park-N-Guard speed bumps, Guardflex guard rail markers, and Tough-EZ detectable warning tiles. The company holds NCHRP350 certification and FHWA approval for many products, demonstrating compliance with federal traffic safety standards.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- Cross Block: Mountable curb system product line
- Boomerang
- Pathfinder
- Road Rumbler
- Park-N-Guard
- Roadguide
- Sentinel
- Guardflex
- Repo Post
- Tough-EZ Tiles
- VIP
Products and services
- TD2100 Type I & II Works Barricade – All Plastic
- TD2150 Type I & II Econocade Barricade – All Plastic
- TD2200 Type I & II Works Barricade – Injection Molded Plastic/Steel
- TD2250 Type I & II Works Barricade – Extruded Plastic/Steel
- TD2300 Type I & II Works Barricade – Plywood/Steel
- TD2400 Type III Work Barricade - All Plastic
- TD2500 Type III Works Barricade Plywood/Angled Steel
- TD2550 Type III Works Barricade – Plywood/Tubular Steel
- TD2600 Type III Works Barricade – Plastic/Angle Steel
- TD2650 Type III Works Barricade – Plastic/Tubular Steel
- TD5000 Works Economy Portable Open Top Delineator Post
- TD5100 Ring Top Portable Delineator Post
- TD5100T T-Grip Portable Delineator Post
- TD5200 Boomerang Surface Mount Reboundable Delineator
- TD5300 Repo Post Surface Mount Delineator
- TD5428 Heavy Hitter Bollard
- TD5515 K-2 Marker
- TD5600 Sentinel Ground Mount Flexible Delineator
- TD6000 VIP Vertical Indicator Panel
- TD6500 Universal Vertical Panel (UVP)
- TD7500 Ringtop Slim-Line Channelizer Cone
- TD8200 VIP Vertical Panel Base
- TD8300 16 Ringtop Stackable Cone Base
- TD8400 Universal Rubber Base System
- TD9100 Guardflex Guard Rail Marker/Delineator
- TD9150 Guardflex Guard Rail Delineator
- TD9300 Roadguide Bridge & Concrete Barrier Markers
- TD9400 Roadguide Bridge & Concrete Barrier Markers
- TD10500 Pathfinder Raised Pavement Markers
- TD11000 Road Rumbler Rumble Strip
- TD11500 Park-N-Guard Speed Bump
- TD11700 Cross Block Mountable Curb System
- DWT Detectable Warning Tiles (Tough-EZ Tiles)
- TD1100 WORKGARD Construction Barrier System
- TD1150 WORKGARD Escalator Barricade System
- TD5275 Boomerang Reboundable Base System
- Traffic Cones
- Signs & Signage
Companies that use Three D Traffic Works
Customer profileNamed customers3 records
Segments4 records
Ideal customer profiles3 records
Three D Traffic Works technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature4 records
Three D Traffic Works partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
One partnership is on record.
- CalRecycle (California Department of Resources, Recycling, and Recovery)coreCalRecycle administers the Tire Incentive Program (TIP) which provides reimbursement to eligible businesses using recycled crumb rubber in products. Three D Traffic Works received over $400,000 grant in April 2014 for manufacturing capability improvements and new product development. The partnership enables the company's use of 100% post-consumer recycled rubber from California waste tires in their product line.
Scale indicators4 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights6 records
Three D Traffic Works competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- TrafFix Devices Inc. TrafFix Devices manufactures traffic cones, barricades, delineators, and other work zone safety devices—the same core categories as Three D Traffic Works. Both companies compete head-to-head on NCHRP350-certified products sold through highway safety distributors in North America.
- Dicke Safety Products: Dicke Safety Products manufactures traffic control devices including cones, flags, signs, and barricades. Its catalog overlaps with Three D's barricade, cone, and delineator product families sold to similar distributor and municipal customers.
- JBC Safety Plastic Inc. JBC manufactures traffic cones, delineator posts, and bases, competing with Three D in both the direct-contractor and distributor channels across the U.S. work zone safety market.
- Plastic Safety Systems (PSS): PSS manufactures plastic traffic cones, delineators, and work zone safety devices from recycled and virgin plastics, with comparable NCHRP350 certifications. It is one of the closest direct competitors to Three D's injection-molded barricade and delineator lines.
- Lakeside Plastics Inc. Lakeside Plastics manufactures PVC traffic cones, delineators, and bases for the North American work zone safety market. Its product mix directly overlaps Three D's cone, delineator, and rubber-base categories.
Broad incumbents
- Trinity Industries Inc. Trinity Industries' highway products division manufactures guardrails, barriers, and crash attenuation systems that overlap with Three D's barricade and channelizer categories, primarily sold to state DOTs and contractors.
- Hill & Smith Holdings PLC: Hill & Smith's road safety division produces barriers, parapets, and road safety products across multiple geographies. While primarily a European-listed incumbent, it competes in adjacent categories such as barriers and crash attenuation that overlap with Three D's Cross Block and barricade lines.
- Valmont Industries Inc. Valmont's infrastructure segment manufactures highway safety products, lighting structures, and traffic management hardware. It competes with Three D in broader highway safety categories while serving a wider product portfolio.
- 3M Company: 3M's Traffic Safety and Security Division sells reflective sheeting, signs, pavement markings, and work zone safety products through the same North American distributor channels that Three D serves. It is a broad incumbent with much deeper R&D and brand budgets.
Regional players
- Cortina Safety Products: Cortina manufactures traffic cones, barricades, and delineators for the European and international markets. It is a comparable specialty traffic-safety manufacturer but primarily serves geographies outside Three D's North American footprint.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights6 records
Customer concentration
Three D Traffic Works social profiles
Digital presenceThree D Traffic Works compliance and trust
Trust signalCompliance6 records
Three D Traffic Works financial estimates
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Three D Traffic Works leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Three D Traffic Works funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
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Three D Traffic Works M&A and investment
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Frequently asked questions about Three D Traffic Works
What does Three D Traffic Works do?
Three D Traffic Works manufactures physical traffic safety and ADA-compliant products, including barricades, delineators, channelizers, pavement markers, bollards, cones, rubber bases, curb systems, speed-control devices, and detectable warning tiles. Its products are made with recycled plastic and rubber materials and are used for work zones, highway safety, pedestrian safety, temporary traffic control, and permanent traffic control applications.
Is Three D Traffic Works a public or private company?
Three D Traffic Works is a private company. It is classified as unknown and is currently operating.
When was Three D Traffic Works founded?
Three D Traffic Works was founded in 1999. It employs 51 to 100 people.
Where is Three D Traffic Works based?
Three D Traffic Works is headquartered in Burbank, United States, in the North America region.
How does Three D Traffic Works make money?
One revenue line is on record: traffic Safety Hardware Sales.
Who are Three D Traffic Works's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are TrafFix Devices Inc., Dicke Safety Products, JBC Safety Plastic Inc., Plastic Safety Systems (PSS) and Lakeside Plastics Inc.. Broad incumbents are Trinity Industries Inc., Hill & Smith Holdings PLC, Valmont Industries Inc. and 3M Company. Cortina Safety Products is listed as a regional player.
Does Three D Traffic Works have an API?
No public API is recorded for Three D Traffic Works.
What industry is Three D Traffic Works in?
Three D Traffic Works's product category is Traffic Safety Equipment Manufacturing. Its primary akta.pro industry code is IMAFAEAI, Traffic Systems & Road Safety Infrastructure (Signals, ITS, Barriers, Signage, Markings), with a secondary code of TLAJALAB, Work Zone Traffic Control Device Supply & Rental (Cones, Drums, Barricades, Delineators). Its NAICS code is 339950 and its SIC code is 3080.