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ROAD SAFETY
Parallel to these material automation requires upfront capital shape retention with thickness
innovations, the machinery used for investment, the consistency, speed up to 11 mm, in monolithic
application is also advancing. Given and quality achieved through these application. These markings offer
the urgency of road projects and machines significantly outweigh the both audible and tactile warnings,
rising safety requirements, there is costs in the long run. reducing the risk of run-off-road
an increasing emphasis on deploying As India continues to scale collisions and improving overall
automated road-marking machines its road infrastructure at an driver awareness.
capable of delivering rapid, uniform Beyond materials, Kataline has
and precise applications. unprecedented pace, the adoption
of these global best practices—both remained strongly aligned with
Thermoplastic road markings, in terms of advanced materials the Make in India vision. Over
which remain the dominant choice and precision-driven application the years, we have consistently
in many countries including India, technologies—will be critical to introduced innovations across
are progressively being applied ensuring safety, sustainability and safety-related domains—ranging
through such automated systems durability on our roads. from black spot remediation and
rather than traditional manual school zone safety to sustainable
push-behind applicators. While Kataline has over two decades of urban drainage systems, passive
experience in road markings for fire protection coatings and anti-
multiple applications carbonation paints.
With over two decades of How technology has evolved..
experience in road marking
applications, Kataline has steadily At Kataline, our approach is
grown by putting user feedback, strongly aligned with the UN’s
road safety and continuous quality Safe Systems philosophy, which
improvements at the forefront of recognises human fallibility and
its work. Our journey has been the need to design safer systems
defined by a strong commitment to around it. We focus on creating
in-house research and development, customised, evidence-based
investment in advanced testing solutions to address diverse road
facilities, automation-led production safety challenges. Factors such as
and capacity expansion. At the same road user behaviour, traffic density,
time, we place equal emphasis on vehicle speeds and changing vehicle
enhancing the skills of our application dimensions shape our approach,
teams—equipping them with both prompting us to deploy in-house
knowledge and modern machinery teams dedicated to surveying,
to deliver world-class results. analysing and collaborating with
road authorities both in India
We are proud to have pioneered and abroad. This allows us to
several firsts in India. Among these consistently provide fast, efficient,
are cold-applied plastic wide- and cost-effective outcomes.
area markings for coloured and
theme-based pedestrian crossings, The growing adoption of
horizontal signages and junction AI-driven technologies has also
improvement initiatives tailored to influenced our processes. We have
successfully integrated AI-based
improve both safety and aesthetics. systems into our manufacturing
In the domain of speed-calming and logistics operations. These
measures, we developed single- enable our automated production
application transverse bar markings
in cold-applied plastic, capable of facilities to monitor quality in
thickness ranging from 5 mm to real-time, ensure consistency and
deliver faster project turnarounds.
50 mm, offering an effective and This digital transformation is not
durable traffic calming solution.
only improving reliability but also
Our specially formulated profiled helping us establish benchmarks for
thermoplastic materials are another precision and repeatability in the
milestone, designed to provide industry.
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