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Road Marking business area / Products and product developmentHopla® consists of a variety of different number and letter games combined with roads so that children can, at the same time, learnhow to behave in traffic.2- and 3-component materialsThese materials consist of severalcomponents and a peroxide activatorthat are blended together immediatelybefore or during application. Thecomponents react quickly with eachother to form a very strong roadmarking with excellent features. 2-component systems are manufacturedfor the German market in particular.Premark ®Premark ® products are prefabricatedsymbols manufactured from thermoplasticmaterials by LKF Vejmarkering,Geveko’s subsidiary in Denmark.Premark ® products are mainly usedfor marking of traffic information onthe road surface and consist of officialand registered traffic symbols andletters as well as countless othersymbols and figures. Some of theproducts are described on this page.DecoMark ®DecoMark ® products are manufacturedin a broad spectrum of sizesand colours for use as tourist information,logos, advertising, games inschool playgrounds, decoration etc.The products are UV-resistant andtherefore retain their colour over along period of time.Hopla ®LKF Vejmarkering and the DanishEducation Authority have jointlylaunched the “Play and Learn” projectto improve learning opportunitieswhilst playing. Danish pupils nowhave a way to learn about figuresand letters in combination with outdoorphysical activities. The productsare permanently applied in schoolplaygrounds. Amager School inSkjern is the first school in Denmarkwhere the activity game Hopla ® hasbeen introduced. It consists of avariety of different number and lettergames combined with roads so thatchildren can, at the same time, learnhow to behave in traffic. LKF plansto launch the Hopla ® conceptthroughout the rest of Europe.TacPad ® and TacGuide ®Road signs, traffic lights and roadmarkings are traffic aids for themajority of people. However, othertraffic products are required to createa safe environment for the blind orpartially sighted. LKF Vejmarkeringhas developed its TacPad ® andTacGuide ® ranges of products to aidpeople with impaired vision in traffic.TacPad ® informs the visuallyimpaired of where they are in relationto steps, pedestrian crossings or a liftdoor. TacGuide ® ‚ warns and guidesthe visually impaired through hazardoustraffic environments such asbus stops and railway platforms.Although the products are mainlyintended for application on asphaltsurfaces, they can also be used onother surfaces such as concrete andstone. Markings for blind people aremanufactured to satisfy the specificrules that apply in individual countries.They have been applied at railwaystations in France, Norway andGreat Britain, for example.Road-marking systemsAccident statistics show that mosttraffic accidents occur in the darkand/or on wet roads. Road markingsare therefore being developed with afocus on their visibility in the darkand on wet surfaces. Nitebrite-Checkerboard , DropOnLine ,Aquaflex and ViziSpot ® ‚ are applicationsystems that have been developedto improve the visibility of roadmarkings.Road signsRoad signs are manufactured for theRomanian market by a joint-venturecompany between Plastidrum inRomania and Signaux Girod, France.The business of the Hungarian subsidiaryMagyar Plastiroute consists,apart from the production of verticalroad signs, of the erecting of trafficdirection signs and signboards. In2007 Magyar Plastiroute also startedmanufacture of VMS (Variable Mes -saging Signs) products and systems.35