BSI moves main office to Vacaville

BSI moves main office to Vacaville
Barrier Systems Inc. brings headquarters to Vaca Valley Pkwy.
Submitted by the City of Vacaville

Even in the struggling economic environment we are experiencing, good things are happening in Vacaville because of the advantages it has to offer businesses. Barrier Systems Inc. (BSI) is an example of a company that has been drawn to Vacaville to take advantage of our location, services and amenities.

In September 2008, Barrier Systems Inc. (BSI) relocated its headquarters to Vacaville from its original home in Rio Vista. The company leased 9,800 square feet of office space at 3333 Vaca Valley Parkway, opposite Kaiser Medical Center and Genentech, to house 24 employees who provide administration, accounting, marketing and engineering services to the company.

BSI originally incorporated in California in 1984, formed around a concept of producing a moveable barrier that could be repositioned to alter a roadway’s lane configuration to maximize existing highway capacity. Over the past 25 years, BSI has become a leader in the development of quickchange moveable barriers that can switch lanes during rush hour traffic to reduce congestion and increase safety. The company also develops, designs and markets crash cushions that absorb or deflect the energy of an accident as well as specialty barriers that utilize the latest technology and materials to improve motorist and highway worker safety.

The most noticeable of BSI’s products are the Quickchange Moveable Barrier elements which link together to separate opposing lanes of traffic, and the Barrier Transfer Machine that realigns them. The system is currently in use in New Zealand and Canada. In the United States, it can be found in Manhattan, Boston, Honolulu, Washington D.C., San Diego and Dallas. Each of the Barrier Transfer Machines is custom constructed in Rio Vista to meet the particular requirements of the situation in which it will be used. The Barrier Transfer Machine can transfer up to 10 miles of movable barrier an hour.

The company also makes a number of other technology-based traffic control and safety products. Crash cushions are designed to compress when struck, absorbing the energy of a crash in order to minimize the level of injuries and damage. In addition, BSI also manufactures products to provide mobile truck mounted crash cushions and lightweight, easily moved, ground-based barriers to provide protection for highway construction workers.

BSI is a welcome addition to Vacaville’s business community. It broadens our economic diversity, rovides quality jobs, and its unique products benefit the environment by allowing traffic to flow more quickly thereby reducing emissions.

BSI was acquired by Lindsay Manufacturing Co. in June 2006 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company. The purchase price paid to the stockholders of BSI was approximately $35 million. Lindsay manufactures and markets systems and equipment which are used by farmers to increase or stabilize crop production while conserving water, energy, and labor.

The Company also produces large diameter steel tubing and provides outsourced manufacturing and production services for other companies.