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3M Certified Sign Fabricator

Wed, 24 Sep 2025 18:59:29 +0000

As a 3M Certified Sign Fabricator, we uphold the highest standards in traffic sign manufacturing, ensuring every sign we produce meets or exceeds MUTCD specifications. This certification is more than a badge—it’s a commitment to quality, durability, and safety.

3M’s advanced reflective sheeting technologies, combined with our quality fabrication, result in signs that are highly visible in all lighting and weather conditions. This enhanced visibility plays a critical role in driver safety, helping motorists make quicker, more informed decisions—especially in low-light or high-speed environments.

By adhering to MUTCD standards, we ensure consistency in sign design, placement, and performance across roadways, which reduces confusion and improves traffic flow. Our signs are engineered to last, resist fading, and maintain reflectivity over time, reducing maintenance costs and increasing reliability.

Safer roads start with brighter signs—and that’s exactly what we deliver.

View the video from 3M for more information on the science of the 3M Full Cube Technology and why their DG3 is so much brighter than other types of reflective sheeting: view video

Product Spotlight - Channelizers

Fri, 23 May 2025 13:53:15 +0000

Channelizer Definition

In the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), a channelizer refers to a traffic control device used to guide and direct vehicles or pedestrians safely through or around a work zone, incident area, or other temporary traffic control situations.

Channelizers in the CPC Product Line include cones, drums, barricades, or vertical panels, and they are designed to be highly visible and durable to ensure safety.

Order Channelizers online or call to order.
1-800-367-1492 | www.cpcsigns.com

Resources to Train Quality Roadway Construction Work Zone Workers and Keep Them Safer in Temporary Traffic Control Zones

Wed, 14 May 2025 20:26:09 +0000

Did you know that training your roadway workers and utilizing MUTCD compliant work zone safety products makes road safer and reduces accidents and deaths?

ATSSA has developed a Worker Protection Toolkit and has resources listed for developing road worker knowledge in temporary construction zones from basic to advanced terminology, investigations and emergency response management, flagger certifications information and traffic control hands-on practice. ATSSA offers a wide range of courses to help DOT’s to develop quality roadway workers.

CPC Signs/Custom Products Corporation is an active member of the ATSSA organization with a vested interest in promoting roadway safety. We train our employees on federal guidelines and manufacture and distribute MUTCD compliant products.

We believe that having knowledgeable salespeople and compliant work zone safety products are a part of making roadways safer.

Give our sales team a call for more information on MUTCD compliancy and Work Zone Safety Products that will help keep your roadway workers safer. 1-800-367-1492

Aluminum is considered the most recyclable material on planet Earth for Traffic Signs

Fri, 09 May 2025 12:09:25 +0000

Did You Know?

There is no “greener product” than aluminum for Traffic Signs.

Plastic signs have entered the traffic sign market multiple times over the years.
While recyling plastic for the use in making traffic signs seems like a good idea, plastics have issues that aluminum does not:

Plactic and PVC signs can be prone to fading or cracking in extreme weather.
Once the plastic sign is at the end of its life, it no longer becomes easy to recycle it again and ends up in landfills or burned.
Plastics are known to release toxins, become microplastics and enter out ground water endangering all life and our ecosystem.

Until the 1970’s, steel and wood were the primary substrates for traffic signs.
Aluminum was used during this time as well, but it was “airplane grade” (6061 alloy) which was way too expensive and unnecessary for a traffic sign.
Advancements in the aluminum industry led to new alloys in the 1970’s and 80’s, so aluminum quickly replaced steel and wood.
Since the 1980’s there have been multiple substrates designed to replace aluminum as the traffic sign substrate – fiberglass, Lexan, ACM, recycled plastic – and all have failed miserably. Aluminum has stood the test of time better than any other substrate.
Aluminum is considered the most recyclable material on planet Earth, so nothing is a “greener product”.
- Review the CPC Signs Go Green initiative: LSMINGREENERSIGNS | CPC INITIATIVES | Greener Traffic Signs & Traffic Control Devices

Order your traffic signs online at www.cpcsigns.com or call us at 1-800-367-1492 for personal customer service and a quote.

All About Sign Stands | Did You Know?

Thu, 01 May 2025 16:26:23 +0000

With so many signs stands available, ever wonder how to easily choose the right stand and sign type for the task at hand?

Did You Know?

There are a variety of sign stands available.
Stands come in economy, standard and premium styles to accomadate budgets and use type.
Wind speed plays a big role in stand selection, plus the speed of the traffic plays a role in wind speed.
The road size - number of lanes and speed - also play a big role in stand selection,
View the CPC Signs selection of stands:
- Rigid and Roll-Up Sign Stands | Work Zone | MUTCD | CPC
- Compact Wrap & Roll Signs with Ribs
To better understand the typical application of sign stand types for various applications, view out Sign Stand Buyers Guide below.
Need help deciding? Give our customer service team a call at 1-800-367-1492.
Visit our website to order online: www.cpcsigns.com

National Work Zone Awareness - Product Spotlight - Construction Work Zone Signs

Mon, 28 Apr 2025 18:22:07 +0000

Did You Know CPC Signs carries a variety of CWZ signs in our product line:

Quick Ship
Stock Program
Variety of substrates and finishes – econo thru premium
Variety of product lines – durable aluminum, crashworthy, roll-up – every combination available
MUTCD compliant and MUTCD size guidance knowledge provided to the customer
3M Matched Component Systems (MCS)
Multiple mounting systems – post, hardware, breakaway systems, surface mounts, sign stands
Dependability in many different ways!
Visit our website to find many popular products @ www.cpcsigns.com
Call to obtain a quote or place an order iwth a customer representative @ 1-800-367-1492


Temporary Traffic Control Signs and Plaques MUTCD Compliant	Crashworthy Barricade Signs Signs for Traffic & Barricade Signs

Partially Finished Fluorescent Orange Signs Interchangable Overlay Plaques	Orange Roll Up Signs Work Zone Orange Roll Up Signs

Did You Know? Stop/Slow Hand Paddles

Fri, 25 Apr 2025 18:47:32 +0000

Did You Know?

The MUTCD calls people who use Hand Paddles “flaggers” even though they don’t have a flag in their hand.
Flaggers should attend an ATSSA course (virtual or in-person) and be certified as a Flagger.
CPC carries a variety of Hand Paddle Packages, which represent the most common options available.
The CPC EZ Connect STOP/SLOW Hand Paddle Packagesare non-conductive for lightning strike prevention.
HIP Stop and 3924S Fluorescent Orange Slow can be combined on a sign to increase day and night conspicuity.
Interchangeable Hand Paddle Components are available for customers who want to create their own package or just buy components.
Call 1-800-367-1492 or visit our website www.cpcsigns.com

Chip Seal Temp Markers

Thu, 24 Apr 2025 13:14:05 +0000

Limited Time Offer: Order 28+ Boxes of Chip Seal Temp Markers and Get FREE Shipping!!*

Chip Seal Temp Markers help save lives by improving safety in construction work zones.

This Marker is Sold per Box of 500.
PRODUCT ID: RPMMC(XX)
Color/Reflective Sides: (W) White 1-Way | (WW) White 2-Way | (Y) Yellow 1-Way | (YY) Yellow 2-Way
Size: 4" x 2"
Polyurethane body allows marker to straighten itself after impact
Reflective surface is protected by clear plastic cover.
Marker Includes Pressure Sensitive Adhesive
Flexible Temporary Markers Save Time, Money and Lives.
Work Zones create hazardous driving conditions for drivers.
Each year thousands of people are killed in work zone related accidents.
Improved road markings and safe application methods hold the promise of improved safety and reduced accidents.
NOTE: Each Chip Seal Marker comes with one protective cover and 1 staple.
For 2 staples and/or 2 covers, call 1-800-357-1492 for a quote.

Call Customer Service @ 1-800-367-1492 for a customized quote.
View and Order Chip Seal Temp Markers

*Free Shipping Offer subject to change without notice.

Mississippi Mud Monsters Baseball Stadium Facility Signage

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 18:59:28 +0000

We sure had a great time helping the new expansion team Mississippi Mud Monsters get their stadium ready with new facility signage.

Who's ready for baseball season? Go check out this new expansion team in Pearl, MS. Spring and summer nights just got better in Mississippi!!

Need signage for your business or facility? Give us a call at 1-800-367-1492.

The CPC Swing Bracket is a heavy duty, quick ship, best value, top selling sign brackets

Tue, 02 Apr 2024 08:46:00 +0000

Custom Products Corporation has decades of experience providing high-quality traffic sign mounting hardware to client all across the U.S. Whether you’re adding a new sign to your community streets or replacing an old sign, our mounting hardware will keep it stable and allow it to stand strong for years to come. We carry round and U-channel posts, brackets, breakaway systems, and all the tools you’ll need to get the job done.

CPC Signs maintains a large inventory of post and overhead brackets. Chances are, we have the items you need in stock and can ship them within 24 hours of the order being placed.

We have what you need, when you need it!
Call 1-800-367-1492 for a customized quote.

Best Value: This CPC brand heavy-duty bracket offers the lowest price combined with the heavy-duty quality, when compared to the light and medium duty brackets available.

MUTCD compliant product and knowledge is a Custom Products customer benefit you can count on to save you time and money.

Overhead Sign Mounting: Did You Know?

The Manual for Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) Section 2A.17 states:

Overhead signs should be used on freeways and expressways, at locations where some degree of lane-use control is desirable, and at locations where space is not available at the roadside.
The operational requirements of the present highway system are such that overhead signs have value at many locations.
Over-crossing structures may be used to support overhead signs.
Under some circumstances, the use of over-crossing structures as sign supports might be the only practical solution that will provide adequate viewing distance.
The use of such structures as sign supports might eliminate the need for the foundations and sign supports along the roadside.
Overhead signs shall provide a vertical clearance of not less than 17 feet to the sign, light fixture, or sign bridge over the entire width of the pavement and shoulders except where the structure on which the overhead signs are to be mounted or other structures along the roadway near the sign structure have a lesser vertical clearance.

Sign Brackets for Overhead Mounting

Stainless Steel Strapping, Brackets and Tools

Posts, Brackets & Hardware Guide
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