This report has been produced by the Road Safety Markings Association in order to provide all
stakeholders within the road marking sector with a summary of the problems being faced by the
sector as a result shortages of raw materials vital to the manufacture of road marking product, as
at 6th May 2010.

These raw material shortages have a potentially massive impact upon all stakeholders whether they
are Material Manufacturers, Road Marking Contractors, Central Government Agencies, Term
Maintenance Agents & Contractors, Local Authority Clients or actual road users. The implications of
material shortages range from financial to critical road safety solutions and there is a need for all
stakeholders to respond to the issues that are raised in the report.

The report provides an impartial outline of the problems being faced along, with an analysis of what
this could mean for clients and contractors over the Summer of 2010, in terms of availability of road
marking materials and the upward price pressures that these raw materials shortages are
generating.

Issues surrounding raw material shortages, potential finished material shortages and rising material costs in the road marking and high friction sector are discussed in this report. 

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