FEDERAL SIGNAL CORP /DE/

Overview

Federal Signal Corporation is an industrial-equipment manufacturer with two core businesses: Environmental Solutions and Safety and Security Systems. Its products include street sweepers, sewer cleaners, vacuum loaders and other infrastructure-maintenance vehicles, as well as emergency-vehicle equipment, public-warning systems and industrial communications products.[1][2] Founded in 1901, the company describes its mission as delivering quality equipment and services while operating sustainably and ethically.[3][4]

The company manufactures Environmental Solutions equipment in the United States and Canada and reports 27 principal manufacturing facilities worldwide and more than 40 service centers.[1][4] For FY2025, net sales were $2,180.5 million; the company reports approximately 5,800 employees.[5][4] [1]+4

Products & services

Federal Signal’s Environmental Solutions products include street sweepers, sewer and catch-basin cleaners, industrial vacuum loaders, hydro- and vacuum-excavation trucks, high-pressure waterblasting equipment, road-marking and line-removal systems, refuse vehicles, dump bodies, trailers, and multipurpose maintenance vehicles. Product brands include Elgin, Vactor, Guzzler, TRUVAC, Jetstream, Blasters, New Way, Trackless, Ox Bodies, Crysteel, Rugby, and TowHaul. Related aftermarket services include parts, service and repair, rentals, and training.[1]

Examples of product capabilities include Elgin sweepers using mechanical, vacuum, or recirculating-air technologies; Vactor equipment for sewer cleaning and maintenance; TRUVAC excavation trucks designed for digging around underground utilities; Guzzler industrial vacuum loaders for waste recovery and materials handling; and Jetstream high-pressure waterblasting equipment.[6] A published Elgin Eagle specification lists a 74-hp auxiliary engine, 10-foot sweep path, 360-gallon water tank, and 4.5-cubic-yard hopper. The TRUVAC HXX offers 12- or 15-cubic-yard debris bodies, blower options of 4,970–6,176 cfm, and an 8-inch boom with up to 22 feet of reach and 320-degree rotation.[7][8]

The company also sells safety and warning products, including emergency-vehicle warning lights and sirens, indoor and outdoor alerting and mass-notification systems, and visual and audible industrial signaling devices for safety, process control, and evacuation.[9]+2 In FY2025, Environmental Solutions accounted for approximately 84.3% of reported net sales and Safety and Security Systems for approximately 15.7%; these are segment shares, not percentages for individual products or brands.[12] [1]+9

Geographic presence

Federal Signal’s 2025 net sales were geographically concentrated in the United States: approximately 79% were to U.S. customers and 21% to customers outside the U.S.; the cited disclosures do not break foreign sales down by country or region.[13][14]

At December 31, 2025, the company reported 20 principal manufacturing plants in the U.S., two in Europe, three in Canada and one in South Africa. It also leased sales, service and/or rental facilities in the U.S., Europe and Canada.[15] Environmental Solutions manufacturing is located in the U.S. and Canada, while Safety and Security Systems manufacturing facilities are in the U.S., Spain, the U.K. and South Africa.[1][2] [13]+4

Business segments

Federal Signal reports two business segments. Environmental Solutions generated $1,837.5 million in 2025 net sales, approximately 84.3% of the company’s $2,180.5 million total. Its products and services include street sweepers, sewer cleaners, industrial vacuum loaders, safe-digging trucks, waterblasting and road-marking equipment, refuse collection vehicles, dump bodies and trailers, and multipurpose maintenance vehicles, along with parts, service, rentals and training.[12][1]

Safety and Security Systems generated $343.0 million in 2025 net sales, approximately 15.7% of total. Its focus includes warning and communication systems and related products for public safety, emergency response, campuses, military and industrial users, such as community alerting, emergency vehicles, interoperable communications, lightbars and sirens, industrial signaling, public warning and general alarm/public-address systems.[12][2] These percentages are calculated from reported segment net sales; intersegment sales are described as insignificant.[12][16] [12]+5

Company history

Founded in Chicago in 1901 as Federal Electric Company, the business initially made electric signs. In 1915 it acquired patents for an electrically operated siren, marking its entry into warning systems. The company’s name evolved to Federal Sign & Signal Corporation in 1950 and Federal Signal Corporation in 1970; it joined the New York Stock Exchange in 1969.[17]+2

Federal Signal expanded internationally in the 1990s, including through the acquisitions of Dutch street-sweeper maker RAVO in 1992 and Spanish siren manufacturer VAMA in 1993.[18] In 2016, Jennifer L. Sherman became president and chief executive officer, succeeding Dennis J. Martin.[19][20]

A series of acquisitions from 2016 onward broadened the company’s specialty-vehicle businesses, including Truck Bodies and Equipment International in 2017 and Ground Force Worldwide in 2021. Further additions included New Way Trucks in 2025 and Mega Corp. in 2026.[21]+3

Sources

• FEDERAL SIGNAL CORP /DE/ — Full financial report (2025 Y)
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