Traffic Signs Manufacturer & Supplier


XW Reflective is a leading reflective traffic sign supplier & manufacturer in China, we provide durable quality road traffic signs products at competitive prices, the superior traffic road signs products are based on the raw reflective sheeting material from our own factory. Due to its decades-years business experience in the road safety industry, XW Reflective has a deep realization of road safety. We always can provide cost-effective & good road safety reflective signs solutions for our customers from the side of the budget and targeted effect.

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Traffic Signs Applications


There are many types of traffic signs, which can be distinguished in various ways: main signs and auxiliary signs; movable signs and fixed signs; illuminated signs, luminous signs and reflective signs; and variable information signs that reflect changes in the driving environment. XW Reflective provides main reflective traffic road sign products for road safety, there are mainly road signs products as below.

Warning sign:

Traffic warning signs are used to warn the vehicle and pedestrians, remind them to pay attention to dangerous places, and avoid accidents in advance. The color of the warning road sign is a yellow background, a black border, and a black pattern, and the shape is an equilateral triangle with the top corner pointing upwards.

bike crossing warning sign

Bike Crossing Warning Sign

cross barrier warning sign

Cross Barrier Warning Sign

Fork Road Warning Sign

rockfall warning sign

Rockfall Warning Sign

Recommend Based Reflective film XW3102 XW5200 XW7200 XW3100 XW3200 XW5102
The warning sign is recommended to use the commercial grade reflective sheeting & engineer grade retroreflective sheeting.

Prohibition signs:

Prohibition signs are one of the main signs in traffic signs, which prohibit or restrict vehicles, such as no passage, no parking, no left turn, no honking, speed limit, weight limit, etc.
The color of prohibited signs, except for individual signs, is a white background, red circle, red bar, black pattern, and pattern bar. The shape of the general prohibition sign is a circle, an octagon, and an equilateral triangle with the top corners pointing downwards. There are 42 types of prohibitive signs.

No Straight Traffic Sign

No Straight Traffic Sign

no bus sign

No Bus Sign

No bike sign

No Bike Sign

no whistle traffic sign

No Whistle Traffic Sign

Recommend Based Reflective film XW3102 XW5200 XW7200 XW3100 XW3200 XW5102
The prohibition sign is recommended to use the commercial grade reflective film & engineer grade retroreflective film.

Indication Signs:

Indication signs are used to instruct vehicles and pedestrians to drive in the specified direction and location. The color of the indicator is a blue background, with a white pattern; the shape is divided into circles, rectangles, and squares.

Signs indicate that only left (or right) turns are permitted for all vehicles. Set in place before the intersection where the vehicle must turn left (or right). When there are special regulations such as time and vehicle type, auxiliary signs or additional patterns shall be used.

proceed straight or turn right road sign

Proceed Straight Or Turn Right Road Sign

Left Turn Road Sign

Left Turn Road Sign

Go straight traffic sign

Go Straight Traffic Sign

U turn left sign

U-Turn Left Sign

Recommend Based Reflective film XW3102 XW5200 XW7200 XW3100 XW3200 XW5102
The indication sign is recommended to use the commercial grade reflective vinyl & engineer grade retroreflective vinyl.

Directional signs:

Directional signs convey information about the direction, location, and distance of the road to pedestrians, or provide information on intersecting roads, famous locations, service areas, etc.; it can ensure that road users reach their destinations quickly, smoothly and accurately. The direction sign is an information carrier that guides traffic correctly and is a safe facility to ensure smooth road traffic.

exit directional sign

Exit Directional Sign

Road Directiona signs

Road Directional Signs

Recommend Based Reflective film XW5200 XW7200 XW1700 XW1800  Or prismatic reflective sheeting
The directional sign is recommended to use the commercial grade retroreflective film, and high-intensity reflective sheeting & prismatic retroreflective sheeting

Tourist area signs:

Tourist area signs provide directions, distances, or play items to tourist attractions.

Tourist area signs

Tourist Area Signs

hiking sign

Hiking Sign

cableway sign

Cableway Sign

tourist zoom sign

Tourist Zoom Sign

Recommend Based Reflective film XW3102 XW5200 XW7200 XW3100 XW3200 XW5102
The tourist area sign is recommended to use the commercial grade reflective sticker & engineer grade retroreflective film sheeting.

Road Construction Safety Signs:

Road construction safety signs notify access to road construction areas.

Recommend Based Reflective film XW1600 XW1700 XW1800
Road construction safety sign is recommended high-intensity reflective sheeting as the based material.

Reflective Films For Traffic Signs


Reflective sign sheeting plays a decisive role in traffic signs. Different reflective sign films not only have a different refractive index, color decay time, and wear resistance, but also have great differences in price. Customers can choose different reflective film models according to the actual situation, such as the signs used in some grade highway projects must use drill grade reflective film (the graded film can be used to complete the project acceptance, while most of the multi-village roads, underground garages, and market parks in China use ordinary engineering grade or 5-year engineering grade reflective film. General urban roads are mostly of engineering-grade, high-intensity grade, and diamond grade.

Here are reflective films for traffic, you can know more information about their parameters, please check.

Engineer Grade Reflective Sheeting Films (Micro Glass Beads)

This engineering grade reflective sheeting gets the reflective feature by the micro glass beads on the surface, widely used in traffic signs which no strict requirement in reflective intensity.

Code Face Film Durability Reflection Size Feature
Screen Print Digital Print Plotter Cutting
XW5100 reflective sheeting for traffic signs
XW5100
PET 3 years 40 1.24M*45.7M N/A N/A
XW5102 PET & Acrylic reflective sheeting for road safety
XW5102
PET+ Acrylic 5 years 50 1.24M*45.7M N/A
XW5200 acrylic reflective film for traffic signs
XW5200
Acrylic 5 years 50 1.24M*45.7M N/A

XW5300
Acrylic 5 years 40 1.24M*45.7M N/A
XW5104 reflective sheeting from ChinaXW5104 PET + Acrylic 7 years 70 1.24M*45.7M N/A
XW7200 engineer grade reflective sheeting
XW7200
Acrylic 7 years 70 1.24M*45.7M N/A

(HI)High intensity Grade Reflective Sheeting Film(Micro glass beads):

High-Intensity Grade Reflective Sheeting has a high reflective effect, range 200-288 reflections. This high-reflection material can be used to manufacture Highway Signs, Regulatory Signs, School Signs Gui Signs, etc. Drivers can see the reflective signs at a long distance because of high reflection, which is formed by multi reflection from the micro glass beads on the surface layer of HI reflective film. Here are high-intensity reflective films’ parameters of XW Reflective.

Code Face Film Durability Reflection Size Feature
Screen Print Digital Print Plotter Cutting
XW1500 high intensity reflective sheeting for sale

XW1500

PVC 3 years 200 1.24M*45.7M N/A
XW1600 brown reflective sheeting roll

XW1600

PET 3 years 220 1.24M*45.7M N/A
XW1700 high intensity reflective sheeting

XW1700

PET + Acrylic 7 years 255 1.24M*45.7M
XW1800 hi vis reflective sheeting

XW1800

Acrylic 10 years 288 1.24M*45.7M

(HIP )High-Intensity Prismatic Grade Reflective Sheeting Film(Prismatic):

HIP grade reflective sheeting has the same application as micro glass beads reflective sheeting, the difference between them is the reflective technology on the surface. If you are interested in the reflective principle of prismatic and micro glass beads technology, you can turn to this article: How does it work of reflective film?

Specification Application Temperature Durability
C1.22*45.72m/roll 18-28℃ 10 years
Application Area: Traffic control, guidance, warning, and information signs, are intended for long-term vertical outdoor use.

Specific Coefficient of Retroreflection (ASTM D4956-17 Type IV sheeting)

(unit: cd/Lx/m²)

Observation Angle 0.1° 0.2° 0.5°
Entrance Angle -4° 30° -4° 30° -4° 30°
white 500 240 360 170 150 72
Yellow 380 175 270 135 110 54
Red 90 42 65 30 27 13
Green 70 32 50 25 21 10
Blue 42 20 30 14 13 6
Brown 25 12 18 8.5 7.5 3.5
FI.Yellow-green 400 185 290 135 120 55
FI.Yellow 300 140 220 100 90 40

Summary of traffic signs


Traffic signs are made of reflective film, used on the road to keep road safety.  However, in terms of the cost-effectiveness and the applied environment, the road traffic signs are made of different grade reflective sheeting.

For example, the traffic warning signs on the city road generally use the engineer-grade reflective sheeting as based material, but the barrier sign on the highway needs the high-intensity reflective sheeting as the based material.  Choosing the suitable retroreflective film for the traffic safety sign is cost-efficient.  XW Reflective manufactures reflective sheeting for traffic signs, customized traffic sign colors and traffic signs printables are available.

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FAQ Guide for Reflective Traffic Signs


XW Reflective is developing as a professional reflective sheeting manufacturer in China firstly, we supplied reflective film for traffic signs worldwide, reflective films are usually used for engineer safe products, made as traffic signs, safety construction signs, and safety tape for trucks, etc. In the promotion of the road safety market, XW Reflective starts to process retro-reflective film as traffic signs for our customers.  We process our retroreflective film products as traffic signs, like Street signs, Information Signs, Cautionary Signs, Mandatory Signs, and so on, all of them have reflection features to enhance the visibility of these signs, reduce traffic accidents and avoid other unnecessary safety accident.

Traffic signs are thin sheets with symbols, numbers, shapes used to communicate to drivers or motorists on roads. But it can be difficult to see traffic signs at night. And invisible traffic signs can lead to accidents on roads at night.

To make traffic signs visible at night, they are coated with a reflective film that reflects light to a vehicle’s headlights. This helps drivers to see the symbols and instructions on traffic signs, thereby preventing accidents and ensuring safety on the road.

Reflective traffic signs work by the principle of retro-reflectivity. Retroreflectivity is the property of a material to reflect light that falls on it to its source.

Reflective traffic signs are made of glass or prismatic beads which are retro-reflective in nature. Prismatic beads are coated on a thin aluminum sheet or film. They are then designed into signs or shapes and used as traffic signs.

So, when light from a vehicle’s headlights falls on the traffic sign, the coated glass beads reflect it to headlights. This makes the reflective traffic signs visible at night and low visibility areas.

Traffic signs come in different forms. They include regulatory:

reflective traffic signs

  • Regulatory signs
  • Warning signs
  • Cautionary signs
  • Guide signs
  • Street signs
  • Mandatory signs
  • Information signs

There are 8 main colors used for reflective traffic signs. These colors are:

  • red
  • yellow
  • white
  • orange
  • black
  • green
  • blue

Red colours are used as stop or prohibited signs. Yellow colours are for warning signs and white colours for regulatory signs. Orange colours are for construction signs and black for regulatory signs. Green colours are used for guide signs, blue colours for motorist services and brown colours for public recreation.

Yes, stop signs are reflective because they are coated with glass beads which repel light to its source.

Traffic signs are so reflective because they are made of prismatic glass beads that are retro-reflective in nature. This allows traffic signs to reverse light that falls on it to their source.

Yes, most traffic signs are made of aluminum. An aluminum sheet is covered with retro-reflective plastic film coating to reflect light at night or low visibility areas.

Aluminum is mostly used for traffic signs because it is lightweight but strong and does not rust. This makes aluminum ideal for outdoor traffic sign applications. Also, aluminum sheets can easily be customized and printed in different colors, shapes, and sizes.

Different types of aluminum are used for reflective traffic signs, depending on the type of its application.

Some reflective traffic signs are also made of plastic. In this case, the retroreflective sheet is coated on a plastic object instead of aluminum. Most reflective traffic films made of plastic are temporal.

Reflective traffic signs have applications in a wide range of industries. Some of the top industries that use reflective traffic signs are:

  • Automobile industry
  • Construction industry
  • Transportation industry
  • Factories
  • Schools
  • Hospitals

As a leading reflective sheeting manufacturer, XW Reflective specializes in manufacturing quality reflective films for your traffic signs.

Our high-intensity grade reflective sheeting can be used for highway signs, regulatory signs, guide signs, cautionary signs, school signs, information signs, etc.

XW Reflective offers you high-grade reflective sheeting like XW1500, XW1600, XW1700, and XW1800.

Yes, XW reflective can supply you with customized reflective films for your traffic signs.