EDI has initiated the end-of-life (EOL) process for several circuit flashers and load switches to streamline our product offerings. We have made all efforts to ensure effective substitute parts are available – please see the table below:

EDI will continue to support these parts. Please contact your local EDI distributor for sales, ordering, and product support.

Have you noticed the sleek curve in our sine wave and the modern updates on our website? Say hi to EDI’s brand-new aesthetic! From a revamped logo to an updated color palette and typeface, we’ve been hard at work refining our look under the new Synapse ITS platform. With decades of history in the transportation industry, we’re thrilled to unveil this evolution and showcase what it means for our valued customers and for us. 

We’ve undergone a remarkable transformation. 

EDI’s journey began humbly, with a 3-man team in founder Terry Eberle’s garage. Fast forward 44 years, and our critical infrastructure technology now monitors intersections in every city across the United States. 

In 2022 we embraced the next chapter under new ownership. This past spring, alongside our sister companies Carmanah, Polara, and Diablo Controls, we proudly introduced our parent company’s new identity – Synapse ITS – and unified our vision under a solid navy color across the platform. 

While paying homage to EDI’s familiar logo, we’ve introduced a new curve in our sine wave to reflect our forward momentum and renewed investment in product and customer service. 

We’re going BOLD. 

Navigate our website, and you’ll discover glimpses of magenta – Synapse’s signature color. What’s bolder than magenta? Our new typeface of course! As a nod to the growth and strength within our brand, our EDI acronym stands taller and more distinct than ever before. 

Stay tuned for more exciting news and changes to EDI and the Synapse ITS platform.

Acquisition enhances the platform’s intersection safety products portfolio and will accelerate Eberle Design, Inc’s product innovation and development efforts

LOS ANGELES, June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Vance Street Capital (“Vance Street”), a Los Angeles based private equity firm, today announced it has acquired Eberle Design, Inc. (“EDI” or the “Company”), a leader in intersection safety products across North America.  As part of the transaction, EDI will become part of Vance Street’s traffic and pedestrian safety ITS (Intelligent Transportation Systems) platform, which is comprised of Polara Enterprises (“Polara”) and Carmanah Technologies (“Carmanah”).  Vance Street partnered with Polara in December 2021 and Carmanah in May 2022.

Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, EDI is a leading provider of highly engineered traffic safety products and industry-leading ITS technologies that enable safe and connected infrastructure. With the most technologically advanced and durable intersection safety devices on the market, EDI’s Advanced Traffic Controller (ATC) suite of products are the latest technological advancements to increase safety, cabinet reliability, functionality, and ease of maintenance across the United States and Canada.

Founded in 1980, EDI has more than four decades of electronics & engineering heritage and has been directly enabling smart and safe infrastructure across the traffic, parking & access, emergency response and rail segments. As part of the transaction, EDI’s existing management team will continue to lead the day-to-day business operations.

“I am extremely excited about this partnership because it opens up significant opportunities for EDI to further its position as the leader in intersection safety and mission critical ITS products for safe & connected infrastructure,” said Dr. John Shearer, President of EDI. “We believe the future is bright at EDI with Vance Street’s ongoing support.  Polara, Carmanah and EDI all represent best in class businesses in the ITS space and we are excited to work together to provide leading traffic and pedestrian safety solutions.”

Steve Sandbo, Partner at Vance Street, added: “EDI has a long history of innovation and leadership within the intersection safety market and we are excited to be a part of EDI’s next chapter of growth in the space.  We believe there is tremendous opportunity to support the Company’s commitment to intersection safety and ITS solutions and we are prepared to make significant investments at EDI to accelerate the business’s product innovation, organizational infrastructure and manufacturing excellence.”

“EDI is a great example of our efforts to invest organically as well as through M&A to build a leading ITS platform to support Vision Zero’s movement to eliminate traffic related fatalities through providing a holistic product and technology solution to municipalities and DoTs,” said John LeRosen, Partner at Vance Street.

Harris Williams and Paul Hastings LLP acted as financial and legal advisors to Vance Street Capital and Polara / Carmanah.  Debt financing for the transaction was provided by Barings’ Global Private Credit and Manulife Investment Management. Cowen acted as financial advisor to EDI on the transaction. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Vance Street Capital is a middle-market private equity firm focused on investing in highly engineered solutions businesses across the industrial technology, medical, life science, aerospace and defense sectors. For over two decades, Vance Street’s partners have worked with management teams and family owners to accelerate revenue growth, improve operations and acquire strategic assets for the companies in their investment portfolio. For more information please visit: www.vancestreetcapital.com.

Eberle Design Inc. will feature the latest addition to its Intelligent Cabinet Interface to Traffic Equipment (iCITE^®) suite of products, the iCITE^® Data Aggregator DA-700-C-V2X^™, at the 99th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, January 12-16, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC. Eberle Design, Inc. will exhibit at booth #1205 in the TRB exhibition hall.

The iCITE^® Data Aggregator DA-700-C-V2X^™ can simultaneously receive and monitor SAE-J2735 protocol compliant messages transmitted wirelessly using Dedicated Short-Range Communications, (DSRC), using 802.11p protocol, and/or 5G/C-V2X messages transmitted from a connected vehicle’s On-Board Unit (OBU), or an infrastructure-based Road-Side Unit (RSU). Such data as vehicles’ Basic Safety Messages (BSM), Vulnerable Road User (VRU) messages, Signal Phase and Timing (SPaT) data, which provides real-time traffic signal state information, Map Data, which provides intersection geometry, are all available with the DA-700-C-V2X^™ unit. The DA-700^™ series enables traffic management agencies seeking immediate and affordable ways to upgrade any existing NEMA TS-2 or ATC compliant intersection into a fully Connected and Autonomous Vehicle (CAV) enabled intersection, without having to replace an entire traffic cabinet, traffic controller, or intersection safety monitor. The DA-700-C-V2X^™ carries with it the assurance of safety, compatibility and proper operating interfaces with intersection safety monitors manufactured by Eberle Design, Inc. and Reno A&E. The DA-700^™ device is compatible with any Mobile Network Operator having 4G or 5G cellular communications infrastructure, domestically or internationally.

The DA-700-C-V2X™ is also able to provide, in cooperation with an iCITE-Ready^® data analytics partner, real-time turning movement counts, amber/red actuations, arrivals on red, detector failures, preemption details, communications and power failures/alerts, split and interval timing data, and the Purdue Coordination Diagram, based upon the high resolution data set and is fully compliant with the new NEMA TS-9 Automated Performance Measures standard. All of these features are tailored to provide automated traffic signal performance measures via a Cloud-based user-friendly interface. Users can also access real-time intersection and arterial traffic data from any traffic cabinet, via high-speed internal or external communications devices, regardless of the traffic controller or central ITS system.

About Eberle Design, Inc. – An ISO 9001:2015 Registered Company – Celebrating 40 Years of Excellence
Eberle Design, Inc., based in Phoenix, Arizona- Is a global market leading manufacturer of mission critical intersection safety monitoring, vehicle detection and peripheral electronics for the traffic control, parking/access, emergency response and rail markets. Products include infrastructure control components that allow transportation and parking/access control professionals to integrate, automate and manage intersections, roads and access points easily, efficiently and safely. Eberle Design has more than five (5) million operational devices deployed worldwide to enhance motorist and pedestrian safety. EDI-Quality Products Saving Lives^®.

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Eberle Design, Inc. (EDI), the leading manufacturer of intersection safety monitoring and vehicle detection, proudly celebrated its milestone 40th anniversary this week with a special luncheon for its employees.

Since 1980, Eberle Design has been recognized as a world leading designer and manufacturer of reliable high-performance component products to enhance motorist and pedestrian safety. The EDI array of products including signal monitors, vehicle detectors, power supplies, flashers, load switches, and other vital infrastructure devices enables transportation professionals to integrate, automate, and manage traffic highways and intersections easily, efficiently and safely.

All Eberle Design products are manufactured in the USA and comply with the requirements of Section 1605 of the ARRA Buy American Act. EDI is also a proud member of ITSA, IRF, NEMA, ITE, IMSA, IPI, IDA, AFA, and 5GAA industry organizations.

EDI continues to develop new products that take advantage of technological and design advancements which keeps Eberle at the forefront of transportation innovation. “We are grateful for the vision 40 years ago of Terry Eberle, that there was a real need to monitor intersection safety. We take that mission seriously today in each of our products,” said Dr. Bill Sowell, President of Eberle Design.

About Eberle Design, Inc. – An ISO 9001:2015 Registered Company – Celebrating 40 Years of Excellence
Eberle Design, Inc., based in Phoenix, Arizona- Is a global market leading manufacturer of mission critical intersection safety monitoring, vehicle detection and peripheral electronics for the traffic control, parking/access, emergency response and rail markets. Products include infrastructure control components that allow transportation and parking/access control professionals to integrate, automate and manage intersections, roads and access points easily, efficiently and safely. Eberle Design has more than five (5) million operational devices deployed worldwide to enhance motorist and pedestrian safety. EDI-Quality Products Saving Lives^®.

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