Mark Kelly of Easton, CT started the company in 1973 as a small family owned pavement marking business serving Fairfield County, Connecticut. With constant development came broader, more significant contracts and expansion. Safety Marking LLC. celebrates the company’s milestones with 48 years of dedicated service. The company now has offices in Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New York.
Our Team at Safety Marking LLC. strives to be the safest and most professional pavement marking company in the industry. We continually test and improve our services to ensure the highest level of quality is safely delivered successfully on time and every time. Our success is driven by safety, premium-quality service, innovation and continuous development.
Our success is built on teamwork, collaboration, dedication and preserverance. Our Team succeeds every day by possessing the knowledge and the skills to accomplish our goals.
We work together. We succeed together. Together we go further.
Safety Marking Acquires Straight Line Industries
Bridgeport, CT, May 7, 2025 – Safety Marking (“SMC” or “the Company”), a leading provider of pavement marking services and a portfolio company of Highview Capital, LLC (“Highview”), announced the acquisition of Straight Line Industries (“Straight Line”). This...
New SMC Training Facility
Safety Marking LLC has expanded its Training resources with a new 1,000-square-footfacility, reinforcing its commitment to employee development and industry excellence. This state-of-the-art space is designed to support all employees, from onboarding new hires to road...
2024 Annual Thanksgiving Food Drive
Safety Marking LLC gives to the Thomas Merton Center Food Drive every year as an investment in compassion, stability, and community strength. The center plays a vital role in providing meals, shelter, and resources to individuals facing hardship, ensuring that...
SMC launches the New Legacy Tool
Safety Marking LLC has introduced its new Legacy tool, a cutting-edge digital scheduling system designed to enhance efficiency, speed, and accuracy within the operations department. This investment reflects the company’s commitment to streamlining workflow processes,...
Highview’s Buy Marks the Way
Safety Marking is one of the nation's largest independent pavement marking providers with operations across the Northeast SMC’s products and services include rumble strips, recessed pavement markings, hydroblasting (to remove old markings), airports markings,...
Safety Marking LLC. Launches the New Grinder Hog
The Grinder Hog, four-head groover, is now part of Safety Marking LLC’s. impressive fleet. SMC recognizes the advantages of specialized technology, and the capabilities of the new vehicle are immediately evident according to Department Head, Dan Firpi, “This system...
Safety Marking LLC. Encourages CDL Endorsements
Safety Marking believes in providing their employees with the tools they need to succeed in the pavement marking industry. Although not a requirement for every role, all road crew employees are strongly encouraged to acquire a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL)....
Safety Marking LLC. discusses the evolving relationship between Autonomous Driving Cars and Pavement Marking
Car manufacturers incorporate more autonomous features in their vehicles every year, and drivers continue to expect more autonomy from their vehicles as the technology advances. With this evolution underway, the question of how vehicles ‘read’ the road has become a...
Mark Kelly of Safety Marking LLC. completes 4000 Square Foot Expansion for Fleet Maintenance Facility
Five new service bays at Safety Marking’s headquarters in Bridgeport, CT are now operational. The new mechanical building dramatically increases the company’s workflow, productivity, and efficiency. “We have nearly doubled our capacity to receive and service fleet...
Military skills align with the staffing needs of the pavement marking industry
Currently, there are approximately 200,000 service members exiting the military each year and most are looking for work in a related field; in an environment where they can utilize their military experience. A key part of successfully transitioning from military...
Safety Marking LLC.’s Founder Mark Kelly Spotlights the Story of Two Brothers and Their Long Journey with the Company
Mark Kelly, Safety Marking’s Founder and President, proudly shared the story of immigrant brothers and dedicated long-term employees: Mooyad and Moffaq Balu “We are fortunate to have amazing employees and be in business long enough to be a part of our employees’ life...
Safety Marking LLC. celebrates National Safety Month with new AEDs installed in all office locations
Safety Marking LLC. celebrates National Safety Month with new Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) installed in each of their three locations. June is recognized as National Safety Month and is sponsored annually by the National Safety Council. The goal for this...
Safety Marking LLC. Launches Radar Speed Sign Initiative
2020 traffic fatalities are highest in 13 years. Fatal motor vehicle crashes in 2020 increased 8% over 2019 despite a decrease in vehicles on the road. Radar Speed Signs are now part of the ongoing Safety initiatives at Safety Marking, Inc. SMC recognizes safety...
Mark Kelly Explores the History of Pavement Marking
Though it might be hard to imagine, there was a point in time where drivers took to the open road with no markings in sight. At the beginning of the last century, pavement markings still ceased to exist as only 55,000 automobiles were present in the entire United...
Safety Marking of Bridgeport Replaces Cable with Dedicated Fiber in All Buildings
Safety Marking, a Bridgeport-based pavement marking company, is taking a technological leap by advancing from cable to dedicated fiber at their headquarters in Bridgeport, Ct. in all of their buildings. The company is adopting this infrastructure to increase...
Safety Marking LLC. of Bridgeport, CT Discusses the Importance of Highly Visible Pavement Markings
Safety Marking LLC., a pacesetting leader in the pavement marking industry, breaks down the reasons why highly visible pavement markings are crucial for the traveling public. Safety Marking LLC. is a family-owned business and a leader in the pavement marking industry....
New Training Facility at SMC Headquarters in Bridgeport, CT
"I am totally committed to training our people in every way. We recently hired Daniel King to Manage our Learning and Development efforts,” said Mark Kelly, President of SMC. Daniel brings 25 years of Learning and Development experience to SMC including roles as an...
Congratulations!
Congratulations to our team! We just won the Rhode Island East Bay 2017 Contract 2017-CT-001. Excellent Job!
Striping for Flight
We recently completed re-striping JFK, LGA, EWR, SWF and TEB airports. Next time you are taking off or landing take a look at our work!