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* [[Réseau de transport de la Capitale]] - Québec City, QC | * [[Réseau de transport de la Capitale]] - Québec City, QC | ||
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* [[Transcollines]] - MRC des Collines-de-l'Outaouais, QC | * [[Régie intermunicipale de transport des Collines|Transcollines]] - MRC des Collines-de-l'Outaouais, QC | ||
* [[Transit Windsor]] - Windsor, ON | * [[Transit Windsor]] - Windsor, ON | ||
* [[West Vancouver Municipal Transit]] - West Vancouver, BC | |||
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* [[Detroit Department of Transportation]] (DDOT) - Detroit, MI | * [[Detroit Department of Transportation]] (DDOT) - Detroit, MI | ||
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Latest revision as of 23:44, 3 September 2022
Axion Technologies, known as Balios Technologies before 2006 offers both LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) and LED (Light Emitting Diode) signs. The most popular destination signs for buses are the orange LED type.
Destination signs for buses are still marketed under the Balios name.
The company was acquired by Luminator Technology Group in 2014.
Balios
Balios Technologies Inc, established in 1989 in La Pocatière (Quebec, Canada), has supplied LED Destination Signage to a number of transit agencies since 1991. Expanding into the United States, Balios USA Inc. was established in 1999 in Long Island, New York, with sales, manufacturing and service being provided from this location.
Balios USA Inc., the official licensee of Balios Technologies Inc. products in the United States, was incorporated in the state of Delaware on February 19, 1999. The company manufactures from it's 6000 square foot facility in Huntington Station, New York. Balios USA Inc. offers 100% Buy America compliance, ADA compliance, New York State Manufacturer, and is a certified woman-owned business.
Balios HECTOR II control panel.
Newer Balios control panel.
Two-line stacking functionality on a Balios sign.
Pocatec
The main type of sign supplied by Pocatec in Canada was their LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) model. These signs were only common on GO Transit buses, including their Prevost LeMirage XL-45 and Orion V models. Later on, they introduced a orange LED sign, with a similar resolution to the Luminator Horizon signs. Calgary Transit 7701 had its signs exchanged with this product as a test. These signs were later marketed under the Axion Technologies name.
Customers
Canada 
- BC Transit - Victoria, BC
- Calgary Transit - Calgary, AB
- Coast Mountain Bus Company - Vancouver, BC
- Cobourg Transit - Cobourg, ON
- Edmonton Transit System - Edmonton, AB
- Exo Terrebonne-Mascouche - Terrebonne-Mascouche, QC
- GO Transit - Greater Golden Horseshoe, ON
- Grande Prairie Transit - Grand Prairie, AB
- Halifax Transit - Halifax, NS
- Oakville Transit - Oakville, ON
- OC Transpo - Ottawa, ON (until 2016)
- Red Deer Transit - Red Deer, AB
- Régie du transport en commun de Shawinigan - Shawinigan, QC
- Regina Transit - Regina, SK
- Réseau de transport de la Capitale - Québec City, QC
- Réseau de transport de Longueuil - Longueuil, QC
- Saskatoon Transit - Saskatoon, SK
- Société de transport de Laval - Laval, QC
- Société de transport de Lévis - Lévis, QC
- Société de transport de Montréal - Montreal, QC
- Société de transport de l'Outaouais - Gatineau, QC
- Société de transport du Saguenay - Saguenay, QC
- Société de transport de Sherbrooke - Sherbrooke, QC
- Société de transport de Trois-Rivières - Trois-Rivières, QC
- Strathcona County Transit - Strathcona County, AB
- Timmins Transit - Timmins, ON
- Transcollines - MRC des Collines-de-l'Outaouais, QC
- Transit Windsor - Windsor, ON
- West Vancouver Municipal Transit - West Vancouver, BC
- York Region Transit - York Region, ON
United States 
- Detroit Department of Transportation (DDOT) - Detroit, MI
- Metropolitan Transportation Authority (NYCMTA) - New York, NY