During the year we organised a variety of events to help promote the efficient, safe use of bitumen in road, industrial and building projects and create a positive environment for a sustained bitumen demand.
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More than 130 people from the bitumen industry, government, local and city authorities, professional associations, academia and other road industry stakeholder organisations attended Eurobitume France’s third Rencontres Bitume, at the FNTP (National Federation of Public Works) building in Paris.
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Jean-Michel Michou from Eurobitume France opened the event with a brief presentation about the 50 years of service Eurobitume has given to the European bitumen industry between 1969 and 2019. He then focused on the handling and transport of bitumen, and spoke about Eurobitume’s updated new Safe Delivery of Bitumen Guide.
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Christine Leroy (pictured) from Routes de France provided valuable updates on Emulsion Plant Safety and Combined Slurry Seal Surface Dressing.
Heidi Kauffmann from Cerema, a member of IDRRIM’s ‘Winter damage’ Working Group, addressed the Masters of Works in the audience about how good working practices can prevent damage to roads in Winter.
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Jean-Eric Poirier (pictured) from Colas spoke about sustainable development, in particular the national MURE (MUlti-REcycling of asphalt mixes) project.
BN Pétrole’s Jean-François Balaÿ and Bernard Schaffner from BN Pétrole spoke about the interaction between European standardization and CE marking for bituminous binders.
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UFIP President Francis Duseux (pictured) and UFIP Technical Director - Refining, Safety and Environment Franck Chevallier talked about the oil situation and explained what the new IMO 2020 regulation on the reduction of sulphur content in marine fuels consists of and its consequences on bitumen quality.
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Eurobitume President Christophe Jacquet (Total) closed the event, praising the organisation, the comprehensive programme, the contributions of all the speakers and invited everyone to the networking cocktail reception afterwards.
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More than 100 people from member companies, invited guests and friends of Eurobitume past and present took part in our two-day Spring Meeting in Brussels, which began with a ’50 years of Eurobitume and beyond’ seminar, moderated by professional facilitator Katrina Sichel.
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Featuring interviews with a number of previous senior Eurobitume team members – including (L-R) former Director General Aimé Xhonneux, former President Carl Robertus and former Eurobitume Director General Philippe Dewez – and Asphalt Institute Chairman Ralph Shirts (second left) – the seminar revisited some of the key industry milestones and deliverables since Eurobitume’s foundation in 1969.
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Eurobitume Director General Siobhan McKelvey (centre) presented recognition plaques to former HSE Committee Chair Karin Hennung (Nynas) (left) and new HSE Committee Chair Simon Pritchard (Puma) (right).
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We further strengthened our links with the Asphalt Institute by signing a new Strategic Partnership Agreement with them. (L-R) Christophe Jacquet, Kat Crownover (AI), Siobhan McKelvey and Pete Grass (AI).
Members elected Markus Spiegl (OMV) as the new President of Eurobitume.
Frédérique Cointe (ExxonMobil) was elected as the new Vice-President
Keith Stone (Shell) was re-elected as Treasurer
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More than 80 people from Eurobitume member companies, invited guests and the Eurobitume team attended our two-day Autumn Meeting in the beautiful city of Vienna.
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Keynote speaker Dr Andreas Pfeiler, from the Austrian Economic Chambers for the Aggregates Sector, opened the afternoon seminar - ‘Reflections on Circular Economy, Sustainability and how Eurobitume is working for our members on technical standardisations’ - with his expert view on energy, circularity, circular economy and CO2 linked to the construction material industry. He also provided insights from Austria into the EU political arena and perspective.
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Eurobitume Senior Technical Advisor Mike Southern spoke about Life Cycle Inventories, Eurobitume’s updated LCI (Life Cycle Inventory) report and database, and advised how Eurobitume members can use this report.
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Anja Sörensen, Eurobitume’s focal person for CEN (the European Committee for Standardisation), spoke about product standards, the CEN process and how Eurobitume is involved on behalf of members.
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In the evening, participants enjoyed a Eurobitume Welcome Reception and Dinner in the impressive Gerstner Salons Privés building.
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Building on discussions and developing dialogues at the Autumn Meeting.
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Building on discussions and developing dialogues at the Autumn Meeting.
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500 people involved with road building in the Netherlands, particularly the application of asphalt pavements, attended the 12th Asfaltdag (Asphalt Day) – jointly organised by VBW (Vakgroep Bitumineuze Werken van Bouwend Nederland, the Bituminous Works Department of Bouwend Nederland) and Eurobitume Benelux - to hear about and discuss the latest developments in mobility, road pavements and asphalt.
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Ron Peddemors from Rijkswaterstaat (RWS), the executive organisation of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, outlined RWS’ vision for the future and sustainable road paving.
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Asphalt-Impuls Steering Group Chairman and RWS Director Edwin Griffioen (left) gave delegates an update on the Asphalt-Impuls program.
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Laurens Smal highlighted the importance of the updated Eurobitume bitumen LCI report because of its role in enabling sustainability comparisons to be made between alternative solutions proposed by different asphalt producers.
