Bitume Info #39 published

France |

The new edition of Eurobitume France’s French-language magazine, Bitume Info, has just been published and is available to download here.

Of interest to anyone involved with the bitumen industry, Bitume Info No. 39 includes a broad mix of topical articles including:

  • Eurobitume France Director Jean-Michel Michou explains why and how Eurobitume's Mission has been updated, giving greater emphasis to education and sustainability
  • Eurobitume President Frank-Michael Biel (TotalEnergies) speaks about his experiences in Eurobitume, what it has been like to be President without being able to meet with members face to face, and how Eurobitume is helping its members to meet many common challenges facing the global bitumen industry.
  • The advantages of bitumen, which make asphalt and asphalt mixes the materials of choice for the construction of aeronautical pavements.
  • Bitumen’s important role in upgrading runway N°3 at Charles de Gaulle airport, the A13 motorway in France and a major urban roadway in Madrid.
  • A new Technical Guide from Idrrim covering the use of between 10% and 40% of Recycled Asphalt Pavement (RAP) in Hot Mix Asphalt, to help address the challenges of climate change, limited resource availability and increasing budgetary constraints.
  • An interview with Eric Ollinger, the new President of PIARC France, in which he explains the mission of PIARC France and summarises the organisation’s role and challenges.
  • Eurobitume’s Technical Information Sheet on the PAV (Pressure Ageing Vessel)
  • The safe handling of bitumen and how Eurobitume is proposing to improve the safe delivery of bitumen through the new practice of using tankers with ground venting pneumatic equipment.

To view or download a PDF of the latest issue of French-language bitumen industry magazine Bitume Info, click here.

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