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Asphalt in Figures 2019 The European Asphalt Pavement Association (EAPA) has released its overview of the latest available production figures of the European Asphalt Industry, the “EAPA Asphalt in Figures 2019”. EAPA is the voice of the Asphalt Paving Industry in Europe and works to ensure that the use of asphalt, as the optimum choice for the construction and maintenance of the vital European road infrastructure, is fully appreciated, promoted and implemented. Conscious of the...

Classification of readiness of European highways for adopting connected, automated and electric vehicles Classification of readiness of European highways for adopting connected, automated and electric vehicles Automated and electric vehicles are seen nowadays as the greatest tools of humanity to meet European objectives of Zero Deaths on European roads and Carbon Neutrality by 2050. But is the European Road Network prepared to support the traffic of this type of vehicles? The European Asphalt Pavement Association...

Autumn 2020 Committee meetings On 29-30 September and 1 October, EAPA held the Autumn 2020 Committee meetings with the agenda full of different topics related to the fields of sustainability, H&S, technical developments, standardisation and digital “asphalt 4.0” tools. In this occasion, and with the aim of opening the Association to new topics and external collaborations, EAPA Members celebrated the participation of outstanding Invited Speakers, who shared their expertise on the following topics: • Prof....

News EAPA News Questionnaire Breixo Gómez-Meijide Convenor CEN TC227 WG1 EAPA Technical Director, Breixo Gomez, has been appointed as new Convenor of CEN Technical Committee 227 – Working Group 1. The decision was first unanimously agreed by the Members of the Working Group during the last meeting on 6th and 7th May 2020, and then voted by the National Mirror Committees of the Members States on 17th June 2020. In this way, Breixo takes over...

News EAPA News Questionnaire New innovation section! We have created a section that presents some of the main technologies already available in the market, and which are changing the way that asphalt roads are produced, from the quarry and asphalt plant to the jobsite. go to Innovation page

News EAPA News Questionnaire Covid-19 Crisis: The European construction sector calls for urgent measures Facing the Covid-19 outbreak, the world is fighting a pandemic of unprecedented proportions in modern times, currently causing a health emergency. A few days ago, many European associations, representing the construction sector, amongst them EAPA together with other products associations (under the banner of Construction Products Europe), signed a joint call to the European institutions and the European Member States to...