由于新冠肺炎疫情的影响，原定于2020年举办的意大利Asphaltica展会推迟，将于2021年10月20日至22日在意大利维罗纳举行。

　　该展会由Veronafiere展览中心与意大利沥青行业协会(SITEB)联合举办，重点关注道路施工行业的技术和解决方案。

　　Asphaltica展会将在Veronafiere展览中心的4号展厅举行，同时还有一个室外展区，用于展示大型设备和沥青砾石生产工厂。

　　展览中心采取了一系列措施，以确保参观者和参展商的安全，包括在入口处设立热扫描仪，对进出人员的管理，在线售票，对空调系统和餐厅进行消毒，使用智能摄像机进行人群控制措施等。

　　Veronafiere报告称，与沥青相关的供应链在意大利的价值超过20亿欧元，直接雇员人数达3.5万人，加上相关市场从业人数达50万人。

　　原文如下：

　　New dates for Italy’s Asphaltica show

　　By Mike Hayes

　　Road infrastructure solutions event, postponed from 2020, will go ahead on 20 October, 2021

　　Italy’s Asphaltica exhibition, postponed in 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic, will now take place in Verona between 20 and 22 October, 2021.

　　The show, focusing on technologies and solutions within the road construction industry, is organised by Veronafiere, in partnership with the Italian asphalt industry association SITEB.

　　Asphaltica will be held in Hall 4 at the Veronafiere Exhibition Centre, but will also feature an outdoor area, where large equipment and bituminous conglomerate production plant will be displayed.

　　A range of measures have been put in place at the exhibition centre, to ensure the safety of visitors and exhibitors, including thermo-scanners at the entrance gates, management of entry and exit flows in and out of facilities, online ticketing, continuous sanitisation of the venue and air conditioning systems, as well as a reorganisation of CATering services and crowd control measures, using intelligent cameras.

　　Giovanni Mantovani, CEO of Veronafiere, said, “Together with SITEB and the main stakeholders in the supply chain, we have identified the end of October as a suitable time slot for holding Asphaltica in complete safety, as well as responding to the business needs of companies and operators and supporting the restart of the market.”

　　Michele Turrini, president of SITEB, said, “The new edition of Asphaltica, after the postponement last year, will take on a crucial role in relaunching a sector which in these difficult times has proven its resilience; today, our sector is called upon, with suitable support and strategic vision from the new government, to play a fundamental role in the safety and sustainability of the infrastructures of our country.

　　Turrini added, “We are working to prepare an edition that, while ensuring all safety protocols, will be a strategic occasion for meetings and comparisons for the entire road sector value chain, involving companies, public administrations and institutions.”

　　Veronafiere reports that the supply chain associated with bitumen is worth over €2 billion in Italy, directly employing 35,000 people, with up to 500,000 taking associated sectors into account.