Pakar Shell Bitumen (aspal) sosialisasikan informasi terbaru teknologi Bitumen di Indonesia

“Saya senang mendapat kesempatan untuk berbagi informasi terbaru mengenai teknologi aspal kepada para stakeholders uatama kami di Indonesia. Kami yakin mereka akan mendapatkan manfaat dari informasi terbaru ini, seiring dengan kegiatan pembangunan infrastruktur di Indonesia yang kini menjadi fenomena,” ucap John yang memimpin tim ahli Shell Bitumen dalam memperbarui buku panduan.

Komitmen Shell dalam riset dan pengembangan telah memungkinkan Shell menghasilkan berbagai hal terbaik bagi industri aspal seperti bahan perekat berwarna, larutan bertemperatur rendah, aspal dan perekat bawah air. Kini, Shell memiliki 49 hak paten untuk teknologi aspal.

Shell Bitumen adalah produsen aspal terbesar di dunia dan bereputasi dalam mendukung beragam proyek infrastruktur utama di Indonesia. Didirikan di Indonesia tahun 2008, Shell Bitumen telah menjadi pemasok produk aspal berkualitas tinggi, terutama untuk jalan raya dan lintasan bandara. Aspal yang dikirim langsung dari pabrik Shell Pulau Bukom di Singapura disimpan di berbagai gudang penyimpanan strategis di seluruh Indonesia, seperti Merak, untuk konsumen di Jawa Barat dan Jawa Tengah. Shell Bitumen juga telah membangun jaringan 15 depot besar dengan pihak ketiga, termasuk di Jawa, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Sumatra dan Nusa Tenggara. Konsumen juga didukung oleh para ahli teknis di Indonesia, dan di satu dari tiga Shell Bitumen Regional Technical Center yang berlokasi di Bangkok, Thailand.

Produk Shell Bitumen telah banyak digunakan di berbagai proyek di seluruh dunia, termasuk di sirkuit F1 yang menjadi ikon di Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Jerman (Hockenheim dan Nurburgring), Malaysia, sirkuit Singapura dan lintasan uji balap milik Ferrari di Fiorano, Italia. Sementara itu, produk Shell Bitumen untuk bandara telah digunakan di 8 dari 10 bandara terbaik di dunia1, termasuk proyek ambisius 80 hari rehabilitasi lintasan Bandara Internasional Dubai pada tahun 2014.

Di Indonesia, produk Shell Bitumen telah banyak digunakan di berbagai proyek infrastruktur utama, seperti jalan tol Jakarta-Cikampek, Purbaleunyi, Surabaya-Mojokerto dan Semarang-Solo. Berbagai produk Shell Bitumen juga telah digunakan di beragam proyek di 24 bandara utama di Indonesia, termasuk Aceh, Bandung, Labuan, Semarang dan Surabaya,

1Airports Council International, 2015

Catatan untuk Editor:

• Shell adalah produsen aspal terbesar di dunia dan menghasilkan cukup aspal untuk melapisi satu kilometer jalan per empat menit.
• Shell menyediakan beragam produk aspal berkualitas mulai dari aspal standar hingga aspal dengan polimer khusus (PMB), yang telah dipasarkan dengan nama Shell Cariphate dan cocok untuk berbagai aplikasi, termasuk jalan raya, jalan pedesaan, serta aspal berpori untuk sistem drainase perkotaan. Produk ini juga sesuai untuk jalan berbeban berat termasuk lintasan bandara, sirkuit, bundaran dan jalur bus. Produk ini juga bermanfaat untuk aplikasi berat seperti rel, pelabuhan, dek jembatan, sistem penambal keretakan, trotoar beton dan sambungan.
• Shell Bitumen Handbook, yang pertama kali diterbitkan di Inggris tahun 1949 dengan nama Mexphalte Handbook telah terjual sebanyak 20,000 buah di 40 negara di seluruh dunia. Banyak industri menganggap buku panduan ini sebagai panduan utama dalam teknologi pengaspalan. Kini, buku ini digunakan sebagai referensi utama para kontraktor dan ahli teknik sipil di seluruh dunia.
• Shell Bitumen menjalankan sebuah jaringan Regional Technical Center yang berlokasi di berbagai wilayah utama (Beijing, Cina, Strasbourg, Perancis dan Bangkok, Thailand.)

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