NAPA Weekly
June 10, 2025
 
Wirtgen Group
 

   
The NAPA 2025 Midyear Meeting is coming up July 8-11 in Kentucky, but there's still time to reserve your spot in Louisville.
 
Already registered? Louisville has something for everyone so plan your itinerary around optional activities and experiences ranging from bouldering and BMX, to baseball bats and bourbon.


 

On June 3, NAPA became the first construction materials organization to meet with U.S. Secretary for Transportation Sean Duffy and his team. Gathering at USDOT headquarters, the group discussed the future of the asphalt pavement industry.

“We’re grateful for the opportunity to represent the asphalt pavement industry and advance policies that keep our highway and airfield infrastructure strong, reliable, and safe,” said NAPA President & CEO Audrey Copeland.
 
 
 
   

Asphalt Mix Producers: Help NAPA gather 2024 construction season data by completing these surveys by July 1.

ASTEC
Asphalt Drum Mixers, Inc. (ADM)
 
   

NAPA's Pavement Economics Committee (PEC) is looking to explore the performance of advanced asphalt materials and mix designs in high-stress applications, launching a Request for Proposals (RFP) centered on the subject.

The PEC has made up to $75,000 in funding available for this 12-month contract.

Access the RFP. Proposals are due June 13.

 

The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) outright ban on chlorinated solvents continues to be under review and in litigation.

Unless further extended, QA/QC laboratories that currently use TCE are required to complete initial employee industrial hygiene monitoring by Sept. 14, per EPA’s TCE Risk Management Rule. 
 
 
 
Bomag Americas, Inc.
 
In the latest episode of Pave It Black, Richard and Brett talk with Albert Cuiksza, who helps companies transition successfully by focusing on emotional intelligence and relationship dynamics.
 
Cuiksza shares what truly makes or breaks a succession plan, drawing on decades of consulting experience across industries.
 
Kenco Engineering, Inc.
Ingevity
 

The best and brightest among NAPA members' emerging leaders will gather this September in Savannah for the 2025 IMPACT Leadership Conference.

Host hotel The Desoto, located just 12 miles from the Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport, will serve as the backdrop for three days of learning, networking, and growing for up-and-coming leaders from across the asphalt pavement industry.

 

 
   

The spring edition of Asphalt Technology News explores research at the National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT) at Auburn University through topics like preheating reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) and the differences in balanced mix design (BMD) test results between lab- and plant-produced mixtures. 

 



Ammann America
ASTEC