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Case Studies
The following case studies demonstrate how Shell Bitumen products and services have delivered tangible benefits to our customers in five key sectors across the world.
Main Roads
- Shell Bitumen supplies Shell Cariphalte bitumen for the world’s largest stayed girder bridge in the world – the Rion-Antirion Bridge, Greece (PDF, 340 KB) - opens in new window
- Shell Bitumen helps resurface 28km of Ireland’s N7 highway with a thin surfacing solution and Shell Cariphalte TS (PDF, 455 KB) - opens in new window
Urban Roads
- Shell Mexphalte C LT - helping to give a colourful new lease of life to New Brighton coastline in Wirral, UK. (PDF, 208 KB) - opens in new window
- The historic square in Dublin sympathetically restored, using Shell's Mexphalte C to enable colour matching (PDF, 598 KB) - opens in new window
- Strasbourg light rail network now includes 33.7km of rails sealed with Shell Mexphalte C Joint P3J (PDF, 589 KB) - opens in new window
- Shell Bitufresh -developed for low odour applications in residential and urban areas (PDF, 332 KB) - opens in new window
- Shell Mexphalte C helps to paint the town red in Melbourne, Australia - improving safety on the busy Hoddle Street (PDF, 531 KB) - opens in new window
- A mix of Shell Mexphalte C and recycled glass bring a sparkle to Bordeaux's tramway lines (PDF, 433 KB) - opens in new window
- In humid conditions, Shell Mexphalte C used to create a concrete platform for the light rail system in Douai, France (PDF, 503 KB) - opens in new window
- Shell Mexphalte C shows rugby club Warrington Wolves that mastic asphalt flooring can now be produced in all the colours of the rainbow (PDF, 315 KB) - opens in new window
Rural Roads
Heavy Duty
- Shell Multiphalte flying high at Brisbane Airport, for the resurfacing of the main runway (PDF, 331 KB) - opens in new window
- Shell Multiphalte - an essential ingredient in the resurfacing of a remote Australian airport runway in Lockhart, Queensland (PDF, 495 KB) - opens in new window
- Shell S-Binder paves the way for the successful resurfacing of Frankfurt International Airport's two runways (PDF, 293 KB) - opens in new window
- Shell’s track record in Formula One proves at hit at the Hockenheim race track, Germany, with Shell Cariphalte Racetrack (PDF, 372 KB) - opens in new window
Industry
- Shell Multiphalte is a durable binder designed to meet the challenges of one of Australia's major car manufacturing plants (PDF, 321 KB) - opens in new window
- Shell Bitumen uses bituminous grouting to repair the reservoir supplying Scotland's capital city with water (PDF, 605 KB) - opens in new window
