TOTAL ENERGIES
RICK ASHTON TITLE : MARKET DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
INDUSTRY : OIL & ENERGY LOCATION : PRESTON , UK
EXECUTIVE BIO
I started in the sector in 1989 in an aggregates and asphalt testing laboratory with Hanson covering quarrying and asphalt operations . I studied construction materials technology with Bath College , then quarrying and asphalt technology with Doncaster College . I joined Aggregate Industries as a Technical Manager , managing on-site asphalt testing , laboratories , and various R & D projects before joining TotalEnergies as Market Development Manager in 2011 . My role involves marketing communications , technical liaison , market development and representing TotalEnergies at international conferences and seminars . I ’ m a member of the Chartered Institute of Highways and Transportation , Institute of Quarrying , and a Branch Chairman of the Institute of Asphalt Technology . Also , the Asphalt Industry Alliance PR Committee liaising with ‘ The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Better Roads ’ and have assisted BSI working groups in the writing and publication of the current UK Asphalt standards .
Sustainable solutions for customers According to Rick Ashton , Market Development Manager at TotalEnergies Marketing UK , offering customers a range of sustainable solutions is essential in modern manufacturing . One such solution is the increased adoption of low temperature bitumen that can be used in warm mix asphalt .
“ The focus at the moment is lowering the temperature of asphalt ,” Ashton explains . “ Conventional asphalt is mixed at around 180 ° C and that takes a lot of energy . If we can lower the manufacturing temperature by chemically
36 April 2023