The Gavio family owns 51.5% of ASTM, which is increasingly focused on the American market. The company won another tender, this time from the Solano Transportation Authority (STA), a traffic management authority in Solano County (California). ASTM will be responsible for developing a commercial vehicle control system (CVMS), which it will then monitor over time. ASTM competed in the tender alongside Sinelec, the group's technology arm specializing in traffic management. The subsidiary plans to install a series of cutting-edge sensors along the route, on access ramps, and in the inspection structure. These tools will allow you to monitor approximately 1,000 vehicles per hour to determine whether they are overloaded or oversized, have unsafe tires, or have overheated brakes. In short, ASTM will identify vehicles in circulation that do not comply with California law and direct them to one of four lanes leading to an inspection center, where agents will conduct more targeted checks. With the successful tender, ASTM advances its overseas consolidation project, which includes its subsidiaries Halmar International, Astm North America, and Sinelec USA. ASTM is the second-largest highway operator in the world. The group closed 2023 with a consolidated turnover of more than €4 billion (+19.3%). The company also specializes in the construction of major works and has expanded into the United States, where it collaborates with other partners on projects worth at least €5 billion. The most important are the plans for a tunnel under the Potomac River (Washington), the renovation of a portion of JFK Airport, and the construction of Penn Station on the New York subway.
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