Circle Group — Environmental & Social Information 2025

Apr 28, 2025

PRESS RELEASE

Circle Group supporting the digitalisation of intermodal logistics: kicks off a set of projects worth EUR 400,000

Milan, April 28, 2025

Circle S.p.A. ("CIRCLE" or the "Company") - an Innovative SME listed on the Euronext Growth Milan market, heading the Group specialized in the process analysis and the development of solutions for the digitalization of the port and intermodal logistics sectors, as well as in the international consultancy on Green Deal and energy transition topics – announces the launch, through its subsidiary eXyond, of a new strategic project for the IT interoperability of national logistics nodes, consistent with European directives and the objectives of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRP).

The program, which involved different projects with different intermodal nodes for a total investment of EUR 400,000, was created with the aim of implementing federative services between the different nodes and the different actors of intermodal logistics.

The focus is on the development of connectors between the information systems of the nodes and the national digital infrastructure. The project also includes the interoperability with the e-CMR platform developed by ACCUDIRE and already used in several contexts, with the aim of ensuring full interoperability between the public and private sectors and compliance with European technological regulations.

'This project confirms our distinctiveness in digitalisation of the logistics chain and our concrete commitment to the implementation of the interoperability principles promoted at European and National level, as per our 'Connect 4 Agile Growth' strategic plan,' said Luca Abatello, CEO of Circle Group, 'The experience gained in European contexts at different institutional tables allows us to drive innovation towards an increasingly integrated, efficient and sustainable logistics system. We are proud to be an active part of a pathway that has a direct impact on the entire Italian and European intermodal freight transport ecosystem'.

The project will be completed within 12 months, with intermediate milestones defined in line with the Next Generation EU timeline.

Founded in Genoa in 2012, Circle S.p.A. is the Innovative SME at the head of the CIRCLE Group, the Group specialising in the analysis and development of products for the innovation and digitalisation of the port and intermodal logistics sectors and in international consultancy on Green Deal and energy transition issues.

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The Group includes the software houses Info.era, NEXT Freight, Cargo Start, eXyond S.r.l., Circle Garage, the consulting companies Magellan Circle and Magellan Circle Italy, NEXT Customs, as well as the subsidiaries ACCUDIRE.

The main products are the different Milos® suites for various targets, the Extended Port Community System, the MasterSPED® and Milos® Global Supply Chain Visibility solutions for shipping, logistics, trade and industry, respectively, as well as StarTracking®, an airport-to-airport tracking solution. Completing the Supply Chain offering are 'Federative Services', offered in cloud mode, which can make customers' migration to a digital business model more efficient.

In the Circle Group's sphere of innovation activities, Milos® Intelligence offers a series of advanced solutions that exploit AI technologies for optimisation, simulation and the Digital Twin to support the transformation of decision-making processes by promoting the digitalisation of systems.

Through Magellan Circle and Magellan Circle Italy, the Group operates in the field of advocacy at European institutions, working alongside public bodies and companies, identifying their positioning at European level (Strategic Communication and Advocacy) and funding opportunities (Eu Funding Accelerator), with a vertical focus on Green Deal and energy transition issues.

With the acquisition of Cargo Start, a company specialised in the development and sale of innovative technological products and services for air cargo, Circle has also strengthened its offer in a rapidly expanding and strategic segment with respect to the Connect 4 Agile Growth industrial plah.

Through its subsidiary eXyond (92%), is active in offering advanced Gate Automation solutions for port and intermodal nodes, in advanced traffic monitoring and management services on the Italian road and motorway network (Infomobility), and in the provision of telematic services (TrucK), based on proprietary technology platforms, to companies operating in the logistics, transport and insurance sectors.

Circle also owns 21% of the share capital of ACCUDIRE, an innovative startup from Verona that provides a Collaborative Digital Platform capable of helping players along the global supply chain in the exchange of information and the management of document flows, starting with the e-CMR (or electronic waybill) and e-DDT.

Finally, through NEXT Customs, active in customs optimisation digital services and functional to the continuation of initiatives aimed at the harmonisation of customs processes, Circle has entered a strongly strategic sphere for the evolution of the Connect 4 Agile Growth path.

Circle S.p.A. has been listed on the Euronext Growth Milan market of Borsa Italiana since October 26, 2018 (alphanumeric code: CIRC; ISIN code ordinary shares: IT. 0005344996).

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