Circle Group

Regulatory Filings • Apr 17, 2025

PRESS RELEASE

Circle Group and ARELOGIK win the study for an innovative port traffic monitoring system with an order worth EUR 70,000

Milan, April 17, 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 – in a temporary consortium with ARELOGIK, announces that it has been awarded the study for the development and implementation of an advanced vehicle traffic monitoring system in the port areas of Venice and Chioggia. The total value of the order for Circle is approximately EUR 70,000.

The initiative is promoted by the Port System Authority of the Northern Adriatic Sea and is part of a wide-ranging digital transformation project aimed at optimising operational efficiency, improving safety and promoting environmental sustainability in the ports of Venice and Chioggia. Thanks to an advanced technological infrastructure to be developed in various implementation phases, the new monitoring system will allow for the real-time collection, processing and sharing of data on vehicle flows, with the aim of reducing waiting times, improving the planning and control of port activities and, in the future, extending services to hauliers and concessionaires of the ports of Venice and Chioggia.

The project will be divided into two main phases: the first phase will concern the feasibility study and the definition of the monitoring network model, including the analysis and mapping of vehicle flows, the identification of specific needs and the definition of a modular implementation plan. The second phase will be devoted to the realisation of the integrated system, with the installation of advanced sensors and the development of software for data management and analysis, up to the testing and operational release phase.

Alexio Picco, Managing Director of Circle, said: 'We are thrilled to be able to contribute to the digital evolution of two ports as strategic as those of Venice and Chioggia. This project represents an important recognition of the skills that Circle and ARELOGIK put at the service of the port sector, with an approach geared towards innovation and the integration of tailormade digital solutions. Our aim is to support Port Authorities and operators in facing future challenges, ensuring efficiency and sustainability, as per the 'Connect 4 Agile Growth'

business plan.'

Matteo Arena, CEO of ARELOGIK, for his part, explained: 'We are honoured to be able to contribute to the technological optimisation of the Northern Adriatic Sea AdSP for the benefit of the entire port community. Through a rigorous transport and economic analysis, we will be able to bring out the most efficient model for monitoring vehicle flows in the ports of Venice and Chioggia, implemented by a company of excellence in the logistics digitalisation sector as Circle'.

Antonella Scardino, General Secretary of the Northern Adriatic Sea Port System Authority, points out that "in the last three years our Authority has set up a strategy based on innovation as a factor of competitiveness for the ports of Venice and Chioggia. By means of the European MILEPORT project, thanks to which AdSP MAS has received an EU contribution from the Interreg Italy-Croatia Programme of more than 284,000 euro, we will increase the level of knowledge of port traffic through advanced transport models. This will enable the activation of infrastructural planning policies aimed at a fluid and modern road and access structure, to and from the ports, with a consequent reduction in congestion and pollution, an increase in intermodal punctuality and a better understanding of the Venetian port catchment areas. An essential contribution to develop new strategies in order to attract new markets that will increase our port system traffic'.

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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.

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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