With just under two months to go until Tire Technology Expo 2024 gets underway in Hannover, Germany, the shortlisted nominations for this year’s Tire Technology International Awards for Innovation and Excellence have been revealed.
The awards are decided by the votes of a panel of experts from the tire industry and academia. The winners will be announced during the Expo.
The 2023 awards saw the debut of a host of new categories – a change made to reflect the changing scope of the challenges and innovations found across the tire industry. These new categories enabled the awards to recognize and reward an even greater selection of worthy winners, and will remain in place for the 2024 awards. The full shortlist is available below.
ENVIRONMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT OF THE YEAR – TIRE DESIGN
- Bridgestone Ecopia Enliten
- Continental UltraContact NXT
- Goodyear ElectricDrive 2
- Pirelli P Zero E
- Toyo Tires Proxes CF3
ENVIRONMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT OF THE YEAR – MANUFACTURING
- ReTyre sustainable production
- SRI using hydrogen and solar energy for tire production
- Synthos and OMV – sustainable butadiene project
- Yokohama produces Advan Sport EV using proprietary solar panel power generation system
ENVIRONMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT OF THE YEAR – INDUSTRY CONTRIBUTION
- Allianz Zukunft Reifen/CTS Bitumen – Innovative rubber modified asphalt
- Bekaert rSteel certification
- The BlackCycle Project
- Contec – ELT processing
- Zeppelin Sustainable Tire Alliance
CHEMICALS AND COMPOUNDING INNOVATION OF THE YEAR
- Cabot Corporation – E2C DX9660
- Maxxis – Maxxspeed compound
- Pirelli SC0 soft compound
- Toyo Proxes R tread compound
MATERIALS INNOVATION OF THE YEAR
- Atlantis Rubber Powders – Actifine
- Goodyear and Visolis isoprene from upcycled materials
- Origin Materials’ Sustainable Carbon Black Blends
- Teijin Aramid – Twaron aramid fiber
R&D BREAKTHROUGH OF THE YEAR
- Carbon Rivers – nanoplatelet graphene flakes
- Goodyear Sightline Hydroplaning Warning and Detection System
- SRI – Tire Internal Power Generation Technology
- Yokohama and Shinshu University – crack-resistant rubber materials
TIRE MANUFACTURING INNOVATION OF THE YEAR
- Color Service – Collaborative Robot
- Comerio Ercole – Fasteel
- Himile electric heating for tire curing
- Rodolfo Comerio – RC Calender Quick Change system
TIRE INDUSTRY SUPPLIER OF THE YEAR
- Black Donuts Engineering
- Cabot Corporation
- Flexsys
- 4Jet
- Uzer Makina
TIRE CONCEPT OF THE YEAR
- Continental – Conti CityPlus
- Goodyear – Concept tire for Opel Experimental
- Hyundai-Kia snow chain concept
- Toyo Tires – Sustainable Concept Tyre
TIRE OF THE YEAR
- Continental AllSeasonContact 2
- Falken Azenis RS820
- Hankook iON FlexClimate
- Pirelli Scorpion MS
- Yokohama Advan Sport EV
TIRE MANUFACTURER OF THE YEAR
- Bridgestone
- Continental
- Goodyear
- Pirelli
- Yokohama
