With just under six weeks to go until Tire Technology Expo 2025 gets underway in Hannover, Germany (March 4, 5 & 6), 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 (Day 1, Hall 19, drinks reception at 16:30, awards at 17:15).
Here’s the shortlist in full:
ENVIRONMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT OF THE YEAR – TIRE DESIGN
• Bridgestone – Potenza Sport A
• Falken – Ziex ZE320
• Goodyear – ElectricDrive Sustainable-Material (EDS) tire
• Michelin – Motorsport tire demonstrator
• Pirelli – P Zero Winter 2
ENVIRONMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT OF THE YEAR – MANUFACTURING
• The BioButterfly demonstration plant
• ColorService – Anti-Dust Kit and Cyclone
• Continental – CO2-neutral production at Lousado
• Firestone Liberia
• HF Group – Electric curing
• Rodolfo Comerio TIElemetry
ENVIRONMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT OF THE YEAR – INDUSTRY CONTRIBUTION
• Hankook production using certified carbon black
• Michelin – SAMPLE system
• Nokian inaugurates zero-CO2 -emission factory in Romania
• VMI – LAT100 Dynamic Abrasion Test
MATERIALS INNOVATION OF THE YEAR
• Bekaert – Mega Tensile
• Continental – Re.Tex roll-out
• Reselo and Nokian Tyres – Reselo biorubber
• Silox – ActiECO+ Green
R&D BREAKTHROUGH OF THE YEAR
• Continental – Rolling resistance-optimized rubber compound in Conti EfficientPro 5
• Dufournier – Tire Performance Database
• Endurica/ARDL coupled structural simulation
• Michelin – SmartWear
• SRI – Active Tread
• Yokohama – XAI tire design support system
TIRE MANUFACTURING INNOVATION OF THE YEAR
• Comerio Ercole – SuperCut: cutting unit for rubberized calendering process
• Continental – Otrokovice warehouse
• Rodolfo Comerio – RC Advanced Cut and Ultimate Winding
• VMI – Integrated quality monitoring for MAXX and MILEXX platforms
TIRE INDUSTRY SUPPLIER OF THE YEAR
• ARP Technologies
• Bekaert
• Black Donuts Engineering
• Comerio Ercole
• Rodolfo Comerio
• Uzer Makina
• VMI
TIRE CONCEPT OF THE YEAR
• Bridgestone – Lunar Concept
• Continental – Conti Urban NXT
• Galileo – SkidCup 2024
• Nokian and UPM – sustainable concept tire
TIRE OF THE YEAR
• Apollo – Vredestein Ultrac+
• Continental – Conti Eco Gen 5
• Hankook – Ventus Evo
• Michelin – Primacy 5
• Toyo Tires – Proxes Sport 2
TIRE MANUFACTURER OF THE YEAR
• Bridgestone
• Continental
• Michelin
• Nokian Tyres
• Pirelli
• SRI
• Yokohama
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