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Tire Technology International Awards for Innovation and Excellence – Winners announced!

Matt RossBy Matt Ross20th March 20247 Mins Read
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The 2024 Tire Technology International Awards for Innovation and Excellence have been presented in Hannover.

  • The winners of the industry-leading awards were announced at an evening drinks reception held at the Deutsche Messe on March 19, 2024
  • The night’s winners include Continental, Bridgestone, Goodyear, Sumitomo Rubber Industries and the BlackCycle Project, as well as Nadine Aschenbrenner and Günter Leister

This year’s Tire Technology International Awards for Innovation and Excellence were held at Deutsche Messe during Tire Technology Expo 2024 and celebrated the very best innovations and achievements across the tire industry during the last 12 months.

Comprising 13 categories, the awards are a celebration of recent advances in tire technology and progress toward a greener and more sustainable industry, and a chance to acknowledge the personal achievements of some remarkable individuals.

The awards were coordinated by Tire Technology International magazine and officiated by a panel of international journalists and industry experts.

To recognize the increasingly prominent role of sustainability in tire manufacturing, the awards feature three categories focused on environmental development. The first celebrates advances in tire design, and was won by Continental’s UltraContact NXT, the tire maker’s most sustainable series to date. The tire, which features up to 65% renewable, recycled and mass balance certified materials, was a hit with the judges.

Edwin Goudswaard, head of research and development at Continental

“Conti is walking the walk with the UltraContact NXT, whose high percentage of sustainable content comes without sacrificing all-important label ratings or tire wear,” said juror Graham Heeps, an experienced automotive journalist and former chairman of the awards.

The award for Environmental Achievement of the Year – Manufacturing was presented to Sumitomo Rubber Industries for its use of hydrogen and solar energy in tire production.

(Left) Shotaro Abe, manager, Sustainability Management Promotion Headquarters, Environmental Strategy Promotion Department, Sumitomo Rubber Industries; and (Right) Bernd Löwenhaupt, managing director of Sumitomo Rubber Europe

“We are deeply honored to receive this award,” said Toru Kawai, plant manager for the Shirakawa factory where the project is installed. “Under the support of the Japanese government and Fukushima Prefecture which promote the utilization of hydrogen, Sumitomo Rubber has been advancing this project in collaboration with partner companies. As a result, we were able to start mass production of tires achieving carbon neutrality in manufacturing by using hydrogen energy in tandem with natural energy generated by solar power.”

Jean-Michel Douarre, BlackCycle consortium director

In the category for Environmental Achievement of the Year – Industry Contribution, the jury recognized the BlackCycle project, a European consortium led by Michelin focused on developing a circular tire economy. “This is a very promising project with many partners working together for a circular tire economy,” commented juror Maik Brinkmeier, principal engineer at Continental.

Matthew Greenfield, technology adoption manager, E2C, reinforcement materials segment; Sundar Venkatraman, global segment manager, E2C, reinforcement materials segment; and Tom Miller, vice president/general manager of tires for reinforcement materials segment, at Cabot Corporation

The Chemicals and Compounding Innovation of the Year award was won by Cabot Corporation for E2C DX9660. “We are honored to receive this award for our E2C DX9660 elastomer composite,” said Aatif Misbah, vice president and general manager, Sustainable Solutions, Cabot Corporation. “At Cabot, we are committed to leveraging the power of innovative chemistry to develop solutions that help our tire customers across the globe advance their product performance while reducing impact on the environment.”

Hendrik de Zeeuw, chief commercial officer at Teijin Aramid

The Materials Innovation of the Year award was presented to Teijin Aramid for its Twaron fiber with recycled content. “Physical and chemical recycling of aramid fiber is a challenge,” said juror Kuninobu Kadota, a former fellow in the research division at Bridgestone. “If the circular fiber can be used for tires, it will be a great achievement in terms of sustainability.”

Goodyear picked up the R&D Breakthrough of the Year award for its groundbreaking Sightline system, a predictive model that evaluates various tire conditions such as pressure, load, wear, rolling speed, external weather and road conditions to minimize the risk of hydroplaning.

Kanwar Bharat Singh, head of algorithms and software engineering at Goodyear

“Goodyear’s SightLine hydroplaning warning and detection system is an excellent example of a tire intelligence system that enables enhanced vehicle handling and safety features in real time,” said juror Abilash Nair, materials development manager for Dunlop Aircraft Tyres.

Nicola Fedele, international sales and marketing manager, Rodolfo Comerio

Rodolfo Comerio picked up the award for Tire Manufacturing Innovation of the Year for its RC Calender Quick Change System. “This quick change setup gives the ultimate flexibility to a tire plant to make plies for PCR and TBR tires, or to follow changing trends in tire reinforcement,” explained juror Patrick De Keyzer, partner at consultancy expert DeKep.

The Tire Industry Supplier of the Year category is traditionally a closely contested award. As expected, this year there were only a few points between the shortlisted nominees, with the 2024 winner confirmed as 4Jet.

Robert Hillmann, managing director and chief technology officer, 4Jet; and Florian Schreiber, vice president of sales at 4Jet

“The development of 4Jet is impressive,” explained juror Professor Gert Heinrich of TU Dresden. “The company has supplied over 500 automatic in-line laser systems and counts virtually every international tire maker among its customers.”

Continental team

Hannover-based Continental made an impressive showing, with back-to-back wins in the Tire Concept of the Year and Tire of the Year categories for the Conti CityPlus and AllSeasonContact 2 respectively. This took the tire maker’s overall haul to three awards in 2024.

The hotly contested Tire Manufacturer of the Year award remains one of the most closely fought categories, with leading tire makers separated by the finest of margins. This year, Bridgestone came out on top, with jurors highlighting the company’s Enliten technology, upcoming Formula E contract and a range of sustainability initiatives at its plants around the world.

Mattia Giustiniano, VP of research & development at Bridgestone EMEA

“It’s been an impressive year for Bridgestone,” said Matt Ross, chairman of the awards and editor-in-chief of Tire Technology International. “Not only have they achieved great things with the rollout of Enliten technologies, but they’ve also been proactive in ensuring the company and its practices shift to adapt to the ever-changing nature of the tire business. They are certainly a worthy winner this year.”

Nadine Aschenbrenner (MEng), test engineer at Continental

The Young Scientist Prize for 2024 was given to Nadine Aschenbrenner, a test engineer at Continental. The jury panel selected Nadine and her work ‘Challenges in the generation of tire wear particles indoors’.

Professor Guenter Leister

As well as recognizing the impressive achievements of manufacturers and suppliers, the awards are an opportunity to highlight the achievements of remarkable individuals within the industry. One such individual is Günter Leister, winner of this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award. A popular recipient, Leister received nominations from a number of his peers, who all pointed to his long career in the tire industry, which saw him working at Daimler for many years before setting up his own consultancy. Leister is a valued member of the judging panel for the Young Scientist Prize, a published author and a regular contributor to the Tire Technology International Annual Review. He is a hugely respected, widely liked and universally celebrated member of the tire community – and a worthy recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award this year.

Look out for more on the winners in the June issue of Tire Technology International.

For more information about the award winners, click here.

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