The jury has returned its verdict, the votes have been counted, and the winners have been announced!
For the tenth time, the presentation of the Tire Technology International Awards for Innovation and Excellence – the world’s biggest celebration of endeavour in the field of tire development and manufacturing – has been made at Tire Technology Expo in Hannover, Germany.
Trophies were presented in five main categories during a gala dinner in the spectacular Kuppelsaal at the Hannover Congress Centrum, with the winners chosen by an independent, international panel of 27 tire industry experts.
The awards are coordinated by Tire Technology International magazine, which is published by UKi Media & Events, the organiser of Tire Technology Expo. View more information on each winner below.
Ken Albers | Senior NVH engineer, Kumho America Technical Centers | ![]() |
Klaus Baltruschat | Tire expert, TÜV SÜD | ![]() |
Maik Brinkmeier | FEM development engineer, commercial tires, Continental | ![]() |
Stuart Cook | Director of research, TARRC | ![]() |
Flavio Farroni | Research fellow, University of Naples Federico II | ![]() |
Jean-Claude Fauré | Senior tire research specialist, Michelin | ![]() |
Stefan Fischer | Managing director Europe for product technology, Giti Tire | ![]() |
Romain Hansen | Global director, tire technology projects, Goodyear | ![]() |
Graham Heeps | Editor, Tire Technology International | ![]() |
Rudi Hein | Executive advisor, Standards and Regulations, Bridgestone Technical Center Europe | ![]() |
Gert Heinrich | Director of the Institute of Polymer Materials, Leibniz Institute for Polymer Research, Dresden | ![]() |
Kuninobu Kadota | Fellow, Tire Research Division, Bridgestone Corporation | ![]() |
Daniele Lorenzetti | Chief technology officer, Apollo Tyres | ![]() |
Federico Mancosu | Consultant, ex-Pirelli | ![]() |
Kozaburo Nakaseko | Senior executive officer, Sumitomo Rubber Industries | ![]() |
Prof. Toshio Nishi | Special professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology | ![]() |
Joerg Nohl | VP for engineering tires, Continental | ![]() |
Henning Olsson | Director of research & business development, Calspan | ![]() |
Bo Persson | Research scientist, FZ Jülich | ![]() |
Jan Prins | Technical specialist tyre CAE & modelling, Jaguar Land Rover | ![]() |
Lorenzo Pulici | Engineering project leader, Pirelli | ![]() |
David Shaw | Head of research, Tire Industry Research | ![]() |
Gregory Smith | Director, Tyre CAE and Modelling Consultants | ![]() |
Saied Taheri | Director of CenTiRe, Virginia Tech | ![]() |
Joe Walter | Adjunct professor, mechanical engineering, University of Akron | ![]() |
Shunichi Yamazaki | President, Intelligent Vehicle Research Institute | ![]() |
Chuck Yurkovich | Senior vice president, global research & development, Cooper Tire | ![]() |