2020 Awards

The Tire Technology International Awards for Innovation and Excellence are recognized as the industry’s top accolades, and aim to celebrate the best new technologies and innovations from all over the world. The awards are judged by a fully independent, international panel of journalists and industry experts, and will be presented at Tire Technology Expo, during a special gala dinner at the Hannover Messe.

Categories include: Environmental Achievement of the Year, in recognition of environmental advances in the tire industry; Tire Technology of the Year, in recognition of important advances in technology; Tire Industry Supplier of the Year, in recognition of excellence by suppliers to the tire industry; Tire Manufacturing Innovation of the Year, in recognition of scientific and technological excellence in tire manufacturing; and Tire Manufacturer of the Year, in recognition of achievements by tire manufacturers.

The awards are coordinated by Tire Technology International magazine, which is published by UKi Media & Events, the organizer of Tire Technology Expo.

To submit your nomination for the 2020 Awards, click here.

2019 Awards Winners

2019 Judging Panel

Ken Albers	Director, automotive OEM sales, Kenda Tires
Eric Amis	Dean, College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, University of Akron
Klaus Baltruschat	Tire expert, TÜV SÜD
Anke Blume	Chair of elastomer technology and engineering, University of Twente
Maik Brinkmeier	Principal development engineer, mechanics & simulation, Continental
Stuart Cook	Director of research, TARRC
Patrick De Keyzer	Managing partner, DeKep
Jean-Claude Fauré	R&D executive fellow, passenger car and light truck tire, Michelin
Stefan Fischer	Managing director, product technology, Giti Tire Europe
Romain Hansen	Global tire performance science, Goodyear
Rudi Hein	Executive advisor, standards and regulations, Bridgestone Technical Center Europe
Gert Heinrich	Senior professor, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering/Institute of Textile Machinery and Textile High Performance Materials Technology, Leibniz Institute for Polymer Research, Dresden
Kuninobu Kadota	Fellow, tire research division, Bridgestone
Kevin Kefauver	Technical director, National Tire Research Center
Daniele Lorenzetti	Chief technology officer, Apollo Tyres
Federico Mancosu	Consultant, ex-Pirelli
Abilash Nair	Senior materials development engineer, Dunlop Aircraft Tyres
Kozaburo Nakaseko	Executive R&D advisor, Sumitomo Rubber Industries
Toshio Nishi	Emeritus professor, University of Tokyo and Tokyo Institute of Technology
Jörg Nohl	VP, maintenance and quality management, tire division, Continental
Bo Persson	Research scientist, FZ Jülich
Lorenzo Pulici	Engineering manager, Pirelli
Jan Prins	Technical specialist tyre modelling & CAE, Jaguar Land Rover
Matt Ross	Editor, Tire Technology International magazine
Ulf Sandberg	Research leader, VTI
David Shaw	Chief executive, Tire Industry Research
Gregory Smith	Senior engineer, Goodyear
Saied Taheri	Director, CenTiRe, Virginia Tech
Joe Walter	Adjunct professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Akron
Shunichi Yamazaki	President, Intelligent Vehicle Research Institute
Chuck Yurkovich	Senior VP, global research & development, Cooper Tire

Note: Judges are not permitted to vote in categories where they have a conflict of interest