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.
| 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
