With a matter of weeks until Tire Technology Expo gets underway in Hannover, Germany, 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.

The full shortlist is available below.

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