Hankook has won Tire Technology
International’s Manufacturer of the Year Award
in recognition of the company’s strong
financial growth, its significant investment
in production sites and technologies to ensure
world-class products, and its rise from
seventh to fifth place in the global tire
maker rankings.
Environmental Achievement of the Year honors
went to Yokohama.
“It has been a remarkable year for Yokohama in
terms of environmental initiatives, and it’s
great that these have not gone unrewarded,”
says Adam Gavine, editor of Tire Technology
International magazine. “Among its
environmental work over the past 12 months
that impressed the jury were its newly
formulated guidelines for the preservation of
biodiversity,” he adds.
Goodyear was saluted for its UltraGrip Ice+
winter tires. “With winters getting seemingly
harsher for drivers each year, winter tires
have never enjoyed greater levels of public
interest, so it is fitting that the Goodyear
UltraGrip Ice+ stud-less ice tire (was
declared) victorious in the category this
year,” says Gavine.
“This impressive tire has been engineered to
master some of the world’s most challenging
roads, including freezing Nordic winter roads,
and features, among other technologies,
ActiveGrip Technology, which combines a dual
cap compound with hybrid sipes,” according to
Gavine.
The Manufacturing and Design Innovation Award
went to Reosense for its CureSense cure time
control system, which can reduce cure times by
up to 30 percent. The Industry Supplier of the
Year Award was claimed by Allma, which thrived
during a recession by creating highly
efficient cabling technology, he says.
The honors were presented in Cologne, Germany
at the 11th annual Tire Technology
Expo.