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BEST COMPANY DIRECTOR
An award to recognise exceptional performance by a company director within the tyre retreading and/or
tyre recycling industries
RECIRCLE AWARDS 2021
“This is a prize that is very important to us. Myself and my team are very happy, as it makes us not only stronger but gives us more confidence in what we are doing.”
– Dario Andreani
Dario Andreani
Dario Andreani has been the CEO and Chairman of Chilean Retreader INSAMAR, based in Valparaiso, since 2010. He is
also the founder of Sustrend Technical Consultancy, which has led separate consultancy projects to standardize the Chilean
retread industry and to achieve a Nationally Appropriate Mitigating Actions (NAMA for the Chilean retreading sector. He
was one of the leading players in the establishment of the Chilean Retreaders Association, ARNEC.
Dario Andreani, whose group includes the retreader INSAMAR and the tech company Sustrend is one of the most prominent and pro-
active personalities in the Chilean retreading and recycling industries. He can claim a fair proportion of the credit for the political success
and achievements of ARNEC, the Chilean retreaders association, whilst Sustrend's most recent innovation has been the development of a
system to process recovered carbon black from tyres into graphite/graphene. Most of all, his enthusiasm for his role as a
protagonist in the circular economy is an example to all.
NOMINEES
Jorge Crespo
Jorge Crespo is the new Managing Director of UK
retreader Vaculug, having assumed the role in June this
year. He has been nominated due to his success in
producing excellent sales results in the short period since his appointment and overseeing the creation of a new management team, all whilst coping with the difficulties posed by Covid and continuing to manage his existing role as head of the European arm of Zenises.
Pascal Klein
Pascal Klein is the Chairman of Pyrum Innovations AG, the Germany based pyrolysis company. Klein has led the company to a position where it is producing a stable and consistent output of pyrolysis black and oil, which has resulted in the company attracting substantial investment from BASF and a partnership with Michelin in the BlackCycle Project.
Dmitriy Psenichnikov
Dmitriy Psenichnikov is the MD of OOO Shina, a tyre dealer and retreader based in Omsk, Siberia. A Bridgestone dealer, he is an expert in heavy truck and EM tyres, as well as having 20 years’ experience running a retread shop.
Sudarsan Varadaraj
Sudarsan Varadaraj is the Executive chairman and
Managing Director of Elgi Rubber Company, a position
he has held since 2013. Over his long career with Elgi
he has overseen the transformation of the Elgi Group
from a regional player into a global supplier to the
retreading industry with facilities in India, Europe,
Brazil and the USA. He led the acquisition by Elgi of a number of key suppliers to the retreading sector including Pincott, Armonas, Jet, Carbrasive and Cincinatti Retread Systems, amongst others.
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