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RECIRCLE AWARDS 2021
Best Tyre Recycler
This was one of the most geographically diverse sectors, with nominees from Europe, North America, Africa and Australia. The clear winner turned out to be the Australian tyre processor and recycler, Tyrecycle.
Best Company Director
Dario Andreani, the Chilean entrepreneur who runs the retread company INSAMAR , and the technology company Sustrend, was a well-deserved winner of this award, topping both the nominations committee vote to make the short list, as well as the public vote.
Spirit of Retreading Award
The Spirit of Retreading Award was the first of four additional awards launch at the start of 2021,this particular award being created to recognise the achievements of regional and/or medium-sized/small retreaders around the world. The winner was the Malaysian retreader Kayel Tyre Retread but was run
very close by the Argentian retreader Unigoma.
Tyre Pyrolysis Award
This award, also introduced in January to recognise the importance of the pyrolysis sector, was won comfortably by the Swedish company, Scandinavian Enviro Systems, who managed to mobilise their supporters to the point that they received more votes in their category than any other nominee in any of the categories. Congratulations to them.
Tyre Repair Award
We decided to introduce a separate award for the tyre repair sector following consultation with our nominations committee and in recognition of the key role that the tyre repairs play in the retreading process. The winner was TECH Rubber Company.
Business Breakthrough Award
This final award was introduced to recognise particularly strong growth or business impact made by companies operating across
either the tyre retreading or recycling sectors. The clear winner was the Indian tyre recycling equipment supplier, Fornnax.
In addition to the above awards, we were pleased to announce the winners of two Lifetime Achievement Awards for the tyre retreading and tyre recycling industries respectively, selected by a voting committee managed by the respective editors of Retreading Business and Tyre & Rubber Recycling.
Winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award for the Tyre Retreading Sector was Hans- Jürgen Drechsler, the former Technical Director of BIPAVER, whilst the equivalent award for the Tyre Recycling Sector was awarded to Valerie Shulman, General Secretar y of ETRA.
Following the announcement of the award winners, David Wilson, the Publisher of Retreading Business and Tyre & Rubber Recycling commented;
“We would like to offer our heartfelt congratulations to all
our winners and nominees. We were particularly pleased to note that the twenty award winners hail from five different continents, thereby emphasising and validating the global nature of the Recircle Awards. The excellence of all our award nominees has helped illustrate the vital and significant way in which the tyre retreading and recycling industries contribute towards the Circular Economy.
“We would also like to express our gratitude to our main sponsors Autopromotec, Trophy Sponsors Marangoni, Silver Collaborators Kal Tire and Bronze Collaborators Kraiburg, Tech, Salvadori and Vipal for their generous support of this event. We look forward to engaging with the market once again later this year, when we launch the Second Edition of the annual Recircle Awards for 2022.”