Monday, February 28, 2011 Goodyear Wins Tire Technology of the Year Award
 The Tire Technology International Awards for Innovation and Excellence have once again rewarded the tire industry’s leading manufacturers and technology providers for a variety of outstanding innovations introduced over the past year.
Presented in Cologne at the 11th annual Tire Technology Expo, leading industry brands and household names such as Goodyear, Yokohama and Hankook were honored alongside more specialist industry suppliers such as Allma and Reosense, across a variety of key technology categories.
Goodyear scooped the Tire Technology of the Year Award for its innovative UltraGrip Ice+ winter tires.
The Manufacturer of the Year Award has this year gone to Hankook in recognition of the company’s strong financial growth, and for its significant investment in production sites and technologies to ensure world-class products, and to raise the company’s world ranking from seventh to fifth.
The Environmental Achievement of the Year award this year went to Yokohama for its environmental initiatives. A major project for Yokohama continues to be its Forever Forest Project, which aims to plant 500,000 seedlings at seven domestic and 11 overseas production sites.
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%.
The Industry Supplier of the Year Award went to Allma, which thrived during a recession by creating highly efficient cabling technology.
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