Retreading Business and Tyre & Rubber Recycling magazines, the organisers of the Recircle Awards, the global industry awards event recognising sustainable innovation, production processes, management and services within the tyre retreading and recycling sectors, will reveal this year’s winners during the Autopromotec Exhibition in Bologna, Italy
The 2025 Recircle Awards ceremony will take place on 22 May at 5:30 PM in the Gallery Area between Halls 1 and 2 at the Bologna Fairground after the Future of Retreading and Recycling Conference. The event will also be livestreamed on YouTube on the official Retreading Business channel, starting at 5:30 PM. Prior to the ceremony, there will be a welcome cocktail, starting at 5:00 PM.
This year’s edition of the Recircle Awards has 22 categories in total, with 19:
Best Company Director:
- Alexei Nicolini (Budini Inc.)
- Allen Timpany (Circtec)
- Fred Bonney (GSL Tire Recycling)
- Günter Ihle (Rigdon GmbH)
- Haarjeev Kandhari (Vaculug)
Best Retreading Accessory and Consumables Supplier:
- B&J Rocket
- Marangoni
- Presti Industries
- Shamrock Marketing
- VM Rubber
Best Retreading Equipment Supplier:
- Cima Impianti
- Italmatic
- Matteuzzi
- TRM
- Vipal Machinery
Best Retreading Industry Innovation:
- Cima Impianti: Ecoline Presses
- Italmatic: Crater Tire CT 4.0 Double Skiving Robot
- Rigdon / Innok Robotics: Autonomous Vehicles
- Rover Research: Water Jet Technology
- Vaculug: Zeus AI Enhanced Production System
Best Rubber Tread Supplier:
- Leadertread
- Marangoni
- Midas
- Silvercap
- Vipal
Best Tyre Recycling Industry Supplier:
- Eco Green Equipment
- Mars Mineral
- MTB
- Rover Research
- Zeppelin
Business Breakthrough Award:
- Circtec
- Circular Rubber Platform
- LD Carbon Korea
- Pyrum Innovations
- Rover Research
Circular Economy Award:
- AZuR Network
- Circular Rubber Platform
- Liberty Tire and Walmart
- Tyromer
- Vaculug
Employee of the Year:
- Federico Parmesan (Marangoni)
- Giampaolo Brioschi (Marangoni)
- Jörg Taylor (Marangoni)
- Leonardo Oliveira (Vipal Rubber)
- Neil Bansal (Liberty Tire Recycling)
Retreader of the Year Award:
- Colmec
- Kal Tire
- Marangoni
- Rigdon GmbH
- Vaculug
Spirit of Retreading Award:
- 633 Tyres
- Autobahn Retreading
- Budini Inc
- Recauchajes Llach
- Vulkan Tyres
Tyre Recycler of the Year Award:
- Contec
- Genan
- Hi-Green Carbon
- Tyrecycle
- UK Rubber
Women’s Award for the Tyre Retreading Sector:
- Caitlin Smith (B&J Rocket)
- Christina Guth (AZUR Network)
- Dawn Wilson-Smith (Vaculug)
- Elsie Alvarez (ACOLLRE)
- Margareth Buzetti (ABR)
Women’s Award for the Tyre Recycling Sector:
- Adele Rose (Tyrewise)
- Amy Brackin (Liberty Tire Recycling)
- Christina Guth (AZUR Network)
- Ifedolapo Runsewe (Freee Recycle)
- Isabel López-Rivadulla (Signus Ecovalor)
Tyre Industry Education Award:
- Geoff Fowler (Imperial College, London)
- Gisele Jung (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
- Tire Industry Association
- Univipal
- Weibold Academy
Spirit of Tyre Recycling Award:
- Freee Recycle
- Mathe Group
- Pliteq Inc.
- Pretred Inc.
- PVP Triptis
Tyre Pyrolysis Award:
- Bolder Industries
- Contec SA
- Ecolomondo
- Greenval Technologies
- Pyrum Innovations
Spirit of Tread Rubber Manufacturing Award:
- Eversafe
- Galgo
- Kartindo Rubber
- ITG
- Tipler
Best Tyre Recycling Innovation:
- Evonik: Partial Reversal of Vulcanisation Using Vinyl Silanes
- Regom: ELT sorting technology
- Rover Research: Water Jet Demolition System for OTR, Truck and Bus ELTs
- Rubber Conversion: New Devulcanisation Technology
Our final three categories, which don’t have a list of finalists, are as follows: Industry Achievement Award for The Tyre Recycling Sector, Lifetime Achievement Award for The Tyre Retreading Sector and Lifetime Achievement Award for The Tyre Recycling Sector.
Join us at Autopromotec or watch live on our YouTube channel to find out the winners of the 2025 Recircle Awards edition.
