VMS Releases 2023 Recircle Awards Nominations List

Valebridge Media Services (VMS) announced the shortlist of nominees for the 2023 edition of the Recircle Awards. According to VMS, the event was organized to promote and recognize sustainable innovation, production processes, management and services in the tire retreading and recycling sector.

The shortlist, chosen from a preliminary list of candidates nominated by the public, has been compiled by the Recircle Awards Nominations Committee made up of 14 experts, including respected industry journalists, industry association heads and independent consultants from around the world, said VMS.

The shortlisted nomination categories for the 15 awards open to public vote are as follows:

Best Tread Rubber Supplier:

Dobermann
Marangoni
Pre-Q Galgo
Silvercap
Vipal Rubber

Best Retreading Equipment Supplier:

Central Marketing
Italmatic
Matteuzzi
TRM
Vipal Machinery

Best Tyre Recycling Industry Supplier:

Eco Green Equipment
Eldan Recycling
Fornnax
Rubberjet Valley
Tallants Navarro

Best Tyre Derived Recycled Product:

Ceyes: City Green Panels
Michelin: Tyres containing rCB
Rubtec SpA: Rubtec Rubber Bumpers
Shredded Tire: Miami Echo Construction Blocks
XTyre Global: Evaporation Inhibitor Floating Panel

Employee of the Year:

Ankita Saikia (Tyromer)
Bernardita Diaz (SustrendLab)
Camilla Raffaelli (VM Rubber)
Fabricio Nedeff (Vipal)
Ron Elliott (Pre-Q Galgo)

Best Passenger Retreader:

Black Star
Fedima
Insa Turbo
Malatesta Pneumatici
Radburg

Best OTR Retreader:

Community Tire
FM Pneus
Marangoni SpA
Reifen Wagner
Renova Peru

Best Truck & Bus Retreader:

Continental
Insa Turbo
Marangoni SpA
Unigoma
Vaculug

Mechanical Tyre Recycling Award:

Duramos SAS
E-Cova
Genan
Murfitts
Rembre Tyres

Tyre Devulcanization Award:

DRI Rubber
EFG Polymers
GRP Ltd
Rubber Matters
Tyromer Inc.

Tyre Pyrolysis Award:

Contec SA
Ecolomondo Corp
Kal Tire Chile
Pyrum Innovations
Scandinavian Enviro Systems

Best Retreading Accessory and Consumables Supplier:

Italmatic
Marangoni
Tech Europe
Vipal Rubber
VM Rubber

Best EPR Scheme:

Circol ELT
SDAB
Seginus
Signus Ecovalor
Valorpneu

Best Tyre Recycling Research Project:

Blackcycle: The Blackcycle Project
GEC Compounds: Research into the creation of Genesis Evolution Compounds
María Esther Fernandez: The Application of Textile Waste from End of Use Tyres in the Production of Fibre Cement
Patricio Muñoz / SustrendLab: The Recovery and Re-use of tyre sawdust in the manufacture of solid tyres for forklifts
SustrendLab: Research into the extraction of T-Phite from tyres

Best Company Director: