- The awards ceremony was broadcast live on Retreading Business and Tyre &
Rubber Recycling YouTube Channels - This year’s edition received more than 4,000 votes through the awards
website
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, presented the winners of this year’s edition during an event held at Autopromotec
2025.
Both the announcement and the prize-giving ceremony were broadcast live on the YouTube channels
of the Recircle Awards organisers, the two of the world’s leading publications specialising in the tyre
retreading and recycling sectors.
The rising interest in this year’s awards is reflected in the high number of vote entries on the Recircle
Awards website, with more than 4,000 legitimate votes recorded. This further confirms the effectiveness
of the improvements introduced to the voting system, ranging from the submitting of nominations to
selecting the finalists, further reinforcing the legitimacy of the votes.
The winners in the 22 categories of the 2025 Recircle Awards are as follows:
Best Company Director: Haarjeev Kandhari (Vaculug)
- Best Retreading Accessory and Consumables Supplier: VM Rubber
- Best Retreading Equipment Supplier: Italmatic
- Best Retreading Industry Innovation: Italmatic: Crater Tire CT 4.0 Double Skiving Robot
- Best Tread Rubber Supplier: Marangoni
- Best Tyre Recycling Industry Supplier: Eco Green Equipment
- Best Tyre Recycling Innovation: Regom: ELT Sorting Technology
- Business Breakthrough Award: Rover Research
- Circular Economy Award: Liberty Tire and Walmart
- Employee of the Year: Leonardo Oliveira (Vipal Rubber)
- Retreader of the Year Award: Marangoni
- Spirit of Retreading Award: 633 Tyres
- Tyre Recycler of the Year Award: Genan
- Women’s Award for the Tyre Retreading Sector: Christina Guth (AZUR Network)
- Women’s Award for the Tyre Recycling Sector: Ifedolapo Runsewe (Freee Recycle)
- Industry Achievement Award for the Tyre Recycling Sector: SDAB for the creation of the
End-of-Life Tyre Research Portal - Tyre Industry Education Award: Univipal
- Spirit of Tyre Recycling Award: Freee Recycle
- Tyre Pyrolysis Award: Bolder Industries
- Spirit of Tread Rubber Manufacturing Award: Galgo
- Lifetime Achievement Award in the Tyre Retreading Sector: Mario Marangoni
- Lifetime Achievement Award in the Tyre Recycling Sector: Bengt-Sture Ershag
Bengt-Sture Ershag, founder of Scandinavian Enviro Systems, expressed his gratitude for the award:
“I’m honoured to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award in The Tyre Recycling Sector and grateful for
the opportunity to contribute meaningfully to my field. This recognition reflects the collective efforts of
many colleagues and mentors who’ve supported my work throughout the years.”
Mario Marangoni, the Chairman of the Board of Marangoni Holding S.p.A. (owner of Marangoni S.p.A.),
commented: “I am honoured to receive this prestigious award, which recognises me as a surviving
witness of the pioneering spirit that developed tyre retreading in the post-war period. It acknowledges a
journey that began in the climate of sanctions and autarchy of the Second World War and led to the
introduction of recycling and reuse of tyre retreading, followed by continuous innovation of machinery
and processes up to the internationalisation of the Marangoni Group. The rest is history.”
David Wilson, Chairman of the Nominations Committee and editor of Retreading Business and Tyre &
Rubber Recycling magazines, commented: “When we launched the fourth edition of the Recircle
Awards, our goal was to improve the entire voting process. Receiving over 4,000 votes tells us that
we’ve achieved that. This figure also demonstrates the interest that the awards are generating in the
sector, not only for the award itself but also for the recognition of effort and innovation in the industry so
closely linked to the environment. We hope these awards will continue to contribute to promoting green
business and raising awareness about the circular economy.”
“I would like to congratulate the award winners and thank them for their efforts in a particularly inclusive
edition, which featured two new categories to recognise women’s contributions and commitment in the
sector. On behalf of myself and the Nomination Committee, we congratulate the first two winners in
both categories. We will continue to build on this path. Finally, I would also like to express our gratitude
to Autopromotec, the main sponsor of the awards, and to the rest of our sponsors and collaborators for
their support of the Recircle Awards.
We look forward to seeing you in the next edition,” Wilson concluded.
