Time to register for Journey to Automation Awards ceremony

London – The category winners and overall winner of the inaugural ERJ Journey to Automation (J2A) Awards will be announced at a virtual ceremony on 16 Sept.

The awards presentation, recognising leaders in the field of automation and digital transformation in the global tire industry, will take place as part of this year's ITEC conference

The shortlisted project entries are as follows: 

Tire Manufacture - Producers

Goodyear / Knowledge management tools for design excellence and collaboration

Hankook / Virtual compound design

Michelin / Connecting tires to their ecosystem through RFID

Toyo / Process technology and material informatics

Tire Manufacture - Suppliers

Cimcorp / Improving data analytics of the tire factory

HF / Splice measuring tool to lift tire production to next level

Mesnac-MERTC / Smart functionalities of new TBM

Rodolfo Comerio / Textile cord unwinder treading and fast joint

VMI / Tire building platform 

Tire Technology 

Bridgestone / Intelligent tires for automated driving

Continental / C.A.R.E. (Connected. Autonomous. Reliable. Electrified)

Goodyear / Connected tires

Michelin / Connecting tires to their ecosystem through RFID

Tire Supply-Chain

Mesnac / The whole solution of RFID tire

Michelin / Connecting tires to their ecosystem through RFID

Pesmel / Automated distribution center for finished tyres

Rubberway / Engaging your supply chain toward sustainability

Tire Sustainability

Fineline Technologies / RFID vulcanisable retread label

Trelleborg (TWS) / CTIS+ smart product for sustainable farming; fleet management; ELT management

TRM Retreading Technologies / Hot cure building cell

Specialist Engineering SMEs

Black Donuts / eKanban

D&A / Dynamic section tire and system/concept

Tyrata / Intellitread drive-over system for automated tire tread monitoring

The winners will be revealed on 16 Sept 2020 at 2pm BST / 3pm CET during a special J2A virtual ceremony. 

REGISTER HERE FOR THE VIRTUAL J2A AWARDS CEREMONY