Awards Presented at Last Rubber Industry Dinner…

During his opening speech for the last Rubber Industry Dinner, Jim Rickard, chairman of the Tyre Industry Federation and BTMA announced that the next year’s dinner, to be held in the autumn of 2008, will be renamed the Tyre Industry Dinner. Over 220 guests attended the tyre and rubber industry event at the Marriott Renaissance Hotel, Solihull on 5 October.

For some, however, the highlight of the night was the Rubber Industry awards which saw some of the industry’s leading lights present and received recognition for their hard work in tyre recovery, recycling and safety. RMA president Tim Hercock presented BITS’ Tony Smith with the RMA Green Dealer Award. Sapphire Energy’s Tim Stott and Derrick Pountney of Pountney Tyres received TRA Audit Excellence Awards. Peter Taylor, secretary general of TRA presented Ian Stuart with the TRA Responsible Retailer Award on behalf of ATS Euromaster. Finally, Matt Watson, Auto Express magazine received the TyreSafe Award from Rob Beddis, chairman of TyreSafe.

The event had a distinct ‘Calypso’ theme, which included great live entertainment and a special performance by Diana Shaw. In addition there were some truly fabulous raffle prizes raising over £1600 for ‘Children in Need’, thanks to the generous support from our sponsors.

This year’s event was sponsored by:

Bridgestone UK Ltd
British Rubber & Polyurethane Products Association Ltd
Charles Lawrence International Ltd
Continental Tyre Group Ltd
Credential Automotive Ltd
DME Tyres Ltd
Excelar Ltd
Giles Insurance
Goodyear Dunlop Tyres UK Ltd
Imported Tyre Manufacturers Association
Michelin Tyre plc
National Tyre Distributors Association
Omya UK Ltd
Pirelli Tyres Ltd
Retread Manufacturers Association
Sapphire Energy Recovery Ltd
TYRES & ACCESSORIES
Tyre Recovery Association Ltd
Tyre Trade News
Vellco Limited
Vredestein UK Ltd