Winners of the UTECH Europe Awards 2024 were announced at the UTECH Europe global polyurethane conference and exhibition in Maastricht, the Netherlands.

The seven awards recognise and celebrate outstanding achievement and innovation in the European polyurethane industry. The most hotly contested category this year was the Sustainability Initiative Award, and sustainability factors proved decisive across all seven awards.

• Sustainability Initiative Award: Econic Technologies for its CO2-based polyols
• Material Innovation, Flexible Foam Award: Evonik Operations for TEGO RISE
• Material Innovation Award: (not flexible foam): Dow for SPECFLEX CIRcular
• Rising Star Award: Sam Hill of The Vita Group
• Machinery Innovation Award: Covestro for Baulé alpha
• Polyurethane Processor Award: Spanset Secutex
• Polyurethane Ambassador Award: Adri Aerts of The Vita Group

Each award winner received a sleek UTECH Europe Awards ‘Column of Victory’ trophy designed by Better Future Factory. The distinctive trophy’s UTECH ‘U’ logo is 3D printed in thermoplastic polyurethane and its column is 3D printed using recycled PET plastic.