Team of Continental, Fraunhofer IME and the University of Münster Nominated for Federal President’s Award: Award for project ’Sustainable tires through dandelions - innovations from biology, technology and agriculture’

From left to right: Christian Schulze Gronover, Carla Recker and Dirk Prüfer. The Federal President's Award for Technology and Innovation The German Federal President's Office announced today at the Deutsches Museum in Munich that Dr. Carla Recker (Continental), Dirk Prüfer (University of Münster) and Dr. Christian Schulze Gronover (Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology IME) have been nominated for the Federal President's Award for Technology and Innovation 2021 ("Deutscher Zukunftspreis 2021") with their joint project "Sustainable tires through dandelions - innovations from biology, technology and agriculture". Every year, the Federal President presents the Federal President's Award to individuals or teams for outstanding technical, engineering, or scientific innovation. "This award is a great honor for us. It once again confirms the potential of a new raw material source for natural rubber. Together with our project network, we have been able to significantly advance research into the entire value chain of the Russian dandelion," explains Dr. Carla Recker, Head of the Expertfield Materials Chemistry at Continental Tires. "The industrialization of the cultivation of dandelion rubber is the goal of our long-term project, where the key to success is mutual trust and perseverance," she adds.