Handling apparatus for handling an annular tyre structure , said handling apparatus comprising: - a gripping ring comprising: an annular frame , a plurality of gripping members mounted on the annular frame and distributed according to a circumferential direction of the annular frame itself, wherein each gripping member of said plurality of gripping members comprises a shoe movable between a plurality of radial positions with respect to the annular frame and having a gripping surface facing a central axis of the gripping ring , said gripping surface being intended to come into contact with a radially outer surface of said annular tyre structure , wherein the gripping surfaces of said plurality of gripping members are arranged in a circumferential direction with respect to the central axis , characterised in that each gripping member comprises an actuator interposed between the annular frame and the respective shoe and configured to generate, independently of the other actuators, an operating motion of the shoe between said plurality of radial positions, the operating motion of one shoe being independent of the operating motion of the other shoes; - a monitoring system configured to perform a position monitoring, through which the radial position of each shoe is monitored during the operating motion of each shoe . - a gripping ring comprising: an annular frame , a plurality of gripping members mounted on the annular frame and distributed according to a circumferential direction of the annular frame itself, wherein each gripping member of said plurality of gripping members comprises a shoe movable between a plurality of radial positions with respect to the annular frame and having a gripping surface facing a central axis of the gripping ring , said gripping surface being intended to come into contact with a radially outer surface of said annular tyre structure , wherein the gripping surfaces of said plurality of gripping members are arranged in a circumferential direction with respect to the central axis , characterised in that each gripping member comprises an actuator interposed between the annular frame and the respective shoe and configured to generate, independently of the other actuators, an operating motion of the shoe between said plurality of radial positions, the operating motion of one shoe being independent of the operating motion of the other shoes; an annular frame , a plurality of gripping members mounted on the annular frame and distributed according to a circumferential direction of the annular frame itself, wherein each gripping member of said plurality of gripping members comprises a shoe movable between a plurality of radial positions with respect to the annular frame and having a gripping surface facing a central axis of the gripping ring , said gripping surface being intended to come into contact with a radially outer surface of said annular tyre structure , wherein the gripping surfaces of said plurality of gripping members are arranged in a circumferential direction with respect to the central axis , characterised in that each gripping member comprises an actuator interposed between the annular frame and the respective shoe and configured to generate, independently of the other actuators, an operating motion of the shoe between said plurality of radial positions, the operating motion of one shoe being independent of the operating motion of the other shoes; - a monitoring system configured to perform a position monitoring, through which the radial position of each shoe is monitored during the operating motion of each shoe . <EOS>