Bridgestone will expand sales in this year’s summer tire season by focusing on the new Newno, launched in February this year, and the Alenza, a brand for on-road SUVs. Newno is a new category of tire that combines one-rank higher basic performance and long life. By adopting technologies that are also used in premium brands, it offers both wet grip...
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Goodyear Becomes Sole Tire Supplier for WEC and ELMS LMGT3
As a result of the bidding by the FIA (Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile) and ACO (Automobile Club de l’Ouest de France) among the members of the FIA World Motor Sport Council in December 2022, Goodyear has been selected to be the sole supplier of tires for the WEC (FIA World Endurance Championship) and ELMS (European Le Mans Series) LMGT3 categories...
Tokai Carbon and Sekisui Chemical Join Forces to Convert CO2 to Carbon Monoxide
Tokai Carbon and Sekisui Chemical have entered into a partnership with the aim of commercializing a technology for manufacturing various carbon materials and products (CCU) using carbon monoxide (CO) produced by a chemical looping reaction technology for highly efficient conversion of carbon dioxide (CO2) to CO and a technology for collecting and storing CO2 as solid carbon (CCS). As climate...
Sumitomo Rubber to Use Hydrogen Energy in Tire Manufacturing
On April 18, Sumitomo Rubber unveiled a tire manufacturing system that utilizes hydrogen energy and is being tested at the company’s Shirakawa Plant in Fukushima Prefecture. The verification experiment has been adopted as a project subsidized by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO). At a press conference held on the same day, Sumitomo Rubber president Satoru Yamamoto...
Denka to Raise Prices of Performance Plastics
Denka has announced a price increase of more than 30 yen ($0.22) per kilogram for ABS resin, Denka IP, Denka Transparent Polymers and Clearen, effective from May 1 deliveries. The products affected are Denka AS, Denka ABS, Denka chemical resistance ABS SR series, Denka ABS compounds glass-fibre reinforced, sliding, PC alloy, among others, Denka heat-resistant ABS Malecca, Denka IP, Denka...
Nitta Joins the 30 by 30 Alliance for Biodiversity
Nitta has registered to join the 30 by 30 Alliance for Biodiversity, which is working to conserve biodiversity. The alliance was established as a voluntary alliance of the Ministry of the Environment, government, business and NPOs to achieve the 30 by 30 target. 30 by 30 is the G7 2030 Nature Pact agreed at the G7 summit held in the...
