Continuing from last season, Yokohama Rubber will supply Advan racing tires made from renewable and recycled materials to the All-Japan Super Formula Championship as control tires in 2025. This season’s tires will further increase the ratio of recycled and recyclable materials to approximately 46%, and will be supplied from the official test held on February 18-19. As part of its...
Toyo Tires will launch in March in Japan the Proxes LuKII, a premium tire exclusively for mini high wagons. Part of the the Proxes global flagship tire brand, the new tire will be available in four sizes. It inherits the quietness, firmness, high quality comfort, and wear performance of the existing Tranpath LuK, while improving wet braking performance and reducing...
Bridgestone has been taking the opportunity of the 60th anniversary of its motorsports activities in 2023 to strengthen its sustainable global motorsports activities. As part of this effort, the company will establish a new motorsports management structure by appointing a motorsports executive under the Global Chief Technology Officer (Executive Vice President) as of March 1, 2025. This is the first...
Denka has launched Snecton, a low-dielectric organic insulating resin with electrical characteristics required of materials to reduce electrical signal loss in next-generation high-speed communications beyond 5G and 6G. In addition to the sales launch for copper clad laminates (CCL) of various high-speed telecommunications equipment, the product is now being considered for flexible copper clad laminates (FCCL) and various interlayer insulation...
Kuraray will discontinue production and sales of the acrylic block copolymer Kurarity at the end of June 2026. Since its commercialization in 2012, the business environment has remained severe. The company has determined that it will be difficult to secure earnings that will allow it to continue its business in the future and to continue stable production....
Soft Robotics Ventures, an in-house venture of Bridgestone Corporation, exhibited at RoboDex the “Tetote” soft robotic hand and the “Tetote and” hybrid hand with a suction pad. RoboDex is an exhibition held within the Factory Innovation Week 2025 at Tokyo Big Sight. Tetote is a soft robotic hand that uses Bridgestone’s rubber actuators. Using four “fingers” made of rubber actuators,...
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