Bridgestone held a groundbreaking ceremony on October 21 at its Seki Plant in Gifu Prefecture for the construction of a Precision Pyrolysis Pilot Demonstration Plant for End-of-Life Tires. The initiative marks the transition from research to the demonstration phase of a project aimed at realizing circular tire recycling—returning used tires to raw materials that can once again be used to...
The fifth and sixth rounds of the EV category in the All-Japan Kart Championship, featuring one-make tire supply by Sumitomo Rubber, were held on September 14 at Citycircuit Tokyo Bay in Koto-ku, Tokyo. In 2023, Sumitomo Rubber formulated its unique circular economy initiative, Towanowa, within its tire business. The company is promoting the use of sustainable raw materials in its...
Sumitomo Riko held an inauguration ceremony for its new chemical products plant at the Komaki Plant in Komaki City, Aichi Prefecture. The new facility, named the SG Building (Sumitomo Riko Green Transformation Building), began phased operations in August and is scheduled to be fully operational by December. The plant was constructed as part of a broader renewal project at the...
Sumitomo Rubber has announced the adoption of circular carbon black in some of its racing tires, marking a significant step in the company’s circular economy initiative known as Towanowa. This marks the company’s first application of resource-circulated carbon black in tire production. The new racing tires were used in the GT300 class of the 2025 Autobacs Super GT Round 4...
Zeon Corporation has begun construction of a pilot facility at its Tokuyama Plant in Shunan City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, to demonstrate technology that efficiently produces butadiene from ethanol derived from plant-based and other renewable sources. The new facility is scheduled to begin operations in 2026. Zeon plans to use the butadiene produced at the site to prototype polybutadiene rubber, aiming to...
ENEOS and Mitsubishi Chemical have completed the construction of a chemical recycling facility at Mitsubishi Chemical’s Ibaraki Plant in Kamisu City, Ibaraki Prefecture. The facility, which had been under development since July 2021, is designed to support the launch of a plastic-to-oil conversion business. The new facility uses supercritical water hydrolysis technology developed by UK-based Mura Technology to chemically break...
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