Synthetic rubber producer Synthos, has signed an MOU with Japanese tyre maker Sumitomo Rubber Industries (SRI) to promote the development and use of high-performance rubber powders for the production of sustainable tyres. Synthos offers TyreXol rubber powder, which is derived…
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Sumitomo Rubber to close US facility; 1,000 plus workers affected
Due to high costs, tyre maker Sumitomo Rubber announced recently it will close its western New York tyre manufacturing plant and eliminate all 1,500 union and salaried jobs by 2025. The Japanese company said attempts to control costs, along with…
Sumitomo Rubber facility accorded recognition for sustainability
Sumitomo Rubber Industries (SRI) says its 50-year old Shirakawa factory in Japan has been recognised nationally as a “sustainably managed natural site” by the Ministry of the Environment of Japan. The facility, which began operations in 1974, has engaged in a…
Sumitomo Rubber researches lowering noise for tyres
Sumitomo Rubber Industries says that it has developed a new technique for predicting noise generated by the combined vibration of the tyres and vehicle. In developing this technique, it used a tyre rolling motion simulation that assumes tyres of a…
Sumitomo Rubber/Murata develop 3D tyre wear detection system
Japan’s Sumitomo Rubber Industries and Murata Manufacturing are jointly developing a tyre wear detection system that detects wear by capturing the tyre shape in three dimensions (3D) and feeds back the data. Demonstration will begin in 2025 at Dunlop directly…
Sumitomo Rubber invests in US AI analytics firm Viaduct
Sumitomo Rubber Industries (SRI) says that it has invested in US-based start-up Viaduct Inc, an AI-powered connected vehicle analytics company, to achieve total fleet management solutions. With a joint proof-of-concept with Viaduct having already started, it has further strengthened its…
Sumitomo Rubber working on “tyre internal power generation technology”
Japan’s Sumitomo Rubber Industries, in collaboration with Professor Hiroshi Tani of Kansai University, is developing a technology that can generate electric power from the rotation of a tyre by attaching a power generating device (energy harvester) inside a tyre to…
Sumitomo Rubber introduces risk assessment tool for rubber
Sumitomo Rubber Singapore, the natural rubber procurement company for Sumitomo Rubber Group, has added on an environmental and social risk assessment tool specific to natural rubber. Being part of this industry initiative will accelerate sustainable procurement of natural rubber, it…
Sumitomo Rubber launches new line of tyres for EVs in Europe
Sumitomo Rubber Industries (SRI) says that it will be launching Falken e. Ziex as a new line of replacement tyres for electric vehicles (EVs) in Europe, where the market for EVs has been growing at a rapid pace. Featuring fuel…
Sumitomo Rubber’s Thai plant goes green with solar energy
Sumitomo Rubber Industries says that its tyre manufacturing and sales subsidiary in Thailand, Sumitomo Rubber (Thailand) will be installing what it says is “the world’s largest rooftop solar panel array (for a single facility)”, as well as a gas cogeneration…