Sumitomo Rubber Industries says it will stop supplying Dunlop-branded kart tyres on Dec. 31, 2027. The company said the decision followed a review of how to run the business and allocate management resources in response to changes in the operating…
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Dunlop ties up with Thai universities to improve rubber yields
Dunlop under Sumitomo Rubber Industries has announced that it has signed a joint research agreement in Thailand as a project under the Hevea Research Platform in Partnership (HRPP), an international platform for natural rubber research. The other parties to the…
Sumitomo Rubber/Fujitsu use AI tyre tech to cut analysis time by 90%
Sumitomo Rubber Industries (SRI) and Fujitsu Limited announced that they have jointly developed a technology, an AI surrogate model, to predict tyre performance with high accuracy and in a short time using AI, confirming its effectiveness in a recent proof…
Sumitomo Rubber to use sustainable carbon black in tyres
Sumitomo Rubber Industries says that it has for the first time adopted the sustainable carbon black for mass-production Dunlop tyres designed for certain passenger car models. The sustainable carbon black is produced via a chemical recycling process* that uses end-of-life…
Sumitomo Rubber to acquire Dunlop brand rights in Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei
Japan’s Sumitomo Rubber Industries will acquire exclusive rights to use the Dunlop brand for tyres and related accessories in Malaysia and two other Southeast Asian markets, according to a report by Nikkei Asia. At present, Continental Tyre Malaysia holds exclusive…
Synthos/Sumitomo Rubber to develop rubber powders for sustainable tyres
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…
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…