As part of the Pink Ribbon Campaign promoting early detection and early treatment of breast cancer, Sumitomo Rubber will support breast cancer awareness activities by changing the Dunlop logo from yellow to pink at each circuit in motor sports activities during the Pink Ribbon Month in October. This support includes race vehicle stickers and tires, on-site banners, staff masks and...
Bridgestone will join a development team for a manned lunar rover led by Teledyne Brown Engineering. The project is intended to be used as NASA’s manned Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV). NASA’s space missions that challenge new territory require manned automated vehicles to navigate unexplored areas of the Moon’s surface. LTVs are required to support astronauts’ movement and exploration for a...
German chemicals company Evonik has formed a strategic alliance with the Perner Group from Austria and Pichit Biopower from Thailand, two of the world’s leading silica producers, to supply to tire manufacturers Ultrasil, a bio-based raw material silica. The product’s carbon footprint is significantly reduced because the raw material, sodium silicate, is produced from rice husk ash (RHA), an agricultural...
Sumitomo Rubber was visited by Lulama Smuts Ngonyama, the South African Ambassador to Japan, on Sept. 14. The day saw Ngonyama welcomed by a number of Sumitomo Rubber officials, including Chairman Ikuji Ikeda, President and CEO Satoru Yamamoto, and Senior Executive Officer Yasuaki Kuniyasu. The group used their time together to exchange ideas and opinions about business in South Africa,...
The Yokohama Magokoro Fund – an employee-backed charity fund at Yokohama Rubber – has made a donation to support the activities of the Disaster Rescue Dog Network, a Japanese NPO that trains rescue dogs and carries out joint drills with rescue teams. Yokohama Rubber itself is also matching the donation from this employee fund, making for a total donation of...
Michelin Tire Japan and Yamato Transport signed a lead logistics partnership agreement on September 14 to rebuild Michelin’s smooth and robust logistics system in Japan. The partnership aims to transform Michelin’s entire supply chain and optimize its logistics and inventory to reduce future total logistics costs and shipping lead times to further improve customer satisfaction. This joint project will build...
