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Goodyear Announces Self-Regenerating, Adaptive Concept Tire

on March 17, 2020 in Tires

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. recently announced its revolutionary self-regenerating concept tire, reCharge. This concept tire is able to adapt to different driving conditions and change accordingly while meeting a user’s mobility needs. At the core of the reCharge concept is a refillable, biodegradable tread compound. The ability to refill with individual capsules, or cartridges, radically simplifies the process...

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Sumitomo Rubber Establishes New AI Technology to Aid in Future Tire Development

on October 30, 2019 in Tires

Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (TYO:5110) recently announced that it has established what it is calling Tyre Leap AI Analysis. The new AI-based technology is aimed at accelerating the development of technologies that help tires continue to perform over time – a key component of the company’s Smart Tire Concept. Established in the first half of this fiscal year, Tyre Leap...

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Sumitomo Rubber Sets up New Tire Production System Utilizing AI, IoT

on October 8, 2019 in Tires

Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (TYO:5110) is working on rolling out a new tire production system that makes use of AI and IoT platforms to achieve high quality and efficiency. The company intends to introduce this to all of its tire plants and 12 domestic and overseas bases by 2025. Under the new system, facility operating data from the tire production...

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Bridgestone Subsidiary Offers AI-Based Online Service to Check Condition of Studless Winter Tires

on September 17, 2019 in Tires

Bridgestone Retail Japan Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of Bridgestone Corp. (TYO:5108), has started up a new online service that incorporates AI to diagnose the wear condition of a user’s studless winter tires. The company has made this service available Japan-wide starting Sept. 17. With this new service, a user can photograph the tread of their passenger car tire with their...

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New SRIJ President Mikihito Takenaka Looks to Tighten International Bonds

on July 29, 2019 in Industry

Kyoto University Professor Mikihito Takenaka recently took up the mantle of president at the Society of Rubber Science and Technology, Japan (SRIJ), an organization made up of rubber researchers and experts. Coming into the job with lofty aspirations, Takenaka plans to proactively carry out personnel exchange projects with overseas partners. The SRIJ has so far signed a memorandum of understanding...

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JSR Adopts AI Strategy to Boost Plant Safety and Productivity

on October 5, 2017 in Industry

JSR Corp. (TYO:4185) has teamed up with Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (TYO:9432), commonly known as NTT, and Accenture PLC on a proof-of-concept project for a next generation smart industrial complex at JSR’s Chiba Plant. The project integrates JSR’s expertise in operation management and maintenance tasks with state-of-the-art technology from NTT Advanced Technology Corp. and others within the NTT Group....

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