Soft Robotics Ventures, an in-house venture of Bridgestone Corporation, exhibited at RoboDex the “Tetote” soft robotic hand and the “Tetote and” hybrid hand with a suction pad. RoboDex is an exhibition held within the Factory Innovation Week 2025 at Tokyo Big Sight. Tetote is a soft robotic hand that uses Bridgestone’s rubber actuators. Using four “fingers” made of rubber actuators,...
Bridgestone has decided to construct a pilot plant for precision pyrolysis of used tires on the premises of its Seki Plant in Gifu Prefecture, with the aim of implementing horizontal tire recycling in society. The plant will have a maximum processing capacity of 7,500 tons of used tires per year. It will establish and optimize a precision pyrolysis process and...
Bridgestone, Tokai Carbon, Kyushu University, and Okayama University have launched a joint project to produce carbon black (eco Carbon Black = eCB) with rubber-reinforcing properties comparable to virgin carbon black (vCB) derived from petroleum and coal by secondary processing of recovered carbon black (rCB) extracted from used tires and other polymer products containing rubber. This project is a part of...
Bridgestone Americas will close its truck and bus radial tire plant in La Vergne, Tennessee, on July 31. This is part of the company’s strategic business restructuring and is intended to strengthen competitiveness and improve the quality of its business by optimizing its U.S. operations. The decision to close the La Vergne plant was based on the belief that further...
Bridgestone, in collaboration with Tohoku University, the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), and the University of Shiga Prefecture, has begun research aimed at establishing material recycling technology for polyolefin, a type of plastic typified by polyethylene and polypropylene. The research aims to establish guidelines for the development of new resource-recycling polyolefin materials that can be recycled...
Bridgestone will increase the production capacity of its main Japanese domestic production bases for premium passenger car larger rim diameter tires (18-inch and larger tires for Europe, the U.S., and the Middle East, and 17-inch and larger tires for other markets) at its Hikone Plant (Hikone City, Shiga Prefecture), Tosu Plant (Tosu City, Saga Prefecture), and Nasu Plant (Nasushiobara City,...
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