Sumitomo Rubber will introduce Dunlop race tires with a sustainable raw material ratio of 43% for the third round of the EV division of the 2023 All Japan Kart Championship to be held on October 21-22. The tires use natural rubber, naturally derived raw materials, sustainable synthetic rubber, and materials recycled from steel scrap to increase the ratio of sustainable...
Sumitomo Rubber Singapore, a natural rubber procurement company of the Sumitomo Rubber Group, introduced in July an environmental and social risk assessment tool specialized for natural rubber. The tool will accelerate the realization of sustainable procurement of natural rubber. As demand for natural rubber increases due to population growth and the development of a mobility society, the company faces the...
Sumitomo Rubber has decided to withdraw from the gas pipe business within 2025. Products in this business are manufactured at the company’s Kakogawa Plant and sold by Dunlop Home Products, a Sumitomo Rubber group company selling household, nursing and medical supplies. The products include rubber pipes for LPG, soft cords for city gas, gas cords, and reinforced gas hoses for...
The Sumitomo Rubber CSR Fund, which is funded by employee volunteers, will donate a portion of its reserves in addition to subsidies starting this fiscal year to help the company achieve the SDGs goals even more than before. Since 2010, the Fund has been providing grants to NPOs and volunteer groups that are engaged in activities such as environmental conservation,...
Sumitomo Rubber supports the Pink Ribbon Campaign to promote early detection and early treatment of breast cancer, which is estimated to affect one in nine women. Through the Pink Ribbon Campaign, the company aims to contribute to the realization of a sustainable society in which all women can shine by providing them with correct knowledge, informing their families and partners,...
Using tire rubber as a sample, a joint industry-academia research group has succeeded in measuring the movement of carbon particles, one of the fillers used in tire rubber, and polymers with a time resolution of 890 nanoseconds (one billionth of a second), the fastest in the world. The group includes Hiroyuki Kishimoto, Director of the Analysis Center, Research and Development...
