Technological leap in tires - Bridgestone 30% more effective!

Recently updated on May 6, 2021 at 02:24 p.m

TECHSYN combines chemically optimized synthetic rubber with a tailor-made silica mixture. In this way, tires can be manufactured with up to 30 percent better wear behavior and six percent lower rolling resistance. As a result, TECHSYN reduces overall fuel consumption and CO2 emissions, while at the same time increasing mileage. In this way, the service life of the tire can be extended and raw material saved in the long term. With the merging of the respective competencies and the close cooperation of the partners Bridgestone, ARLANXEO and Solvay, TECHSYN could be implemented in just 24 months.

Synthetic rubber chemically optimized

Bridgestone, a global leader in sustainable mobility and advanced solutions, has partnered with ARLANXEO, a global leader in synthetic rubber, and Solvay, a world-leading science company and world leader in HDS Silica, in both innovation and manufacturing TECHSYN launch announced. TECHSYN is a new, jointly developed tire technology platform that makes it possible to produce tires with unique strength and environmental performance.

A new era of sustainable mobility

TECHSYN combines chemically optimized synthetic rubber with custom-made silica that interact at the molecular level. In this way, great performance can be achieved without having to compromise.

Every material found in TECHSYN has been developed in parallel by the three companies to create a tire technology platform that offers unrivaled performance. Thanks to TECHSYN, the tires have up to 30 percent better wear behavior and up to six percent less rolling resistance than conventional Bridgestone premium summer tires from the EMIA region. Other performance areas are not affected. During the development of TECHSYN, a special focus was placed on improving tire wear in order to ensure less material loss.

With these optimizations, TECHSYN increases the sustainable performance of the tires by reducing overall fuel consumption and CO2 emissions while increasing mileage. The durability of TECHSYN can extend the service life of the tires manufactured with it by up to 30 percent. This results in a tire that needs to be changed less often and reduces the consumption of raw materials in the long term.

Bridgestone is transforming into a sustainable solutions company that should be completed in 2050, guided by its sustainability master plan and a series of medium-term milestones. The launch of TECHSYN, a solution that focuses on environmental factors, is an important breakthrough on this path.

Combined competencies of three industry leaders

TECHSYN shows what can be achieved through close collaboration between industry leaders Bridgestone, ARLANXEO and Solvay. This cooperation, the understanding between the three companies, as well as a well-founded bundled knowledge of molecular mechanisms made it possible for TECHSYN to go from an idea to a reality in just 24 months.

The Tire Technology Platform has the unique property of balancing the performance of a tire in terms of rolling resistance, wear and wet grip and can also be adapted to meet different requirements. For example, TECHSYN's wear benefit can be converted to promote wet grip of a tire instead. TECHSYN's versatility is made possible by Solvay's unique advanced silica developments, ARLANXEO's expertise in developing, manufacturing and supplying novel tire polymers, and Bridgestone’s innovative rubber compound technology.

TECHSYN was developed for use in various tire categories and vehicles - also in combination with other leading tire technologies from Bridgestone. For example, together with the Enliten lightweight tire technology from Bridgestone, it is possible to further reduce the weight of a tire while maintaining the same performance. Bridgestone kept these different areas of application and possible combinations in mind when introducing TECHSYN.

"Cooperations and close partnerships are essential for us in order to create groundbreaking innovations and help shape the mobility of the future“Says Laurent Dartoux, President and CEO Bridgestone EMIA. "The partnership around TECHSYN is unique. As a leading global provider of pioneering solutions and sustainable mobility, we focus on innovation and sustainability. By developing environmentally friendly solutions like TECHSYN, we are making great strides in realizing this goal."

"ARLANXEO strives to deliver outstanding customer-oriented elastomer solutions. By bringing together the know-how, skills and creativity of three globally leading companies as partners, we were able to develop a new technology platform that offers new ways of dealing with the specific challenges of the tire industry“Says Donald Chen, CEO of ARLANXEO. "TECHSYN makes it possible to improve the fuel consumption and the wear behavior of the tire without having to accept any loss of performance. As a result, tires made with TECHSYN help reduce CO2 emissions. This new technology platform makes a significant contribution to improving the environmental aspects, which are the focus of the common vision for sustainable product solutions of the three companies."

"TECHSYN shows what can be achieved when key players in the value chain join forces. To protect this one planet, we have to work together and develop solutions together - for the cleaner mobility of tomorrow"Says Dr. Ilham Kadri, CEO of Solvay. "I am proud of everyone involved who contributed to this project - especially of the speed with which they implemented this innovation."

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