Category: Falken Tyres

New ‘reduced odour natural rubber’ offers pioneering, ‘greener’ solution for tyre factories

by Lotus | Apr 2, 2020 | Articles, Falken Tyres

Sumitomo Rubber Industries develops technique deemed “a major step toward” in solving long-standing odour issues surrounding natural rubber. After successfully identifying the factors that cause natural rubber to emit a smell. Sumitomo Rubber Industries (SRI) has developed a ‘Reduced Odour Natural Rubber,’ (RONR) a new type of natural rubber that emits significantly less odour. Thanks

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Pioneering microscope analysis technique offers “enormous potential” to develop new breed of highly efficient tyres

by Lotus | Mar 5, 2020 | Articles, Falken Tyres, Tyres

Pioneering microscope analysis technique offers “enormous potential” to develop new breed of highly efficient tyres Sumitomo Rubber Industries & Ibaraki University establish technique to selectively observe individual materials within tyre rubber to help develop new generation of tyres Sumitomo Rubber Industries (SRI). with Ibaraki University, have established a new technique to observe and analyse individual

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All-new Falken SINCERA SN110 tyre sets the standard for wear and wet grip

by Lotus | Jan 28, 2020 | Articles, Falken Tyres

All-new Falken SINCERA SN110 tyre sets the standard for wear and wet grip Sincera SN110 brings premium wear and grip technologies and benefits to the mass market Packed with technology in and under the surface, Falken’s new SINCERA SN110 car tyre aims to bring the wear and wet grip benefits normally found in top-of-the-range tyres

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Energy Harvester generates electricity from inside tyres

by James Ruppert | Jul 26, 2019 | Articles, Falken Tyres, Tyres

Technology could remove the need for batteries in automotive applications A new technology that could see tyres generate electricity whilst driving is being developed by engineers in Japan. Falken’s parent company, Sumitomo Rubber Industries, together with Professor Hiroshi Tani of Kansai University, have developed the Energy Harvester that takes advantage of the build up of

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