Bridgestone unveils 'first' rubber/resin hybrid polymer

摘要

Bridgestone Corp. has developed a material it's describing as the "world's first" polymer that bonds rubbers and resins on the molecular level. Named Susym — a combination of the words "sustain," "symphony" and "symbiosis" — the "next-generation" polymer material is expected to find applications in various fields that exceed the scope of use as a tire material, the Japanese tire maker disclosed recently.