In May 2018, Bridgestone Corporation announced the development of the world’s first polymer to bond rubber and resins at the molecular level. The new polymer features unprecedented durability with crack resistance that is more than five times higher, abrasion resistance that is more than 2.5 times higher, and tensile strength that is more than 1.5 times higher than natural rubber, which itself has higher destruction resistance than common synthetic rubber. Bridgestone Corporation has now named its novel polymer SUSYM. With this new name, the company aims to increase recognition of SUSYM and to encourage its use as a next-generation polymer material in order to make contributions in various fields that exceed the scope of use as a tire material. SUSYM is the next step in the evolution of the High Strength Rubber announced in May 2018. HSR is a hybrid material to bond synthetic rubber components such as butadiene […]