Bridgestone, a global leader in sustainable mobility and advanced solutions, ARLANXEO, a world-leading synthetic rubber producer, and Solvay, one of the world's top science companies and worldwide leader in Highly Dispersible Silica (HDS), both for innovation and for manufacturing, have announced the launch of TECHSYN, a new, co-developed tyre technology platform enabling tyres to deliver strength and environmental performance.

TECHSYN combines chemically optimized synthetic rubber with tailor-made silica, interacting at a molecular level, to deliver good performance with no trade-offs.

Each material found in TECHSYN was developed in parallel by the three companies. TECHSYN enables tyres to achieve up to 30% better wear efficiency and a rolling resistance that is reduced by up to 6%, compared to other conventional Bridgestone EMIA summer products, without compromising any other performance areas.

With the goal of ensuring less tyre wear material loss, extra focus was placed on performance improvements in tyre wear throughout the development of TECHSYN.

As a result of these improvements, TECHSYN augments the sustainable performance of the tyres it’s applied to by reducing overall fuel consumption and CO₂ emissions and enhancing tread mileage. TECHSYN’s durability extends the designed lifespan of tyres made with it by up to 30%.

From concept to reality in 24 months only

TECHSYN has been transformed from concept to reality in just 24 months thanks to close collaboration and an open-minded approach between Bridgestone, ARLANXEO and Solvay.

TECHSYN has the unique ability to balance a tyre’s performance across rolling resistance, wear and wet grip, and can be further adapted to meet varying needs. For example, TECHSYN’s wear advantage can be converted to instead enhance the wet grip of a tyre.

The flexibility TECHSYN provides is made possible thanks to Solvay’s unique advanced silica developments, ARLANXEO’s expertise in developing, manufacturing and delivering novel tyre polymers and Bridgestone’s innovative compound technology.

TECHSYN has been designed to bring its benefits to various tyre categories and vehicles and, thanks to the unique flexibility it enables, can do so in combination with Bridgestone’s other leading tyre technologies. For example, when used alongside Bridgestone’s lightweight ENLITEN Technology, it’s possible for the tyre’s weight to be further reduced while retaining its performance.

Bridgestone is preparing implementation of TECHSYN for mass production, with various tyre categories and vehicles in mind. Bridgestone, ARLANXEO and Solvay have also developed a roadmap of technologies.

Bridgestone, a global leader in sustainable mobility and advanced solutions, ARLANXEO, a world-leading synthetic rubber producer, and Solvay, one of the world's top science companies and worldwide leader in Highly Dispersible Silica (HDS), both for innovation and for manufacturing, have announced the launch of TECHSYN, a new, co-developed tyre technology platform enabling tyres to deliver strength and environmental performance.

TECHSYN combines chemically optimized synthetic rubber with tailor-made silica, interacting at a molecular level, to deliver good performance with no trade-offs.

Each material found in TECHSYN was developed in parallel by the three companies. TECHSYN enables tyres to achieve up to 30% better wear efficiency and a rolling resistance that is reduced by up to 6%, compared to other conventional Bridgestone EMIA summer products, without compromising any other performance areas.

With the goal of ensuring less tyre wear material loss, extra focus was placed on performance improvements in tyre wear throughout the development of TECHSYN.

As a result of these improvements, TECHSYN augments the sustainable performance of the tyres it’s applied to by reducing overall fuel consumption and CO₂ emissions and enhancing tread mileage. TECHSYN’s durability extends the designed lifespan of tyres made with it by up to 30%.

From concept to reality in 24 months only

TECHSYN has been transformed from concept to reality in just 24 months thanks to close collaboration and an open-minded approach between Bridgestone, ARLANXEO and Solvay.

TECHSYN has the unique ability to balance a tyre’s performance across rolling resistance, wear and wet grip, and can be further adapted to meet varying needs. For example, TECHSYN’s wear advantage can be converted to instead enhance the wet grip of a tyre.

The flexibility TECHSYN provides is made possible thanks to Solvay’s unique advanced silica developments, ARLANXEO’s expertise in developing, manufacturing and delivering novel tyre polymers and Bridgestone’s innovative compound technology.

TECHSYN has been designed to bring its benefits to various tyre categories and vehicles and, thanks to the unique flexibility it enables, can do so in combination with Bridgestone’s other leading tyre technologies. For example, when used alongside Bridgestone’s lightweight ENLITEN Technology, it’s possible for the tyre’s weight to be further reduced while retaining its performance.

Bridgestone is preparing implementation of TECHSYN for mass production, with various tyre categories and vehicles in mind. Bridgestone, ARLANXEO and Solvay have also developed a roadmap of technologies.