Orange Oil tyres to feature in Boston museum

ERJ staff report (DS)

Boston, Massachusetts - The Museum of Science, Boston will feature Yokohama Tire Corporation's eco-friendly orange oil tyre technology in a 2-year “Making a Greener Tire” interactive display beginning this Autumn. The exhibit will highlight BluEarth-1, Yokohama's tyre that utilises oil from orange peels to reduce use of petroleum. /p>

The “Making a Greener Tire” interactive display, which will be in the museum's Transportation, Renewable Energy and Nanotechnology area, revolves around the BluEarth-1's technology, which, according to Yokohama, combines oil extracted from orange peels with silica and natural rubber to form “Super Nano-Power Rubber™” (SNPR).

The exhibit will also feature the plastic inner-liner technology jointly developed by ExxonMobil and Yokohama.

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Press release from Yokohama

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