Development Trend of Antivibration Rubber Materials

Abstract

On current automobile industries, it is important to react "environment", "safety", "globalization".
Especially on environment, each countries set up strict environment regulations. So, many manufacturers try to develop Eco-Friendly Cars such as Low-Emission Vehicle (LEV) which have downsizing engines or idling stop device, Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV), Electric Vehicle (EV), Fuel Cell Vehicle (FCV), and so on. For above backgrounds, Sumitomo-riko contribute to the development of automobile industries by developing anti-vibration rubber for vehicle which meets needs, and putting them on the market.
In this section, I tell about the recent development trend of materials for anti-vibration rubber.