{"id":1108,"date":"2025-12-22T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elastomer.kuraray.com\/in\/?p=1108"},"modified":"2025-12-18T05:51:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T02:51:09","slug":"kuraray-honored-with-material-innovation-award-at-pirelli-supplier-day-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elastomer.kuraray.com\/in\/news\/kuraray-honored-with-material-innovation-award-at-pirelli-supplier-day-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Kuraray Honored with Material Innovation Award at Pirelli Supplier Day 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Kuraray Honored with Material Innovation Award at Pirelli Supplier Day 2025<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group holder_author has-light-green-cyan-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-author\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__content\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-author__byline\">Author<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-author__name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elastomer.kuraray.com\/in\/author\/yoshi\/\" target=\"_self\">Yoshihiro Morishita<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-12-22T05:00:00+03:00\">22 December 2025<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2015Recognized for Unique Liquid Rubber Technology and Advanced Development Approach\u2015<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kuraray Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President: Hitoshi Kawahara) is proud to announce that it has been honored with the Material Innovation award in recognition of its supply of liquid rubber at the annual event Pirelli Supplier Day 2025, held on October 24, 2025, in Milan at the headquarters of Pirelli, one of the world leaders in tire production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recognition highlights not only the uniqueness of Kuraray\u2019s liquid rubber technology, but also its ability to create high-performance solutions through advanced development approaches, as a strategic partner to Pirelli. Among approximately 13,000 global suppliers, seven companies were selected for their outstanding contributions to Pirelli\u2019s success, with Kuraray recognized for its innovation in materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kuraray remains committed to driving innovation in close collaboration with its customers, contributing to a more sustainable society and enhancing our customers\u2019 competitiveness through cutting-edge technologies and solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/www.elastomer.kuraray.com\/in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/12\/Scene-from-the-Material-Innovation-Award-ceremony.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1105\" style=\"width:501px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elastomer.kuraray.com\/in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/12\/Scene-from-the-Material-Innovation-Award-ceremony.jpg 780w, https:\/\/www.elastomer.kuraray.com\/in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/12\/Scene-from-the-Material-Innovation-Award-ceremony-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For Pirelli\u2019s official announcement regarding this award, please refer to <a href=\"https:\/\/press.pirelli.com\/pirelli-awards-best-suppliers-for-innovation-digital-transformation-sustainability-quality-excellence-and-service-level\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-c6afd5d9-28b6-4fde-9ca5-3bebcc06c24b\" href=\"https:\/\/www.elastomer.kuraray.com\/in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/12\/\u3010Kuraray\u3011Kuraray-Honored-with-Material-Innovation-Award-at-Pirelli-Supplier-Day-2025_20251222_EN.pdf\">\u3010Kuraray\u3011Kuraray Honored with Material Innovation Award at Pirelli Supplier Day 2025_20251222_EN<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elastomer.kuraray.com\/in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/12\/\u3010Kuraray\u3011Kuraray-Honored-with-Material-Innovation-Award-at-Pirelli-Supplier-Day-2025_20251222_EN.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-c6afd5d9-28b6-4fde-9ca5-3bebcc06c24b\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kuraray is proud to announce that it has been honored with the Material Innovation award in recognition of its supply of liquid rubber at the annual event Pirelli Supplier Day 2025, held on October 24, 2025, in Milan at the headquarters of Pirelli, one of the world leaders in tire production.<br class=\"break-more-link\"><br class=\"break-more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elastomer.kuraray.com\/in\/news\/kuraray-honored-with-material-innovation-award-at-pirelli-supplier-day-2025\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":157,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-news.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elastomer.kuraray.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elastomer.kuraray.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elastomer.kuraray.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elastomer.kuraray.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elastomer.kuraray.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.elastomer.kuraray.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1108\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elastomer.kuraray.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elastomer.kuraray.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elastomer.kuraray.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elastomer.kuraray.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}