Print LONDON — Bridgestone Corp. is partnering with two of its key materials suppliers in the development of "novel" tire polymers that Bridgestone claims will allow it to improve tread life and cut rolling resistance without impacting other performance parameters. The collaboration, which the partners are calling "TechSyn," involves Arlanxeo Performance Elastomers, the Dutch producer of synthetic polymers, and Solvay, the Belgian specialist in fillers for polymers, especially silica. The new venture taps into Solvay's expertise in advanced silica materials and Arlanxeo's expertise in developing and producing novel tire polymers, combined with Bridgestone's "innovative" compound technology, executives of the three companies said today during a