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Stringo Joins Prestigious Japanese Automotive Testing Expos to Showcase Automation and New Products

Stringo at Automotive Engineering Exposition 2025, Yokohama
2025-05-21. Nyland, Sweden. Stringo, the world’s most loved vehicle moving solution, will again be part of Japan’s Automotive Engineering Exposition 2025 Yokohama event, a major Japanese testing and automotive community expo that pulls testing and automotive professionals to review new solutions and technologies.


This year, Stringo will be discussing both their recently launched products, the S5 and the 4WM, as well as automation as a phenomenon. Add to this that the company is celebrating its 40th anniversary while looking ahead to the future with new innovations and solutions.

The Stringo 4WM is especially relevant to testing engineers, end-of-line managers working with the new EV production lines, wind tunnels and dyno environments. The threat of thermal runaway—a phenomenon that occurs when a battery's temperature increases rapidly due to an uncontrolled chain reaction within the battery cells. This leads to the potential for fire and even explosion—is a threat that needs special features for maximum safety.

Stringo’s S5 Thermal Runaway 4WM machine, the first on the market to address this threat, attains this through options and features to protect operator and reduce risk of breakdown in case of a thermal runaway. Equipped with a remote control option, the S5 Thermal Runaway 4WM can manoeuvre a potentially hazardous vehicle (one releasing toxic gases and heat), keeping the operator at a safe distance during the extraction. “It’s not only exciting to introduce the S5 Thermal Runaway 4WM to customers, it’s extremely important. Safety is everything to us and we know the solution will prevent injury and catastrophic damage to testing and production facilities,” says Magnus Grafström, CTO of Stringo.

The second product solution, the S5, dubbed the next generation of vehicle movers, is a major milestone for the company, the first machine on its new platform. The S5 replaces the legacy Stringo 550—the company’s five ton moving solution—with a major upgrade of technologies. With a powerful AC drive motor, advanced user design and steer-by-wire. AGV ready and one that will help move the heavier vehicles safely and with ease.

The first event taking place in Yokohama, May 21-23 and will have  exhibitors from all spheres of the automotive trade. Sponsored by the Society of Automotive Engineers in Japan (JSAE) the event draws over 70,000 participants from all aspects of the automotive sector. 

Exhibiting at these expos demonstrates Stringo’s commitment and strategy for growth in the Japanese market. “We love our Japanese customers and have such a strong connection to the Japanese market,” says Nina Thelin, CEO of Stringo. “Being at the testing expo Yokohama allows us to connect to them and solve their needs with our innovative solutions.”

 

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About Stringo

Stringo is a unique company, the world’s most loved vehicle moving solution based in the heart of the High Coast, Sweden. Stringos have been developed entirely in-house for 40 years and today deliver vehicle movers to every corner of the globe. Stringo is the only company with total focus only on developing vehicle movers and the entire production process is adapted to manufacturing Stringos and nothing else. This makes the company knowledgeable, proud and very passionate. The company vision is to moving cars ergonomically, easily and safely.

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