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Trivandrum Rubber Works

Trivandrum Rubber Works

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Trivandrum Rubber Works is a public sector manufacturing industry in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.[1] Its manufactured products include, retreaded metals, bonding gum and unvulcanised sheets.[2][3] It was promoted by Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC).[4]

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History

The factory was opened by Sree Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma, the then King of Travancore Kingdom, to manufacture rubber sheets for tents for the soldiers of the Second World War.[5] It is located on 13.28 acres (53,700 m2) of land at Chakkai, Thiruvananthapuram.

Trivandrum Rubber Works was the first factory to be set up in the public sector in Asia.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    Pillai, V. Gangadharan (1980). The public sector in Kerala: administrative problems.
  2. [2]
    "TRIVANDRUM RUBBER WORKS LIMITED" (PDF). BPE Planning & Economic Affairs Department, Government of Kerala. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
  3. [3]
    Modern Technology of Rubber and Allied Industries. National Institute of Industrial Research, New Delhi. January 2000. ISBN 9788186623244.
  4. [4]
    "Untitled Document". Archived from the original on 26 March 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
  5. [5]
    "Trivandrum Rubber Works on the verge of closure". The Hindu. 25 January 2006. Archived from the original on 22 October 2007. Retrieved 22 May 2010.


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