Main menu Navigation ●Main page ●Contents ●Current events ●Random article ●About Wikipedia ●Contact us ●Donate Contribute ●Help ●Learn to edit ●Community portal ●Recent changes ●Upload file

●Create account ●Log in ●Create account ● Log in Pages for logged out editors learn more ●Contributions ●Talk

(Top) 1 History 2 References

Trivandrum Rubber Works

Add links ●Article ●Talk ●Read ●Edit ●View history Tools Actions ●Read ●Edit ●View history General ●What links here ●Related changes ●Upload file ●Special pages ●Permanent link ●Page information ●Cite this page ●Get shortened URL ●Download QR code ●Wikidata item Print/export ●Download as PDF ●Printable version Appearance From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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]

History[edit]

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 sectorinAsia.^[5]

^ "TRIVANDRUM RUBBER WORKS LIMITED" (PDF). BPE Planning & Economic Affairs Department, Government of Kerala. Retrieved 22 May 2010.

^ "Untitled Document". Archived from the original on 26 March 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2010.

^ ^a ^b "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.

This article about an Indian company is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This article related to Kerala is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.