Trivandrum Rubber Works
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|foundation = 1963
|location_city = Thiruvananthapuram
|location_country = India
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|num_employees = 163 (As on 2005)
|industry = Manufacturing
|products = Tread rubber, Cycle tyres, etc.
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Trivandrum Rubber Works is a public sector manufacturing industry in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.{{cite book|last=Pillai|first=V. Gangadharan|title=The public sector in Kerala: administrative problems|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kp4EAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Trivandrum+Rubber+Works%22|year=1980}}
Its manufactured products include, retreaded metals, bonding gum and unvulcanised sheets.{{cite web|url=http://www.bpe.kerala.gov.in/pages/BPE%20Doc/66.pdf|title=TRIVANDRUM RUBBER WORKS LIMITED|publisher=BPE Planning & Economic Affairs Department, Government of Kerala|accessdate=22 May 2010}}{{cite book|title=Modern Technology of Rubber and Allied Industries|date = January 2000|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dyPxF2JHtzoC&dq=%22Trivandrum+Rubber+Works%22&pg=PA496|publisher=National Institute of Industrial Research, New Delhi|isbn = 9788186623244}} It was promoted by Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC).{{cite web |url=http://www.ksidc.org/KSIDC-assisted-units.php |title=Untitled Document |accessdate=2010-05-22 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100326091255/http://www.ksidc.org/KSIDC-assisted-units.php |archivedate=2010-03-26 }}
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.{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/01/25/stories/2006012508330400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022112300/http://hindu.com/2006/01/25/stories/2006012508330400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 October 2007|title=Trivandrum Rubber Works on the verge of closure|date=25 January 2006|work=The Hindu|accessdate=22 May 2010}} It is located on {{convert|13.28|acre|m2}} of land at Chakkai, Thiruvananthapuram.
Trivandrum Rubber Works was the first factory to be set up in the public sector in Asia.