Trivandrum Rubber Works is a

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manufacturing industry in

Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram ( ), also known as Trivandrum, is the Capital city, capital city of the Indian state of Kerala. As of 2011, the Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation had a population of 957,730 over an area of 214.86 sq. km, making it the ...

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. Its manufactured products include, retreaded metals, bonding gum and unvulcanised sheets. It was promoted by Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC).

History

The factory was opened by

Sree Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma Sree Padmanabhadasa Sree Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma , popularly known as Sree Chithira Thirunal (7 November 1912 – 20 July 1991), was the last ruling Maharaja of the Indian princely state of Travancore, in southern India until 1949 and ...

, the then King of Travancore Kingdom, to manufacture rubber sheets for tents for the soldiers of the

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. It is located on of land at Chakkai,

. Trivandrum Rubber Works was the first factory to be set up in the

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References

Companies based in Thiruvananthapuram 1963 establishments in Kerala State agencies of Kerala Indian companies established in 1963 Rubber industry Government-owned companies of Kerala {{kerala-stub