Trivandrum Rubber Works is a public sector

Public sector undertakings in Kerala

Public sector undertakings in Kerala are of two types, public sector units in which majority shares are owned by Union Government and public sector units in which majority shares are owned by State Government. Public sector undertakings in Kerala , i.e. enterprises in which majority shareholder is...

 manufacturing industry situated in Thiruvananthapuram

Thiruvananthapuram

Thiruvananthapuram , formerly known as Trivandrum, is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala and the headquarters of the Thiruvananthapuram District. It is located on the west coast of India near the extreme south of the mainland...

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Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

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India

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It manufactures retreading metals, Bonding Gum, Unvulcanised Sheet, etc. It was promoted by Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC)

Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation

Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation Ltd. is the industrial and investment promotion agency of the Government of Kerala , for the promotion and development of medium and large scale units in the State of Kerala...

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History

The factory was opened by Sree Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma, the then head of the royal family of Travancore Kingdom

Travancore

Kingdom of Travancore was a former Hindu feudal kingdom and Indian Princely State with its capital at Padmanabhapuram or Trivandrum ruled by the Travancore Royal Family. The Kingdom of Travancore comprised most of modern day southern Kerala, Kanyakumari district, and the southernmost parts of...

 to manufacture rubber sheets for tents for the soldiers of the Second World War. It is located on 13.28 acres (53,742.3 m²) of land at Chakkai, on the outskirts of Thiruvananthapuram

Thiruvananthapuram

Thiruvananthapuram , formerly known as Trivandrum, is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala and the headquarters of the Thiruvananthapuram District. It is located on the west coast of India near the extreme south of the mainland...

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

Public sector

The public sector, sometimes referred to as the state sector, is a part of the state that deals with either the production, delivery and allocation of goods and services by and for the government or its citizens, whether national, regional or local/municipal.Examples of public sector activity range...

 in Asia

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