ISBN: - 978-93-88936-09-5 Chemicals manufacturing is yet another important segment of the rubber industry. This segment has grown fast since the 1960s. It now produces almost all the important rubber chemicals and additives for rubber processing and products manufacture. The segment has at present a large number of production units located in all the important rubber products manufacturing centres. 2.9 RUBBER RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS For the scientific development of the Indian rubber industry, there are number of institutions providing Research Development support services. The important institutions providing such services are listed below: • Indian Rubber Manufacturers Research Association, Mumbai. • The Rubber Research Institute of India (RRII), Kottayam. • The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur (Polymer Science Department) • University of Cochin (Polymer Science & Rubber Technological Department). • National Chemical Laboratory, Pune (Polymer Division). • Regional Research Laboratory, Trivandrum. • Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Trivandrum. • Indian Space Research Organisation, (ISRO), Trivandrum. A number of institutions offer technical training both for new entrepreneurs and for existing units to upgrade the skills of the technical human resource . 2.10KONAM LATEX INDUSTRIES PRIVATE LIMITED (KLIP) Konam latex Industries (P) Ltd stated manufacturing surgical gloves in 1986 with installed capacity of 6.24 million pieces per year. The manufacturing units are situated on a total area of 300000 sq.ft in Nagercoil,Tamilnadu. Today the production capacity is 9 million pieces per month, growth of 1730 per cent over a period of 18 years and KLIP is the largest manufacturer of surgical gloves in India. 2.11 SUMMARY OF THE CHAPTER II. The review of literature indicates the importance of natural rubber in Kanyakumari district. The review helped in the generation of ideas formulation of hypothesis, selection of various tools for analysis and to arrive at meaningful conclusion. It can be understood from the review that this work tries to fill a few gaps in the subject of study. This chapter also explains clearly that profile of the study area, rubber industry, functions of rubber board and rubber research institutes in india. 58
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