Rubber Production

1.25 lakh hectares of rubber plantation done under project INROAD

Over 1.25 lakh hectares of rubber plantation have been completed in Northeast and West Bengal as part of a project by four leading tyre manufacturers of the country, an industry body said on Wednesday. As part of the project INROAD (Indian Natural Rubber Operations for Assisted Development), the Automotive Tyre Manufacturers' Association (ATMA) had planned to develop two lakh hectares of rubber plantation in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura and West Bengal at a cost of Rs 1,100 crore in five years. "In the first four years of the project, an area of 1,25,272 ha has been covered under new natural rubber (NR) plantations across 94 districts in North East and parts of West Bengal," a senior official of ATMA told PTI. This represents one of the highest NR plantations ever achieved in the country in a span of four years, he added. "During the last four years of the project, a record 5.3 crore planting material has been distributed. The project has

Tripura considers extending CM's rubber mission for five more years

Buoyed by the successful implementation of the 'Chief Minister's Rubber Mission' in Tripura, the state government is contemplating extending the programme for another five years, an official said on Sunday. The livelihood generation initiative, launched in 2021-22, is set to be completed by 2025-25. A total of 56,400 families have been brought under the programme, while rubber plantation was carried out across 46,086 hectares of land during the first four years of the mission, he said. The Automated Tyre Manufacturers' Association (ATMA) supplied saplings to the selected beneficiaries free of cost, and the Tripura Welfare Department extended additional assistance such as encompassing fencing and providing fertiliser, the official said. Under the programme, the Rubber Board ensured quality supply of plants, pre-plantation and post-plantation training in different districts, he said. "The mission has become very popular among the tribals living in hilly regions, Director of Tribal .

Tyre makers see severe crunch in domestic natural rubber availability: ATMA

Automotive Tyre Manufacturers' Association on Wednesday said its members are witnessing a 'severe crunch' in the availability of domestic natural rubber and it may disrupt production unless supply issues of the raw material are addressed. Despite high prices of natural rubber (NR), its availability has shrunk, Automotive Tyre Manufacturers Association (ATMA) said, expressing apprehension that some "sections of natural rubber producing interests or trade are withholding the material in anticipation of an increase in the NR prices worsening the availability". The "tyre industry has been experiencing tightness in domestic availability of natural rubber for some time. However currently a severe crunch is being witnessed despite the fact that NR prices have touched a multi-year high. The paucity of natural price needs to be addressed at the earliest so that tyre production processes are not disrupted," ATMA Director General Rajiv Budhraja said in a statement. The Rubber Board had estimat

Bridgestone lines up Rs 600 cr to improve capacity and tech at Pune plant

Tyre maker Bridgestone India on Monday said it will invest over Rs 600 crore over the next three years to expand production capacity and upgrade technology at its Pune-based plant. Initial investment for capacity and technology upgradation will be 70 million euros (over Rs 600 crore), the company said in a statement. It will improve the plant capability in terms of technologies and capacities for the manufacture of tyres for the passenger car segment, it added. "Bridgestone India is bringing in its global technologies and manufacturing for the Indian market so as to suit the needs of aspiring Indian consumers that want more fuel-efficient tyres, and better products to suit the improved quality of Indian roads," Bridgestone India Managing Director Stefano Sanchini stated. As a global leader in tyre technology, the company is committed towards providing sustainable mobility solutions and the current investment of 70 million euros is in this direction, he added. The company, however,

Rubber B, Giving Rolex An Edge by Launching A Rubber Strap

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Plantations stare at huge losses with few hands to harvest standing crops

chronic shortage of rubber could impact the manufature of medical gloves, catheters and masks that are crucial in the battle against Covid-19

Natural rubber production declines, demand-supply gap rises to 45%

The tyre manufacturers have asked the government to reduce the import duty for natural rubber to less than 10 per cent.

Rubber board projects production-consumption gap at a historic high

It may be noted, in the last five years, the gap has increased from 60,000 tonnes

Domestic natural rubber production rises 5.7 % in Apr-Aug to 259,000 tonnes

Projected to grow 16 per cent YoY to 800,000 tonnes in full 2017-18

Rubber production rises 23.1% in April

Rubber Board aims to meet current demand of 10 lakh tonnes through domestic production