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Facility to manufacture, export advanced rubber material 

22 Feb 2022

A manufacturing facility is to be established in order to manufacture advanced rubber material for direct and indirect export in Getahetta, Avissawella. Accordingly, an agreement was signed by Board of Investment of Sri Lanka (BOI) Chairman Raja Edirisuriya and Associated Advanced Rubbers (Pvt.) Ltd. (AAR) Chairman Shazni Kamardeen and Managing Director Muhammmed Arshad Iqbal.  Edirisuriya noted: “We congratulate the company’s leadership for diversifying into new products and into export markets including Europe, Asia, South Africa, and the US while making a significant contribution to the country’s economy. We are confident that this new establishment will provide gainful opportunities to the country as well as the improvement of rural infrastructure and livelihoods.” The project will commence with an initial investment of $ 5.85 million in an area that is concentrated with plantation crops of natural rubber occupying a total population of nearly 5,000. The facility is intended to be equipped with 100 KW of solar power, a state-of-the-art research and development laboratory, and high-end technology that is capable of innovating advanced sustainable rubber materials. The range of products that AAR deals with includes epoxy prene rubber, low protein rubber, liquid rubber, grafted rubber, granulated rubber, partially vulcanised rubber, thermoplastic rubber, and technically specified rubber.  AAR was established in 1950 and immensely contributes to enrich people’s lives through innovative solutions by devoting wholehearted energies and high-end technology that adds value to the precious crude rubber.


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