Rubber Board to collaborate with Michelin arm on research matters

Rubber Board has signed a MoU with SMPT (Societe des Matieres Premieres Tropicales Pte Ltd), Singapore, a 100% owned subsidiary of the multinational tyre corporation Michelin on research matters.

K.N. Raghavan, Executive Director, Rubber Board signed MoU on behalf of Rubber Board at Kottayam and Trai-Ukos Segsarn, Running Director, SMPT on behalf of Michelin Group in Singapore, by digital method.

According to Raghavan, the Board has built amazing achievements in the fields of genetic improvement of Hevea clones, ailment and pest administration, latex harvest technological know-how, processing, merchandise advancement, and sharing of expertise with leading research corporations like SMPT will certainly lead toward bettering sustainability as very well as advancement of full rubber value chain, benefiting the growers in unique.

Segsarn pointed out that a partnership with Indian Rubber Board in research industry is hugely appreciated and a large amount of expertise can be shared, benefiting the natural rubber field.

SMPT experienced expressed its interest to collaborate with Rubber Board in different parts of research these as clone advancement, ailment administration, rubber-dependent agro-forestry devices, on-line fertilizer recommendation, minimal frequency tapping, processing and merchandise advancement.

Moving into into an MoU with a hugely reputed world-wide corporation like the Machelin can advantage Rubber Board by way of probable earnings, a lot more international visibility for its abilities/achievements and for growing its functions.