A natural rubber and rubber-based industrial fair is going to be inaugurated for the first time in the gymnasium of MA Aziz Stadium in the city with the participation of the stakeholders and rubber-based industries related to natural rubber cultivation under the initiative of Bangladesh Rubber Board.
The special attractions of the fair will be seminars, quizzes, drawing and writing competitions, rubber farming and industrial products based video displays and collection of industrial products. There will be exhibition and buying and selling opportunities.
The seven-day industrial fair will be held from September 7-14. The fair will be open to all from 9 am to 8 pm.
Although rubber wood is used as fuel, currently BFIDC's industrial units are processing and seasoning it to produce various types of high-quality furniture such as sofa sets, beds, doors and windows, dining tables, chairs etc.
The quality of treated and seasoned rubber wood is equal to that of teak wood, which is extremely durable and beautiful.
The Bangladesh Rubber Board was established on 5 May as per the Bangladesh Rubber Board Act No. 19 of 2013. As the Rubber Board has no manpower of its own, the official activities of the Board were entrusted to Bangladesh Forestry Development Corporation (BFIDC) from its inception to mid-2019. Bangladesh Rubber Board started functioning as a separate department from April 30, 2019.
Its mentioned that the multiple uses of natural rubber are recognized worldwide. Industries, communication equipment, road carpeting, aircraft, buses, trucks, private cars, baby taxis, motorcycles, rickshaws, bicycle tyre-tubes, slippers, hose pipes, rubber soles, buckets, gaskets, oil seals, jute and various textile industries. Materials, foam mattresses, battery boxes, springs, rollers, hot water bottles, seals, condoms, cookware, wetsuits, conveyor belts, pads, bumpers, rubber mats, non-slip floor mats, boat mats, surgical gauze, various medical supplies, pacifiers, Toys etc. are made from rubber. A wide variety of products are produced from rubber.
