First Lankan hi-tech rubber industry team for advanced int’l training flies out Sunday
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Minister of Industry and Commerce Rishad Bathiudeen hands over an air ticket to a Lankan rubber industry member for advanced training at Cochin University of Science and Technology in Kerala, India.
The first ever batch of Lankan rubber industry PhDs, scientists and R&D personnel seeking latest international rubber know-how will fly out today thanks to the efforts of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce. “My Ministry is an implementing partner in Government’s Rubber Master Plan. These training opportunities are provided as part of this Master Plan” announced Minister of Industry and Commerce Rishad Bathiudeen on 22 September at his Ministry in Colombo.
He was addressing the 25- member team (representing many companies and organisations) of the Sri Lankan rubber industry personnel consisting of scientists, PhDs and Research and Development (R&D) who will be leaving today to pursue a hi-tech rubber industry training course at Cochin University of Science and Technology in Kerala, India.
“We are thankful to Industry and Commerce Ministry and Minister Bathiudeen for this initiative,” said Dr. Sisira Ranathunga, General Manager of Elastomeric (a fully owned subsidiary of Stockholm listed HEXPOL A.B). “We are to be trained in advanced rubber concepts such as synthetic rubber blends, EPDM blending, Finite Element Analysing, nano-tech applications in rubber industry, UV projections, testing using latest equipment such as DMA, DSC and FTIR, and rubber transfer and injection moulding techniques.”