The Rubber Park India, at Irapuram in Ernakulam district of Kerala, the first rubber park set up in the country to facilitate the growth of the rubber-based industries, is into its 26th year of existence this year, hosting over 45 rubber-based industries on 107 acres. In the new year, it's branching out to a 20-acre campus in the Kollam district with a new unit as part of the State Government policy to have a cluster of rubber-based parks in Kerala, the major rubber-producing state of India. The