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JOURNEY OF AIRIA THROUGH 1945 to 2008 |
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1945 |
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(A) |
Few of the leading Entrepreneurs of Rubber Industry
got together and formed Indian Rubber Industries Association. |
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(B) |
Association nominated one Representative to Rubber
Board as per request of Govt. of India. |
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1948 |
Association opened office at Kolkata. |
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1949 |
Monthly Magazine ‘Rubber India’ launched. |
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1952 |
First ever Conference on Rubber along with Exhibition
held at Kolkata. |
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1957 |
Association along with National Chemical Laboratories
Pune, launched Indian Rubber |
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1958 |
IRMRA formed. |
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1964 |
Association hosted its first ever International Standard
Organization Rubber Goods Panel meeting (ISO TC -
45) at Delhi. |
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1970 |
Silver Jubilee celebrated and honorary membership
instituted for individuals for their outstanding contributions
to the Association. |
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1971 |
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(A) |
First ever Rubber Manufacturers Directory of India
was published. |
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(B) |
Association name was changed to ‘All India Rubber
Industries Association’. |
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1982 |
The Federal structure came into place some times in 1979-80. After 2 years of the Federal structure coming into place, WR had its first chairman, Mr.K.D.Shah |
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1989 |
AIRIA Education Trust established. |
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1991 |
Hosted national seminar ‘Rubtech - 91’ at Bombay. |
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1992 |
Federal structure introduced with 4 regional offices
at Delhi, Madras, Calcutta and Bombay, with Head Office
at Bombay. |
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1993 |
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(A) |
Members Directory with product classification was
published for the first time. |
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(B) |
K. M. Philip Award consisting of cash prize of Rs.1
lac and Gold Medal instituted for individuals for
rendering outstanding services to Rubber Industries
was instituted by the Rubber Research & Development
Foundation, under the aegis of AIRIA and same was
awarded to Mr. Manu M. Patel. |
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1994 |
Golden Jubilee celebrated by organizing first International
Rubber Conference ‘Rubgold-94’ at Bombay and closing
ceremony of Golden Jubilee organised at Kolkata through
conference. |
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1995 |
The K.M.Philip Award was given to Mr.W.G.Desai. |
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1997 |
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(A) |
Chair in Rubber Technology Institute at Anna University,
Tamil Nadu. |
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(B) |
The K.M.Philip Award was given to Mr.S.V.Lathia |
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1998 |
Delegation to K-98 Dusseldorf, Germany. |
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1999 |
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Participation in Aseanrubber ’99, Singapore - international
exhibition 2 and ½ years Diploma Course in Rubber
Technology started at Government Polytechnic, Bandra,
Mumbai along with testing laboratory with the help
of the Rubber Board. |
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2000 |
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(A) |
First Chapter of Association established at Pune under
Western Region. |
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(B) |
Participation in Rubber Mini Expo-2000 Cincinnati,
USA. |
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(C) |
Northern Region Office moved into its own premises. |
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(D) |
Participation in Malaysia International Rubber Industry
Exhibition Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia . |
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(E) |
Skill up gradation programme for Rubber Industries’
Workers launched at Pune with the help of Indo-Swiss
Vocational Training Trust. |
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2001 |
IRE' 01 launched |
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2002 |
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(A) |
Purchase of new office for Eastern Region. |
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(B) |
Delegation to ‘Chinaplas 2002’ at Shanghai, China,
through AIPMA. |
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(C) |
Visit to “Rubber Mini Expo-2002”, Pittsburgh, USA. |
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(D) |
Delegation to Rubber Tech China 2002, Shanghai, China. |
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2003 |
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(A) |
“India Rubber Expo 2003”,
was Organized at Mumbai. |
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(B) |
Association participated at “Rubber Expo” Cleveland,
USA. |
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(C) |
Association participated at international exhibition
'Autopromotec' Bologna, Italy. |
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(D) |
Northern Region has started monthly news letter ‘Rubber
News Digest”. |
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2004 |
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Association participated at “Expobor Brazil 2004”
an international exhibition held at Sao Paulo, Brazil. |
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2005 |
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(A) |
'India Rubber Expo 2005, International conference and Buyer Seller Meet
organized at Mumbai. |
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(B) |
Tie up with K.J. Somaiya Institute of Management Studies
& Research, Mumbai for conducting training courses
on different facets of Management. |
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(C) |
‘Auto Cluster Development & Research Institute Ltd.’
was established at Pune with AIRIA Pune Chapter as
a stake holder. |
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(D) |
Diamond Jubilee of AIRIA Celebrated at a two days
function held at Kolkata. |
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(E) |
Southern Region has started monthly news letter “Rubber
News-South”. |
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2006 |
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(A) |
Association moved to its newly owned premises at Pramukh
Plaza, Andheri, Mumbai. |
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(B) |
Association participated at TPE & Rubber Expo Asia
held at Bangkok. |
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2007 |
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(A) |
“India Rubber Expo -2007” , International Conference organised at Chennai. |
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(B) |
Association has signed a MOU with CII for jointly
organizing fifth “India Rubber Expo -2009” being held
at Kolkata in January, 2009. |
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(C) |
Eastern Region has started monthly news letter “Rubber
Watch”. |
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(D) |
The K.M.Philip Award was given to Mr. Anil K. Sampat. |
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2008 |
AIRIA-NR and CII has organized “Rubtech 2008” an exhibition
between 23rd to 26th February,2008 at Delhi. |
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2009 |
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(A) |
“India Rubber Expo -2009”, was held alongwith International
Conference from 28th to 31st January 2009 at Kolkata
organized jointly with CII. |
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(B) |
Association jointly with BIS hosted for the third
time ISO TC-45 conference held at Kochi from 26th-30th
October 2009. |
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2010 |
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(A) |
Study on demand supply gap of NR was entrusted to M/s Ernst & Young. |
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(B) |
Mr. R.K. Raman has become the proud recipient of the K.M. Philip Award for 2010. |
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2011 |
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(A) |
6th India Rubber Expo 2011 held at Chennai between 19th to 22nd January, 2011. |
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2012 |
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(A) |
National Rubber Conference 2012 has been organised at Delhi,Chennai, Kolkata & Mumbai. |
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| 2013 |
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7th India Rubber Expo & Tyre Show along with Conference & Workshop organised at Mumbai from 22-24 January, 2013. |
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