The management of the Block Rubber Factory is vested with a Management Committee with the following Directors as its members.
1. Adv. Joy Nadukkara - President
2. Adv. T.J.John            - Director
3. Mr. K.M. Punnoose    -   ,,
4. Mr. Joseph Kurian     -   ,,
5. Mr. K. A. Chandran    -   ,,
6.Mr. M.N. Gopalakrishna Panicker - Managing Director in charge

Capacity
The capacity of the unit is 6 MT/day. This capacity will be enhanced to 20 M. T. / day before the end of March 2004.

Machinery
Crepers, diesel fired drier, hydraulic press, and pre-cleaning equipments like pre-breaker, and Hammer Mills are installed in the plant. The details of machinery installed with capacity and name of manufacturer are given in Annexure 1 .

Laboratory

The TSBR Factory have a full fledged laboratory to test the parameters of ISNR like, dirt content, volatile matter, nitrogen content, Ash content, P0 and PRI. The latest model of Wallace Rapid Plastimeter (MK V model) is used for testing P0 & PRI values of ISNR. The details of testing equipments in the laboratory with capacity and name of manufacture are given in Annexure II.

Processing

The production of Technically Specified rubber from field coagulum or scrap rubber (cup lump, tree lace and shell scrap) consists of the following operations.

1. Reception, storage, sorting.
2. Soaking, initial size reduction and blending.
3. Intermediate size reduction and blending.
4. Maceration / creping.
5. Second stage maceration / creping.
6. Final size reduction and blending.
7. Drying.
8. Pressing, grading and packing.

Quality
We strictly adhere the specification of Bureau of Indian Standards (IS 4588 - 1986). Goodyear Orient Co. Pte. Ltd. Singapore is testing our ISNR samples in every quarter. The latest test result issued by them is given in Annexure - IV.

Technical Staff
Competent, young and energetic persons are placed in the TSBR Factory. There is a full time Factory Manager to look after the entire activities of the unit. Qualified persons are placed in the procurement, quality control, and maintenance section. The factory have its own accounts department to take care of the financial matters. The details of technical staff with their qualification is given in Annexure III.

Pollution Control

Meenachil has constructed an effective Pollution Control system to treat the effluent water. This system consists of five rubber traps, one effluent tank, one aerator tank, one sledge tank and one clarifier. The treated water is used for irrigation. The factory secured First place among Small Scale Industries in making substantial and sustained effort in pollution control in the year 2002.

ISO Certification

Meenachil TSBR Factory is the third one among the ISNR processors and second one in the co-operative sector having ISO 9001:2000 certification. The certification is issued by T U V and is valid until May 2005. Our name itself resembles our quality policy. With all these, Meenachil is ready to meet the global challenge.