RSS1,RSS2,RSS3,RSS4,RSS5,LATEX,CV3 latex rubber

The activities of this sector is the entire cultivation of rubber. The nurse and plant different clones of rubber according to the geographical specifications of the area for maximum output. Upkeep includes slashing, weeding and disease control. The mature rubber is tapped in a D4 system where the plantation is subdivided into four sectors and each sector is tapped once in four days in rotation. The tapped rubber is collected soon after tapping as latex or later as cuplumps. These two different products are transported to the respective factories accordingly. The latex is processed for sheet rubber or CV while the cuplump is processed for CNR10.

Each estate is run by an Estate Manager who is an agronomist and the three main factories are run by a Factory Managers who are engineers. Each unit has Field or Factory Supervisors and an Accountant that help to run the affairs of the unit. The Group Rubber Office situated at Tiko and it is the main Administrative unit that co-ordinates the activities of the entire group. The staff of this office constitutes the Group Manager, the Crop Group Accountant, the Human Resources Officer, the Group Management Controller and the Agricultural Quality Manager

The eleven rubber estates covering a total land area of 37,917 hectares include, Kompina, Likomba, Malende, Matouke, Mbonge, Meanja, Missellele, Mukonje, Pendamboko and Tombel. Malende, Mbonge and Meanja each has a small Rubber Sheet Factory while the three main factories are located in Tiko, Mukonje and Pendamboko. There is also a Central Rubber Laboratory at Tiko which is in charge of specifications concerning technically specified rubber i.e CNR 10, 3CV and 3L grades in accordance with ISO 2000 and SMR norms.