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INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT – MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES

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Rubber Products

The first factory was set up at Auckland in 1933. Three plants manufacture tyres and tubes valued at £6.0 million at Auckland, Upper Hutt, and Christ-church and employ approximately 900 people. Moreover, 1,600 people, mainly in Christchurch, are employed producing general rubber goods worth £5.5 million.