On July 5, 2026 local time, the fifth natural rubber factory of Mainland Group in Côte d'Ivoire was officially completed and put into operation. Zhang Liang, Deputy General Manager of the Group and President of West Africa, led his team to the production site to inspect the production equipment, environmental protection and storage facilities, and verify eachindicator of production line operation, safety management, and environmental emissions. They confirmed that the entire factory met the standards and had the conditions for stable mass production. Thus, all five natural rubber processing bases of Mainland Group in Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa, have been fully operational, forming a large-scale and compliant production matrix for the West African natural rubber industry chain.

Since 2018, Mainland Group has launched the African rubber project. After in-depth market research, it selected Côte d'Ivoire as the core layout area for West African natural rubber, and established five specialized rubber processing plants in phases. It focused on the production of African TSR 10, relying on the abundant rubber forest resources in the region, and connecting the complete chain from forest rubber harvesting, centralized processing to global circulation.

The full-scale production of the fifth factory marks the full operation of the five rubber processing bases of Mainland Group in Côte d'Ivoire. The overall design of the base has an annual production capacity of 480,000 tons, forming a gradient production capacity layout with the flagship factory No. 2 with a capacity of 200,000 tons as the core, and multiple supporting factories working collaboratively. It also takes into account both large-scale centralized production and local nearby rubber harvesting and processing.

This production expansion of the group's West African rubber processing matrix has improved the global natural rubber industry layout. Going forward, Mainland will continue to eepen its roots in West Africa, relying on large-scale production capacity, complete international compliance qualifications, and a mature supply chain system, adhering to green and sustainable processing operations, and continuously supplying compliant natural rubber to the world, helping to ensure the safe and efficient circulation of global bulk agricultural products.