Latex Balloons Make and purpose of latex balloons. The word balloon is derived from the French word ballon which gives the meaning as the large ball. A flexible bag that becomes inflated like a ball when air is blown into it is called the balloon and this is mostly used for decoration purposes and also used by small children for playing. There are various materials like rubber, polyurethane, latex, polychloroprene with which balloons are made. The balloons that are made from latex are called the latex balloons. Latex is obtained from rubber trees. The processed milk of the rubber tree is termed as latex and these are largely manufactured by countries like Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia as they are rich in rubber cultivation. Therefore most of the latex balloons are manufactured by these countries. This is actually a multibillion dollar business with over 1 billion balloons manufactured every year.
Posted on: Sun, 25 Aug 2013 20:42:30 +0000
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