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Ceylon Cold Stores was established in 1866 as the Colombo Ice Company, which in 1863 imported the country's first ice-making machine. With an initial capital of £1,600, two steam engines of 8 and 9 horsepower, and a total of 22 employees, the company started producing ice on a commercial scale. [ 3 ]
Slabs of manufactured ice at the Grimsby Ice Factory prior to being crushed, 1990. An icemaker, ice generator, or ice machine may refer to either a consumer device for making ice, found inside a home freezer; a stand-alone appliance for making ice, or an industrial machine for making ice on a large scale.
According to the International Monetary Fund, Sri Lanka's GDP in terms of purchasing power parity is second only to the Maldives in the South Asian region in terms of per capita income. As of 2010 [update] , the service sector makes up 60% of GDP, the industrial sector 28%, and the agriculture sector 12%. [ 1 ]
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A Kookaburra cricket ball. The company manufactures clothing and equipment including bats, balls, stumps, and other equipment. [3] The company manufactures the white ball used in all One-day internationals matches, and the pink and red balls used in Test cricket in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Zimbabwe. [4]
In 1844 British businessman William Milne started Milne & Company, [3] [4] general warehousemen, importers of oilman stores etc, [5] with branches in Kandy and Galle. In 1850 Milne was joined by his friend, David Sime Cargill, [6] and the firm became Milne, Cargill & Co. [7] In 1860 Milne retired from business in Ceylon and moved back to Scotland to form a company in Glasgow to look after the ...
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Sri Lankan civil war in video games (2 P) Pages in category "Video games set in Sri Lanka" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.