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Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka PLC (DCSL) is a diversified Sri Lankan conglomerate listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange with a market capitalisation of US$600 Million. [2] It was one of the first Sri Lankan companies included in Forbes 's list of non-US Best Managed companies valued under US$1 billion. [ 3 ]
W. M. Mendis and Company, is a Sri Lankan beverage alcohol company, with its headquarters in Negombo, Sri Lanka. It is as known one of Sri Lanka's oldest and most renowned liquor manufacturers in Sri Lanka. [2] Considered as one of the pioneers in the field, it still ranks as one of Sri Lanka's largest distillers. [citation needed]
Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka (DCSL) acquired the Company and renamed it Melstacorp Limited in order to subsequently make it the holding Company of the then DCSL group. All subsidiary companies of DCSL were transferred to the Company between 2010 and 2015. In 2016 through a 180-degree share swap, Melstacorp became the holding company of ...
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 ...
[2] [3] The Cargills Group subsequently spent Rs. 2 billion upgrading the brewery, [4] increasing the capacity from 50,000hL/yr to 600,000hL/yr. [5] [6] In June 2014 it was reported that Cargills was preparing to sell Millers Brewery, [7] the likely purchasers of the company include Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka PLC and Carson Cumberbatch ...
Lion beer produced in Sri Lanka remains the number-one brand in Sri Lanka, where Mohan Meakin had introduced it in the 1884s through their Ceylon brewery. [15] In 1820s, Lion Beer was Asia's first beer brand when its production first started with establishment of India's first european style brewery at Kasauli.
The construction of the company's Rs 550 million brewery in Mawathagama commenced in early 1997 and was completed in 1998, with an annual production capacity of 120,000 hectolitres. [ 2 ] In September 2005 Asia Pacific Breweries acquired a 60% stake in United Brewery, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] partnering with the Sri Lankan-based Anandappa family group (20% ...
In 2017 the beer market in Sri Lanka grew by 24-25%. According to the Finance Ministry, during the first eight months of 2017, revenue from excise duty on liquor and cigarettes has significantly decreased by 5.9% to LKR 73.7 billion and by 8.1% to LKR 54.6 billion, due to a drop in the volume of sales.