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The United States is the main importer of textile goods from Sri Lanka, accounting for 76% of total exports from Sri Lanka. As of 2009, Sri Lanka ranked 12th among apparel exporters to the United States in terms of value. [15] Sri Lanka's partnership was advanced in 2000 in part by setting up logistics centres at key US ports to smooth the ...
STC General Trading Company Ltd; ... Mattegama Textiles Mills Ltd; Merchant Bank of Sri Lanka Ltd; ... Thomas De La Rue Lanka (Pvt) Ltd; Thulhiriya Textiles Mills;
During the same period, Gnanam realised that there was a big shortage of textiles in Sri Lanka. Therefore, he formed a joint venture with Mitsui Company and established the Ceylon Synthetic Textile Mills or Cyntex which used high-quality machineries from Switzerland and produced quality fabrics.
George Steuart Group of Companies (George Steuarts) is Sri Lanka's oldest mercantile establishment, having been established in 1835 during British occupation of Ceylon.It is the oldest surviving mercantile firm in the country, with a recorded history dating back to the early 19th century, and is the first on the register of companies in Sri Lanka [1] [2]
The single largest investment in the 140-plus year history of Hayleys (and the largest acquisition of a public listed company at the time) was the 10.8 billion rupee controlling stake of Singer Sri Lanka in 2017, [31] followed by the buying over of the five-star Ceylon Continental Hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka (now known as The Kingsbury) in 2010.
Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 19 August 1994: D. B. Wijetunga: Minister of Industrial Development [30] [31] G. L. Peiris: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 19 October 2000: Chandrika Kumaratunga: Minister of Constitutional Affairs and Industrial Development [32] [33] Ronnie de Mel: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 14 September 2001: Minister of Trade, Industrial ...
This was the largest textile mill in Sri Lanka. The mill was constructed in an area of 14 acres and under one roof. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In 2006 MAS Holdings established a fabric park in Thulhiriya, the country's first privately owned apparel intensive free trade zone. [ 3 ]
Teejay Lanka PLC formerly known as Textured Jersey Lanka is a knitted fabric manufacturer in Sri Lanka [2] and is one of the constituents of the S&P Sri Lanka 20 Index of the Colombo Stock Exchange. The company is a supplier to the brands such as Nike , PVH , L Brands , Marks & Spencer , Decathlon , Lidl , and Calzedonia .