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November/December 2004
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Thirty one entrepreneurs from the Central Province were recognized in the Entrepreneur of the Year 2003 competition that the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Central Province and the Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Sri Lanka jointly organized earlier this year.

The competition was held in four categories of business, small, medium, large and extra large. Only Vijitha Aruna Kumara of Vijitha Brass Products won a Gold Award in the entire competition. In the medium category three entrepreneurs Jagath Rajaratne of Studio Design World (Pvt) Ltd., K N Kodithuwakku of Dulanjali Brass Products, and Nimal Peiris of Tele Pix (Pvt) Ltd won silvers, and so did Indika Chandrasekera of LH Chandrasekera & Brothers. In the extra large category the sole winner was K A Dinapala.

Dinapala Group of Companies who won a merit award.

The thirty one winners in the competition received awards at a ceremony held recently at Kandyan Art Residency Governor of the Central Province Monty Gopallawa attended the ceremony as the chief guest. Chief Minister of Central Province Sarath Ekanayake, Assistant High Commissioner of India in Kandy R. Pillai, and the Deputy Mayor of Kandy L. B. Aluvihare were the guests of honour.

President of the Central Province Chamber Dudley D W Jayasekera welcomed the guests. In his address he noted that the Central Province Chamber tried its best to cater to the diverse needs of its members. We serve the business community without any heed to ethnicity, religion, caste or creed he said. At the same time the Chamber was also conscious of its large responsibilities in the realm of environment, good governance, peace building and other issues essential for the sustainable development of a prosperous community, he noted.

The following were the other award winners:

Silver Awards (Small business) Cyril Dharmathilake of Kandurata Grinding Mills; Bronze (Small Business) U N M Madugalle of M for Marketing Consultancy,
N Upali of Lahiru Food Products, J M L Menike of Willy Shoe Works, A A Senanayake of Dart Chemicals, F S Jayasinghe of Charles & Sons;

Merit Awards (Small Business) HMPSB Herath of Green Leaves Farm, W S R Wijesiri of Samanpriya Laksha Handy Crafts;

Bronze Awards (Medium Business) Luxman Wijesiri of RP Luxman Wijesiri & Son, K M Jayasena of Udaya Industries, M G H Wickramanayake of Delight Bakers & Sweet House (Pvt) Ltd., B H Weerasinghe of Sri Lak Grinding Mills;

Merit Awards (Medium Business) G P H Ravindra Punchihewa of Rohans Enterprises, K G J A Jayasinghe of Amali Brassware, Sujeewa Palliyaguru of Senani Souvenirs (Pvt) Ltd., M P W N C G Peiris of M J R Peiris & Sons (Pvt) Ltd., R Weerasooriya of Hill Country Plywood Industries (Pvt) Ltd., G Coorina Sansoni of Stephanie's Gifts & Styles, Kumuduni Weerasekera of Heshani Gems, R P Samarajeewa of Rosita Beauty Salon, Mr. M M Gunathilake of Thilaka Auto Works, Dr. A S Ranaweera of Bio Foods (Pvt) Ltd,., U K Dissananayake Paramount Colour Industries;

Bronze Awards (Large Business) Mohamed Nawsar of Studio Maysun (Pvt) Ltd
The winners of the Central Province competition are eligible to compete for national entrepreneur awards for 2003.

Mag Auto Spring Kandy Tyre House Win ISO Approval

Mag Auto Springs (Pvt) Ltd, that manufactures spring blades for heavy vehicles at the Pallekale Industrial Park, has been awarded the prestigious ISO 9001:2000 Certificate by the Sri Lanka Standards Institution. The company is a subsidiary of Kandy Tyre House (Pvt.) Ltd.

L to R N. Nicholas Munasinghe (G.M), Prasanna Gunathlike (Director) Sampath Gunathilaka( Managing Director) M.A Gunatilike (Chairman) Armyhe Wirasinghe (Chairman SLSI) Chaminde Gunathilale (Director M Sriff Financial) P. Sirisoma (Production Manager.)

Kandy Tyre House that started business in the tyre trade has now diversified in to a number of businesses forming the Mag Group of Companies. The Mag Group continues to sell retail tyres and tubes. It is also a major importer of tyres and automobile batteries with an island-wide distribution network.

In manufacturing the main Mag lines are tyre retreading and the production of spring blades for heavy vehicles. In the service area the “Mag Care” automobile service center and the “Mag City” service centre have become very popular with vehicle owners.

Mrs. Chaturi Nugawela with Mrs. Saraswati Pillai

Ananda Jayawardena, Tissa Weerasinghe, B D R Rajan and the Assistant High Commissioner

SLEEKA President Duncan Nugawela
and R. Dharmaraja

Former parliamentarian Shelton Ranaraja and
B P Kumar of the Indian High Commission