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Cocotech Exports Lanka wins Industrial Excellence Silver award

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Cocotech Exports Lanka Managing Director Tissa Kumarasiri receives award

 

 

Cocotech Exports Lanka, a Sri Lankan company manufacturing and exporting coir-based value-added products, won the Silver award in the coir-based value-added product category, at the Industrial Excellence Awards organised by the Industrial Development Board (IDB).


Cocotech Exports Lanka Managing Director Tissa Kumarasiri received the award at the gala awards ceremony held under the patronage of President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and Industry Minister Wimal Weerawansa, at Waters Edge.


Cocotech Exports Lanka has consecutively won the Industry Excellence Awards since 2017.
Established in 1997, Cocotech Exports Lanka exports a wide range of high-quality coir products to countries such as Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Canada, etc. Among Cocotech Export Lanka products are a wide range of coir weed prevention disks &amp, mats, decorative coir pots, nursery coir pots, plant support coir poles, moulded coco backgrounds, coco peat and brickets, grow cubs &amp, bags, planter bags, erosion control products.


All products are made of 100 percent perishable material and are a fine alternative to plastic pollution. Cocotech Exports Lanka products are completely eco-friendly and durable.


“I am very pleased to be able to earn foreign exchange during a time of economic crisis and to have the opportunity to engage in an eco-friendly production. We are ready to introduce many new products in the future through constant innovations. I would like to take this opportunity to request all Sri Lankans to shift to using eco-friendly products. I see it as a social responsibility. I would like to thank all of our dedicated staff members, who supported the victory,” Kumarasiri stated.