Locally assembled computers

Panora Corporation this week opened its new computer manufacturing plant at Mattakkuliya. The new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility with a 1.2 billion-rupee investment will boost production of Panora branded computers with the facility expected to turn out 12,000 units of Panora PCs per month, in the first year alone.

The plant will initially employ 200 skilled workers and plans to increase this number to a thousand with increased production. Panora Corporation Chairman S.H.M Rishan said the company has been able to position itself as the most sought after brand of computers in the desktop PC market in Sri Lanka. Chairman Information Communication Technology Agency Prof. V. K. Samaranayake said Panora has taken the initiative to assemble computers in Sri Lanka at a time when several multinational companies had turned down the request to set up computer assembling plants in the island. Seen here is a worker at the new plant. Pic by J.Weerasekera.