Lankem Chemicals Ltd, part of Lankem Ceylon PLC, recently inaugurated its brand new chemical and thinner plant at Sapugaskanda.
This facility consists of an underground petro chemical storage facility, along with an inter-connected blending and drumming plant, at a project cost of more than Rs. 120 million.
In a statement the company said that with this investment Lankem becomes the first chemical manufacturing company in Sri Lanka to have a facility of this nature.
Director Lankem Ceylon Ruwan T. Weerasinghe said the first phase of the new factory consists of a warehouse which exceeds more than 4000 sq ft of secure storage, a modern blending plant as well as a drum yard with a storage capacity of more than 5000 drums at any given time.
“With minimum human involvement from storage to blending and packing, this plant is one of the safest in the country,” he said.
Lankem Chemical Ltd is the largest importer of solvents representing world industry giants like Dupont and Akzo Nobel, as well as the largest manufacturer of thinner in Sri Lanka. |
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