TANSTIA delegation visits Sri Lanka

President TANSTIA K.R. Thangaraj (Right) and Vice President TANSTIA N. Dhanasekar with President FCCISL Tissa Jayaweera.

A delegation from Tamilnadu Small and Tiny Industries Association (TANSTIA) visited Sri Lanka recently. TANSTIA is the apex body of small and micro industries in Tamilnadu recognised both by State and Central Government.

TANSTIA collectively represents the interests and has served this sector since 1956. All district industrial estates and productwise associations are affiliated to TANSTIA.

The delegation comprising more than 20 companies representing product and services including automobile components, rubber products, tourism, wood products, printing, wire products, material handling equipment, air conditioners, engineering services, conveyor services and industrial sheet metal work had a discussion with the president and senior officials of FCCISL and was keen in investing in Sri Lanka to benefit from the Indo-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement.

The outcome of a subsequent meeting President FCCISL Tissa Jayaweera had with Deputy Minister of Finance Geethanjana Gunawardena on the possibility of allocating land for these entrepreneurs to establish industrial units in Sri Lanka was conveyed to the President of TANSTIA and awaits their response.