Biz Briefs

Zigo mobile phones launched

Zigo mobile phones in Sharjah and owned by Serendib Ventures FZC was launched in Sri Lanka last week. The phones will be distributed in Sri Lanka by Cellcity and plans are under way to launch the brand in the SAARC region and Africa from Sri Lanka, said CEO ICT Mobile Technologies Serendib Ventures FZC, Thusha Weerasooriya. He said that they will launch tablet PCs and ICT solutions in addition to mobile handsets based on green energy solutions.

Union Assurance helps fight Dengue

Union Assurance PLC (UA) and the Ministry of Health launched a Dengue awareness campaign. Additional Secretary, Ministry of Health, Dr Palitha Mahipala said that Sri Lanka was vulnerable to Dengue and prevention is important to curb it from spreading.

He said that all stakeholders should get involved and UA's involvement in the program was noteworthy as the public will be educated. CEO of UA, Dirk Perera said that Sri Lanka is on a development drive which results in urbanisation. One of the ill effects of urbanisation, is the rapid spread of Dengue.
 

Spa Ceylon gives Ceylon Tea a new dimension

Entrepreneurial brothers, Shiwantha Dias and Shalin Balasuriya, have introduced a range of spa formulae, bath and body care and treatment products infused with 100 percent Pure Ceylon Tea.

“Our intention is to enter 10 to 15 EU markets starting with the UK by the end of the year. We also plan to set up our own retail operations in India around the same time; we intend taking Spa Ceylon and our age old Ayurveda traditions across the globe”, they said.
 

B I D Quality Award for Elcardo

The International Quality Summit Award, Gold category was awarded to Elcardo Industries (Pvt.) Limited at the annual awards ceremony held in New York recently. Managing Director Athula Rohan Weeraratne, received the award from the President of the Business Initiative Directions (B I D) Jose E. Prieto, which covers 178 countries.

The Award recognises the commitment to quality among companies in business, industrial production and services. Prieto said that companies which have been awarded were symbols of commitment to leadership, technology and innovation making them models for others in their sectors.
 

Noritzu 3801 HD introduced

Noritzu company Japan introduced its latest high quality machine Noritzu 3801 HD at Seya Colour, Kalubowila recently. This is the first machine to be introduced in the South Asian Region. Director of Seya Colour,Athula Dias was optimistic that photographers will come for quality photographs to be printed at Seya Colour.

New CEO for Orient Wealth

S. Jeyavarman was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Orient Wealth, a new company set up to provide professional fund management services under the Orient Capital Group umbrella.

With 30 years of senior managerial experience in the financial sector ,Jeyavarman brings with him experience and in depth knowledge in Unit Trust and a reputation in the industry.


 

Abans launch Mac Mini

Abans launched Apple’s Mac Mini. The portable CPU is an inch and a half in length. It has a sleek aluminium design, easy access to memory and a built-in power supply. The HDMI Port can connect the Mac Mini to the HDTV with a single cable.

Other products from the Apple Range are Quad-Core Processors, Thunderbolt Technology and FaceTime HD Camera and the Apple MacBook Pro

Multi Finance Colombo branch re-locates

Multi Finance PLC (MF) PLC relocated its Colombo branch and Corporate office to Colombo 3. Chairman of MF PLC Kuvera De Soyza , Group Executive Director andCEO A.H.M. Riyaz and General Manager, Shirantha Gannoruwa were present. Chairman De Soyza said MF has plans to venture out and that there will be additions to its branch network expansion plan.

Abans staff organise Dansala

As a Corporate Social Responsibility, Abans Group organised a Dansala and a lantern competition, to make a contribution to the community. It was the seventh annual Poson Dansala on Havelock Road. The event was opened by Director of Abans Group, P.N Pestonjee.

The evening session was opened by Chairperson of Abans Group, Ms. Abans Pestonjee. For the first time, Abans staff also organised 'Poson Sithuvili', a lantern competition. Different departments of various companies within the Abans Group participated in the competition. Cost efficiency and eco-friendliness were the themes.
 

Airtel inks global deal with Opera

To offer co-branded Opera Mini browsers to customers across India and South Asia, Bharti Airtel, said that it has signed a global arrangement with Opera Software to offer a customised and co-branded version of Opera Mini internet browser for Airtel mobile customers across its operations.

With this, over 253 million Airtel customers across countries including India, South Asia and Africa will now leverage Opera Mini’s unique proxy-server-based technology to compress data by up to 90 percent and decrease data transfer costs.

COM Bank - 'Best Sri Lankan Trade Bank 2012’

The Commercial Bank has been adjudged ‘Best Sri Lankan Trade Bank’ for 2012 by the UK's ‘Trade Finance’ magazine. This is the third occasion that Commercial Bank has been honoured with the Trade Finance Award since the introduction of an award for this category in 2009.

“An independently polled third-party assessment of this nature is particularly encouraging, and a fitting reward for all the hard work put in by our team,” said Jegan Durairatnam, Chief Operating Officer of Commercial Bank.

New warehouse for Maliban Biscuits

Maliban Biscuits Manufactories commissioned a warehouse in Ratmalana recently. Allied Trading and Engineering (Pvt) Ltd which handles the material handling segment since 1995, installed a double deep racking system which accommodates approximately 928 pallet positions.