Biz Briefs
Cargills opens entertainment mall in Jaffna
President Maithripala Sirisena opened the first luxury family
entertainment mall in the North, Cargills Square Mall and Cargills Bank
in Jaffna last week. This brings the total investments of Cargills in
the North to Rs. 1.3 billion.
The commercial complex of four floors with a floor area of 74,000 sq
ft comprises retail and shopping space, the Cargills Bank, a food court
including the only international restaurant KFC, a cineplex with three
cinema screens including the 3-D cinema experience and a basement car
park.
Cargills has also set up collection centres in Jaffna and Kilinochchi
to collect agricultural produce from farmers in the area and have so far
brought over 2,000 dairy and vegetable farmers into the network across
the North.
NDB branch in Tissamaharama
NDB opened its latest branch in Tissamaharama to further strengthen
its financial services to the residents in the Southern Province. With
this opening, the NDB branch network has now grown to ninety three.
NDB will offer a gamut of retail banking products including
current/savings accounts, fixed deposits, housing loans, pawning
services, vehicle leasing and insurance services to the residents of
Tissamaharama to help them grow while enjoying easy access and
convenience of banking with automated facilities such as Visa debit
cards, internet banking and Western Union money transfer services.
NDB remains dedicated to bringing its customers one step closer to
accomplishing their life-long ambitions and uplifting their standards of
living through the range of services that is accessible through its
growing branch network.
DHL opens innovation centre
Logistics provider, DHL recently launched its Asia Pacific Innovation
Centre (APIC) in Singapore, to offer a visionary view of the logistics
world, and develop innovative solutions to meet evolving supply chain
needs.
The multi-million dollar facility is DHL’s first innovation centre
outside Germany, and the first dedicated centre for innovative logistics
services in the Asia Pacific region.
The APIC showcases futuristic technologies that will transform
logistics operations within the region.
These include augmented reality ‘smart glasses’ for warehouse
assembly-lines and product picking; drones for delivery of time-critical
goods such as medicines; Maintenance on Demand (MoDe) vehicles that use
machine-to-machine (M2M) sensors to boost vehicle uptime by 30%; and
driverless shuttles for faster, more efficient transportation.
Besides showcasing the latest in logistics trends and innovative
solutions, APIC serves as a regional platform for collaborative
innovation between DHL, customers, industry partners, and independent
experts.
Russel's awards ceremony
Russel's Group of companies held its 27th Awards Ceremony at the
Ceylon Chamber of Commerce auditorium recently. The chief guest was
Administration and Finance Manager, Codegen International (Pvt) Ltd,
Surendra Perera. Over 25 awards were presented. Here M. Wimalawathi de
Silva receives the Employee of the Year 2015 award. |