Janet Wins 'International Quality Crown' in London

Janet Ayurvedics has been awarded the International Quality Crown Award - in the Platinum Category at the 18th International Quality Convention 2006 held at the prestigious Guoman Tower Hotel in London, U.K., December 2006; in recognition of its continued commitment to quality, leadership, technology and innovation and their commitment to international quality standards.

The award represents success for Sri Lanka in the business World. Having already won so many awards over the last few years, from various organizations, both in Sri Lanka and abroad, this honour is definitely another bouquet for The Janet Group - the people who add so much beauty to so many women - every day.

The International Quality Crown Award recognizes a company's organizational approach to customer satisfaction involving customers, people and the continuous improvement of processes. This is awarded to those organizations whose activities cover the top areas of industrial production and services, making them models for other companies of their sectors.

Each year, short listed companies are subject to quality audits and those meeting award criteria are thereafter recognized at the World Quality Conventions held in Europe and USA, under the direction of Business Initiative Directions, Madrid, Spain.

Today "Janet" is a top notch brand in Sri Lanka, with their collections of Ayurvedic medicines, herbal skin, body and hair care, colour cosmetics, fairness deodorants, hand washes, shower gels & pain reliever balms; available countrywide and marketed internationally too.

Janet has most recently introduced range of 24 hour protection men's deodorants, beginning their venture into the men's grooming market. The group now also operates in Europe, Australia, Middle East, South Asia, Far East and more recently in the USA too.

Janet's main product line, the famed Janet Ayurveda Health & Beauty ranges - with "Real Herbs" and 100% natural active extracts deliver high performance care-n-cure benefits to consumers. These products have been formulated to meet stringent European Union, Australian and Japanese quality and safety standards and have won the hearts of millions of satisfied women across more than 15 countries.

The wide success of the brands in these markets, illustrates the proven effectiveness and customer satisfaction for Janet Ayurveda products.

All Janet Ayurveda products have been developed in consultation with qualified ayurvedic doctors and every batch is produced under the supervision of their chief ayurvedic physician at their own factory in Sri Lanka. Janet Ayurveda products have been safety tested through scientific clinical studies conducted by qualified Ayurvedic doctors, and also through clinical studies conducted by the dept. of ayurveda.

The products have also been tested overseas for skin sensitivity and have passed all tests for dermal irritation - further reinforcing product safety.

Speaking to the media on the International Quality Crown - Platinum Award, Janet explained that the award was a great honour for The Janet Group and couldn't have come at a better time. 'We are now looking at the prospects of entering more international markets with our Ayurveda based skin care brands, and the award has come as a boost for our marketing program.

We hope to use the award related publicity and networking opportunities with leading global business houses, in order to carefully select our strategic distribution partners, so that we are ideally positioned to gain maximum mileage for our brands'.

"Quality" explained Janet, is everything. 'We are constantly striving to offer our consumers a "beautifully rewarding experience - every time', and have incorporated further innovations to our skin & hair care lines just recently, re-enforcing our commitment to meet international quality standards, delivering more at Janet, we guarantee the quality & performance of every product we sell.

In the unlikely event that, a consumer is, for some reason, unhappy with the performance or feel of any product, we guarantee to cheerfully exchange it or refund the full purchase price. Janet is one of a select few to offer this service to consumers, fittingly, in recognition of their commitment to consumer satisfaction at all times'.

Speaking on their recipe for success, Janet Balasuriya, the head of the multi faceted Janet Group, claims that their "non-exploitative, honest, down-to-earth approach to the health & beauty industries" along with their innovative high-performance product offering have been their critical success factors.

All this, being made possible by "our dynamic dedicated team of 'Janet People' - Our Greatest Asset".

The Janet Group is also the market leader in colour cosmetics in Sri Lanka today, outselling multi-national brands, with over 200 specially created shades for lip, nails, face and eyes. Janet's strength in colours lies in offering high quality formulations, the latest fashion colours and the widest portfolio of shades to keep the Sri Lankan woman in fashion & looking good, at such surprisingly affordable prices.

The Janet Group also strongly believes in giving something back to the community, in gratitude for the support and patronage extended to the group for more than 4 long decades and has launched "Janet Community Care" - providing free vocational training programs for underprivileged, artistically talented young girls to step into successful careers in hair dressing & beauty culture.