Lankan wins SLF award in Los Angeles
Susantha Sisilchandra won an award at the fifth Annual SLF Awards
Ceremony. The award was presented by Upul Dharmadasa, CEO of Upul Travel
Service in the USA. The Award Ceremony was held at the Millennium
Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California under the patronage of Jaliya
Wickramasuriya, Sri Lanka's Consul General in Los Angeles.

Susantha Sisilchandra with the award. |
Sisilchandra, a 33-year-old Sri Lankan Entrepreneur based in Dallas,
Texas, USA is the CEO/President of Ceyhinz Link international, Inc. set
up his US based company with 100% Sri Lankan made products generating
millions of dollars annually. Sisilchandra, an old boy of Nalanda
College, is an IT professional who graduated from the University of
Hawaii Pacific in Hawaii and Massey University in New Zealand.
He introduced Sri Lankan made coir substrate to greenhouses and
nurseries in North America and 30 countries. Ceyhinz Link competes with
foreign companies who promote similar products made in Sri Lanka and
India. His brand Riococo is one of the well-recognised and accepted
growing substrate brands among top greenhouse growers worldwide.
He also introduced coir fibre based Sri Lankan made ecological
restoration products for the project in North America and many other
countries. His products are mainly used by the US Army Engineering
(Corp) and US National Guard projects in many states in the USA.
Ceyhinz Link International (CLI) processes, manufactures and markets
high quality coir (coconut fibre) for use in the production of
hydroponically grown greenhouses. His products contribute to vegetables
and flowers (specially tomatoes, pepper, cucumber and cut-flowers); as
well as a soil amendment for commercially grown potted flowers and
crops, garden centre goods and ecological restoration products.
He invented and introduced products to the Hawaii State that protects
its natural coast from coastal erosion. These products are used by the
Hawaii State Government to protect its islands' coastal erosion.
The SLF Awards Ceremony is organised by the Sri Lanka Foundation. It
is a 501 C (3) non-profit organisation formed in April 2003 by Walter
Jayasinghe, MD. The main focus of the foundation is to promote Sri
Lankan culture in the United States and globally. In addition, an annual
Award Presentation ceremony is held to recognise the members of the Sri
Lankan expatriate community. |