Iceplant to be set up in Trincomalee
 

Trincomalee correspondent

Under the business services support facility - small and medium enterprise development project of the Ministry of Advanced Technology and National Enterprise Development. The Trincomalee Regional Offices, the Business Development Centre has identified setting up of an iceplant in Trincomalee as a priority investment.

With a view to expedite this project, the Business Development Centre has approached few businessmen and K. Thurairasa & Sons (Pvt) Ltd has consented to invest in this project. Under this project an ice block making plant is to be located at 7th Mile Post on the Trincomalee-Nilaveli Road. The proposed plant to be installed here has the capacity to produce 75 mt of ice per day. The machinery and technology is to be imported from Dalian Group in China and the total project cost is around Rs. 65 million.

Professional staff of the Business Development Centre will take over the management of the plant from selection of machinery installation and commercial production to maintenance of the plant. An agreement was signed to this effect between the company and the Business Development Centre at the Trincomalee Regional Office.

Chairman of the firm K. Thurairasa signed on behalf of the firm and the Business Development Centre was represented by the Centre Manager and Marketing Advisor T.M. Rizvi. District Secretary Gamini Rodrigo and Director Enterprise Services Seeds Ltd. Dr. (Mrs.) Margaret Kuruppu were also present and witnessed the signing of the agreement.