Roshini Trade to set up plant here

by Ramani Kangaraarachchi

Roshini Trade International Ltd (RTI) a large scale importer of tube lights and glass bulbs is to diversify its business into manufacturing in Sri Lanka shortly as Roshini Lit Lanka.

The Managing Director RTI, D.C. Rawat said that Rs. 20 million has been invested in this project out of which Rs. 15 million will be for machinery imported from India while labour and raw material will be indigenous.

The site for the factory is earmarked in the outskirts of Colombo on a one acre area. Being already familiar with the manufacturing of this products which are now imported from India manufacturing them in Sri Lanka is hardly a hurdle, Rawat said.

His ambition is to be an ambassador of goodwill to Sri Lanka and India bringing them together closer while advancing his business goals.

RTI began business in Sri Lanka in mid nineties has became a giant in the import arena by now. Among other items that RTI imports are MS Black and GI pipes, roller shutter accessories, gate channel, tea and rice mill machinery spares, jute hessian and yarn.