Richardson wins ISO

Tamara Nissanka

Richardson Projects, importers and distributors of electrical equipment, recently won the ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management System Standard. Richardson Projects is the only company in Sri Lanka, to have received an ISO certification that qualifies a wide sphere in electrical solutions, specifically in the area of lightening protection.

The accolade was awarded in recognition of providing electrical solutions through supply of high, medium and low voltage electrical switch gear and lighting systems and design, fabrication, supply, installation and commissioning of low voltage electrical switchgear equipment and lightening protection systems.

Director of Richardson Projects, Kishaan Kanag-Isvaran said that the company strived for three years to win the standard award. He added that the company maintains a 50 per cent annual growth rate.

Since its inception in 2000, the Richardson Projects has undertaken numerous projects in lightening protection, panel assembly, capacitor bank assembly and technical support provision for Government and private sector institutions including mobile telephone service providers, TV and radio stations and building projects of every scale.

With its employee base of over 100, and an island wide dealer network in 700 locations, Richardson Projects represents international manufacturers of electrical equipment, primarily for infrastructural electrical projects.

Principals such as Trench GmbH - Germany, INAEL- Spain, IMEFY - Spain, Sediver - France, Nortroll - Norway and Jyothi- India supplies key components to many substations and transmission projects in Sri Lanka.

Richardson Projects also operates in partnership with such overseas electrical equipment companies as Moeller - Germany, Furse - UK and a host of other foreign suppliers in the industry.