Jiffy Products opens Substrate Plant

Jiffy Products S. L. (Pvt) Ltd. opened a new state of the art Substrate Plant in Kobeigane in the Kurunegala District.

The plant is situated in a 75 acre plot of land with an investment of over 250 million rupees. Jiffy Products S.L. (Pvt) Ltd is the Sri Lankan subsidiary of Jiffy International AS Kristiansand, Norway.

The chief guest at the opening was Economic Development Minister. Basil Rajapaksa, Co-operatives and Internal Trade Minister Johnston Fernando, National Languages and Social Integration, S. B. Navinna, Norwegian Embassy Acting Ambassador Hilde Haraldstad and Board of Investments of Sri Lanka, Deputy Director General of Investments, A. M. C. Kulasekara were also present.

"Kobeigane was an area which was categorised as a difficult area for investment. However JPSL has managed to create direct employment for more than 150 and also resulted in the revival of more than 50 ailing fibre mills in the area thus creating livelihood for families employed in the coir fibre mills, and for the direct suppliers of coconut husks to the plant," said JPSL General Manager Sandeeptha Gamalath.

Jiffy International AS is a US $ 300 million transnational company engaged in manufacturing, sales and distribution of plant propagation substrates, substrate systems and related horticultural products throughout the globe. In Europe it has manufacturing sites in Norway, The Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Sweden and Spain. It also has sales offices in The Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, Italy, France, Germany, Spain and importers to cover the entire European continent.

The company also has manufacturing sites in USA and Canada and sales offices in USA, Canada and Brazil with several importers to cover the span of the North and South American continents.