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CBL marks National Quality Week

Ceylon Biscuits Ltd., (CBL) commenced its annual program to commemorate the World Standards Day and the National Quality Week last Friday with a flag hoisting and tree planting ceremony held at the company premises under the patronage of Chairman M.P. Wickramasinghe and members of the Board of Directors.

Quality Assurance Manager Shyama Rajapakse presenting a flag to Ceylon Biscuits Limited Chairman M.P. Wickramasinghe to symbolize the commencement of CBL Quality week

CBL Quality Assurance Manager M.S. Shyama Rajapakse presented the Chairman with a flag showing the quality emblem to symbolize the commencement of CBL Quality Week.

The company annually takes part in activities associated with the National Quality Week and the World Standard Day which falls today to reinforce the importance of quality assurance among its employees.

Towards this objective, this year too, a number of activities has been organized by the company's quality assurance division.

Poster and art competitions for employees and their children, inter division drama competition, awareness program for outsourced employees, and the Quality Star Competition are the main activities organized aiming CBL employees to mark this occasion.

Another feature of this year's program is an Inter School debating competition organized to create an awareness among schoolchildren in the area close to CBL on the aspects of quality assurance.

The closing ceremony of the CBL Quality Week will be held on October 16, 2010 at CBL Nenamedura Premises, Highlevel Road, Pannipitiya.

TVS Lanka to unveil Star Sport 125

TVS Lanka Pvt Ltd, which handles the two-wheeler operations of India's TVS Motor Company, is set to unveil another high performance motorcycle that encompasses sleek sporty looks with fuel economy for those who are fed up with wearisome public transport.

Star Sport is the ultimate experience an owner of a motor cycle gets as it empowers one to travel on time with maximum comfort along with highest fuel economy. The new 'Star Sport 125' that is to be unveiled within the next few days has a 125 CC engine designed to be more fuel efficient with Dura-Life technology.

The TVS Star Sport 125

It comes in three colour categories - red, black silver blue and black silver red.

Alongwith the dashing colours, black alloys, black engine, and the black silencer add to the rich look of the machine.

The 'Star Sport 125' comes with a mobile phone charger, a first in the Sri Lankan motor cycle market. Although TVS Lanka had a premium product in the 125 segment they didn't have an economical product before 'Star Sport 125'.

Star Sport is economical in all aspects - affordability, maintenance and fuel consumption. Due to the high BHP and torque the bike has extra pulling power despite it having a 125 CC engine. It is also a self-start bike.

The feature-filled Star Sport 125 is reasonably priced. TVS Lanka has nearly 150 dealers islandwide and 'Star Sport 125' will be displayed in all the 150 showrooms for purchase within the next few days. Being in the motor cycle industry for almost eight years TVS Lanka has been able to establish itself as a trendsetter in the Sri Lankan two wheel market introducing brands like Scooty Pep+, Apache RTR, Flame SR125 and Metro. Having a huge dealer network of service and spare parts close to 500 outlets covering every corner of the island, TVS Lanka has gained customers goodwill. Established in 2003, TVS Lanka (Pvt) Ltd. is a joint venture between United Motors PLC and TVS Group, India.

Singer launches Sanoda Express Pay

Singer has launched Sanoda Express Pay service, which allows customers to make a wide range of bill payments, including credit card, mobile phone, insurance, and utility bills, at any one of its more than 370 retail outlets.

Customers can now walk into a Singer Plus, Singer Mega, Sisil World, or Singer Homes retail outlet anywhere in the country and make their bill payment quickly and conveniently. Due to the fact that Singer's retail outlets stay open late, customers can make their bill payments without having to worry about their bank or service provider's operating hours. More than 170,000 customers used the Sanoda Express Pay service in August.

Many of Sri Lanka's leading companies have signed up with Singer to give their customers an added dimension of professionalism and convenience.

These partners include financial services companies such as HSBC, Singer Finance, American Express, Union Assurance and Western Union, national utilities companies such as the Ceylon Electricity Board and the National Water Supply and Drainage Board, and telecommunications and media companies such as Mobitel, Sri Lanka Telecom, Lanka Bell, Etisalat, Dialog TV and Airtel. The Sanoda Express Pay counter gives customers the flexibility to pay their credit card bills, leasing instalments, utility bills, and post-paid mobile phone payments, re-loads, as well as receive their Western Union money transfers.

Cambio Healthcare Systems expands

Gayan KANCHANA

Swedish healthcare provider Cambio Healthcare Systems expanded their business in Sri Lanka opening a new office.

Cambio Healthcare Systems CEO Tomas Mora Morrison said, the market growth demands in Sweden, Denmark and UK, needed a development centre with all facilities including high end server equipment to provide a good software development environment.

"With the rapid growth we have also restructured the way we communicate and work. Our new building has been carefully designed to support and enhance our software development process," he said. "Cambio is leading and defining the e-healthcare generation. We are shaping tomorrow's e-healthcare by providing hospitals and health centers with state of art systems that radically improve patient administration services and clinical decision support. Our Sri Lankan team which consist of highly skilled and motivated engineers and developers from the best universities in Sri Lanka, play an essential part of our successful business," he said.

Cambio originally launched operations in Colombo in 2005. In early 2010 the company had 70 employees, mostly developers and engineers. In just six months, the number of employees has increased to 110.