St. Anthony's to infuse more on machinery

Indunil HEWAGE

St. Anthony's Industries Group (Pvt) Ltd, one of the premium polymer based building material providers in Sri Lanka will infuse Rs 100 million for machinery in its facility in Ekala.

S. Sivakumar

The company is aggressively looking to expand its presence locally and globally with timely and user-friendly products which have enhanced the efficiency of professional systems, industry and the domestic sector in addition to setting up delivery centres in the country.

With the ongoing development initiatives in the country, the company sees a growth in sales volume and has already participated in the several water management projects.

At the moment, company is exporting products to India and Kenya and looking forward to export products to the Maldives.

St Anthony's Industries Group General Manager S. Sivakumar said the company manufactures many categories of products in various segments in polymer industry under the well-known brand name Anton.

The products include PVC pipes, injection moulded fittings, drainage fittings, sewerage treatments, insulation sheets, PVC doors and windows, PVC hoses, rainwater gutter and fittings, nets, water tanks and other amenities.

Eventhough, the local polymer industry has a potential to grow further more, over flowing of imported, substandard products to the local market has become a great impediment to local investors and its high time to government to seriously look into protectionism with the implementation of industry friendly rules and provisions while imposing high duty on substandard products.

The company also makes a responsible commitment to the sustainability of the environment by adopting environmental friendly manufacturing processes.

The company has obtained SLS certification for PVC pipes, fittings, sewerage pipes and fittings and looking forward to obtain SLS certification for water tanks.