PMPL gets ISO from SLSI

Packaging Materials (Pvt) Limited (PMPL), a new comer into the flexible packaging industry in Sri Lanka with relatively a short period of existence has been awarded the ISO 2000:2005/HACCP/GMP certifications by the most recognized certifying body in the country; Sri Lanka Standards Institution (SLSI) last month.

A limited liability company started by a local entrepreneur in 2008, has credibly come a long way within just over three years in operation to be a force to reckon in the converting business in the island. Sri Lanka, though being small, has become very competitive and a sophisticated market in the region for flexible packaging material due to its exposure and the demands by the export orientation of clients especially due to Tea and lately as result of other exports such as biscuits and other food products.

This scenario has led the packaging material suppliers to seek for certifications like ISO thus encouraging implementing systems and processes meeting international standards.

Currently, PMPL supplies packaging materials to industries such as Tea and Coffee, Dairy, Processed Meats, Confectionery, Snack Foods, Convenience Foods, Biscuits etc Obtaining of ISO certification has created new opportunities for PMPL to supply its produce to large conglomerates and multinationals who insisted on quality standards especially ISO 2000:2005.

R D Premasiri, Managing Director of PMPL stated that the company intends approaching foreign markets and they are confident in supplying world class packaging material converted at their factory situated in Millaniya, Bandaragama with a conversion capacity of over 100 MT for a month currently and the future plans to expand the business and the plant capacity as well.