Arpico honours distributors, sales force

Richard Pieris Local Manufacturing & Distribution sector, recognized their best distributors and sales force at the recently concluded annual sales conference and Awards Night with the presence of Chairman/Managing Director & CEO of Richard Pieris PLC Dr. Sena Yaddehige as the chief guest.

This year the award ceremony was held under the theme “Reach Beyond Boundaries” and this was a very special year for the sector as their turnover for the financial year was the highest ever recorded in the history of the company. During the ceremony, more than 100 distributors and sales staff from re-distribution, business development, production and furniture sales were recognized for their tireless efforts to make the highest recorded revenue of the sector. Following are the gold award winners of each category felicitated with trophies and other awards during the night.

Best Business Development Manager, Thushara Egodage, Best Business Development Manager, Sadath Mohommed, Best Area Sales Manager, Pradeep Jayaweera, Best Area Sales Manager, Nilantha Dayanath, Best Area Sales Manager, Sameera Perera, Best Production Manager, Jayanath Alwis, Best Distributor, Thineth Lanka, Veyangoda, Best Distributor, ASL Distributors, Katuneriya, Best Distributor, Ceylon Marine, Katana, Best Distributor, Safe Distributors, Anuradapura, Best Distributor, George Wijesinghe Durable Ditributors (Pvt) Ltd, Nikaweratiya, Best Performer, Vajira Marasinghe, Kandy, Best Performer, Mohomed Rizmi, Anuradapura, Best Performer, Sampath Jayawardane, Nikaweratiya, Best Performer, Chameera De Silva, Veyangoda, Best Performer, Lahiru Sanjeewa, Katuneriya, Best Performer Prasad Niroshana, Katana.

During his address, Dr. Sena Yaddehige said: “It has been a norm that Richard Pieris Group showed a growth in revenue every year and this year too, the sector had secured an incredible growth for the financial year. As one of Sri Lanka’s leading conglomerates, Richard Pieris group continues to yield a growth rate each and every year, which portraits our active involvement in the country’s economy. To reach this status, the contribution by the local manufacturing and distribution sector has been immense.

“It was all of you who are being recognized today who made that contribution for us to reach these heights. We are privileged to organize this event to honor the best performers and to encourage you to achieve high standards at Richard Pieris. At this juncture, I wish to congratulate all of you for recording the highest revenue in the history of the group and I’m sure that this was made possible due to the untiring efforts of each and every member of the sector.”

Sunil Liyanage, Managing Director of Local Manufacturing and Distribution sector at the Annual Awards ceremony said: “Mattresses, water tanks, water pumps, regifoam, rubber products, PVC pipes and fittings and furniture are the product lines that we offer to the market.

We do not compromise the high quality standards of our products, which has assured our market leadership in all our product categories.” Shantha Kularathna, Director Distribution/Head of Group Furniture Operations of Sales for Local Manufacturing and Distribution sector speaking at the ceremony: “The excellence showed by our sales team and distributors had been the giant pillar of our success. The efforts made by you have helped us to increase the market share for all the products and to increase penetration as well. I am happy to inform you that we are in the process of introducing more new products in the coming year as well.”

Richard Pieris and Company PLC embraces a rich heritage of over 80 years is one of the largest and most successful diversified business conglomerates based in Sri Lanka.