Phoenix Industries invests 350 m in Horana packaging plant
Phoenix Industries, the largest plastic molding company in Sri Lanka
with over 35 years of industry experience, laid the foundation stone for
a new plant situated at Horana which will fully complement Unilever.
Located on a 7 acre plot of land opposite the Unilever factory
premises, this model plant will be developed to meet all required
quality compliance to manufacture personal care and food packaging
products under stringent hygienic conditions. With this new venture
Phoenix will be able to meet the requirements of Unilever even better as
they will now be in close proximity to their client.
Aslam Omar, Managing Director, Rohan Wijekoon CMO, Palitha Dias,
Factory Manager at the ground breaking ceremony. |
“Phoenix’ business relationship with Unilever spans over 25 years,
and today we have become one of the major packaging suppliers to
Unilever. Our supplies include plastic packaging for major brands such
as Pears, Ponds, Vaseline, Lux, Knorr, Domex, Signal, Astra and Flora.
Phoenix will commence operation of this dedicated plant by the end of
the year”, said Managing Director, Phoenix Industries, Aslam Omar.
Phoenix will expand Unilever’s current product portfolio and venture
into extended polymer based packaging solutions such as tubes and films,
whilst introducing new technologies to create value addition for all
Unilever’s packaging products. “Our focus will be to understand customer
needs and to provide cost effective polymer based packaging solutions to
Unilever,” Omar said.
This dedicated plant which is built with an investment of Rs. 350
million, will be fully geared to supply all Unilever’s packaging needs
by integrating Phoenix Industries current production lines, to meet with
Unilever packaging demands on a just in time basis.” Our aim is to grow
along with the customer and to become the most preferred plastic
packaging solutions provider in the coming years”.
At present Phoenix Industries operates from a state of the art 25
acre factory situated in the Makandura Industrial Zone, which includes
one manufacturing facility at customer premises. The company’s current
portfolio includes plastic furniture, consumer products, crates, sofas,
pipes UPVC/ CPVC pipes, Thermo form, PET, tooth brushes, thread cones ,
components for electric appliances and rigid plastic packaging for
personal care, food and lubricant products. The plant is equipped with
over 80 injection and blow molding machines, along with in mold
labeling, printing, shrink sleeving, as well as labeling facilities
supported by a dedicated in house tool room backed by over 35 BSc
qualified engineers.
Phoenix Industries was the first plastic manufacturer to introduce
Hybrid Injection Molding machines to Sri Lanka in late 2009. Moving
another step ahead in energy conservation, the company in January 2012
purchased Sri Lanka’s first ever All Electric Injection Molding Machine
from Japan, which can save energy up to 70 %. Phoenix Industries was
recently honoured for their energy conservation initiatives at a
ceremony organized by the Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority which
was presided over by, Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa.
Phoenix Industries Makandura received the Gold Flame and was the highest
rated facility in the ‘Large Scale Manufacturing’ category. They were
also the only facility to win a major award for two consecutive years.
“Our clientele includes the largest local and multinational companies
in Sri Lanka such as Unilever, Elephant House, Chevron, Hemas, Cargills,
Milco, Natures Secret, Reckits, Smak, Abans, Nestle, Glaxo, Pepsi,
Distilleries, Lion Brewery, Millers Brewery and Arpico. We have a proven
track record of industrial best practices and will continue to operate
with our customers best interests at the forefront of all our
initiatives,” Omar said. |