Kiran Atapattu appointed COO:

Walkers Workshop for Heavy Engineering to go places

The 400 tonn hydrologic Press machine

Walkers Workshop for Heavy Engineering is being revolutionized and would be made the biggest heavy engineering workshop in Sri Lanka.

The task making the workshop more dynamic was entrusted to entrepreneur Kiran Atapattu who is now the Chief Operations Officer Walkers Engineering Workshop facility.

He said that with the mammoth development taking place in the country initiated by President Mahinda Rajapaksa, a facility of this nature was something essential for the country.

The Board of Directors of MTD Walkers taking into consideration the massive development by both the government and the private sector, entrusted task of adding value to the Walkers engineering facility to dynamic and award winning businessmen Kiran Atapattu.

His expertise and credibility in the industry would help the Walkers Workshop for Heavy Engineering to gain more assignments and earn increased revenue and make it the most efficient e modern engineering workshop in the country

Located at a 4 acre Block of land in Mahena Road, Siyambalape, South, Siyambalape he said that they would be now geared to undertake any mega project specializing in mechanical engineering in the future. Also the workshop is geared to handle all the major ship repair work in Hambantota Harbour.

Lathe Machines, Horizontal Boring Machines, Vertical Milling Machines, Universal Milling Machines, Shaping Machines, Profile Cutter, Line Cutter, Hydraulic Press Machines, Plaining Machines, Slotting Machines, Radial Dirll Machines, Plate Rollers, Shearing Machines, Boring Machines, Traveling OH Gantry Crane, Welding Machines, Generators are some of the Machines and Equipment that are available in the work shop. It is also the first time in Sri Lanka that all these equipment is made available under one roof.

He said that one of the other key features of the workshop is that it would have ample spares and customers do not have to wait for repairs till they are being imported. This is made available through an online production process that has been put in place.

Famous Walkers Tea Roller used for centuries would manufactured in this facility and kept readily ex stock for both local and export thus bringing valuable foreign exchange to the country.