Kent Display bags two Asia Star Awards for packaging excellence

Kent Display (Pvt) Ltd was honoured with two Asia Star Awards and the World Star Award for 2012 for Packaging Excellence at the Lanka STAR Awards Ceremony, 2012 organized by the Sri Lanka Institute of Packaging.

For Kent Display Exports, the value added packaging company of the local conglomerate Kent Group of Companies, packaging is certainly not about fitting a product in to yet another box.

It's about adding value to life - of what goes inside as well as of those who buy it.

Backed by their philosophy of giving life to innovative ideas Kent has seen remarkable growth in the last 5 years. Kent's success is a reflection on the company's unwavering commitment to continuous research and development and the courage to champion a new outlook in an industry set in its ways. It is this vision and courage that lead it to win the Asia award for Excellence in packaging for 5 consecutive years, including 2013.

Kent Display Exports started operations in 1993, as a BOI approved value-addition company for exports and speciality teas.

"With the backing of our R&D we don't plan just for tomorrow but for 5 years from now. We develop products together with our clients and our investment in meaningful research and development has allowed us to contribute by way of new product features and new benefits. This has helped us evolve in the business," says Gamini Saparamadu, the Founding Chairman of the Kent Group of Companies.

Being competitive whilst taking their products to the next level of the packaging industry is in Kent's brand DNA. Saparamadu elaborates, "The ground reality is that Sri Lankan labour is not cheap. So in order to compete with global giants like China and better them,we studied the science of manufacturing .More details could be obtained from, www.kentholdings.com