Serendib Horticulture Rewarded for Business Excellence

The Island Wednesday 1st December 2004
Serendib Horticulture Technologies (SHT) which is one of the leading Floriculture export companies, servicing many countries across the Globe. The company has now ventured into off-shoe projects, where the local management and technical expertise has been utilized to formulate Joint-Venture companies to bring in much needed foreign exchange into the country.

The expertise of Serendib Horticulture Technologies in its field of business helped to win three prestigious Business Excellence Awards conducted by the National Chamber of Commerce. The awards were, Best Company - Agriculture ,Fisheries, Livestock, Mining and quarrying category, Best Company - Small industries sector and Best performance - Global Reach.

The company involved primarily in the commercial aspects of floriculture production, through conventional means and by tissue culture, is also into Research and Development in collaboration with premier Public Institutes. With a sizable investment being made in R and D, the company is focused on getting Sri Lanka into the global map of Horticulture Production and Research in partnership with the universities and the Department of Agriculture

SHT with its latest foreign venture is hoping to formulate an extensive out-grower scheme in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture, Providing self-employment to many in the rural areas.The company, which has the best tissue culture laboratory in Sri Lanka has also been contracted by multi-national companies for the production, due to its professional and technical capabilities.

With a well though out strategy, Serendib Horticulture Technologies is bound to place Sri Lanka in the global map as a destination for Horticulture and Research in the not too distant future. This is the Vision of its Managing Director, Dilip de Silva and the dedicated team of Managers and staff, - company said.