Phoenix Industries, the largest plastic molding company in Sri Lanka with over 35 years of industry experience, this week laid the foundation stone for a new plant situated at Horana which will be fully dedicated to serving the needs of Unilever. Located on a 7-acre plot of land opposite the Unilever factory premises, this plant [...]

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Phoenix Industries invests Rs 350 mln in Horana plant

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Phoenix Industries, the largest plastic molding company in Sri Lanka with over 35 years of industry experience, this week laid the foundation stone for a new plant situated at Horana which will be fully dedicated to serving the needs of Unilever.

Located on a 7-acre plot of land opposite the Unilever factory premises, this plant will be developed to meet all required quality compliances to manufacture personal care and food packaging products under stringent hygienic conditions, according to a company media statement. 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, it said.

“The 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,” noted Managing Director, Phoenix Industries, Mr Aslam Omar at the ceremony.

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,” Mr Omar said.

This dedicated plant to be built at a cost 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.” At present Phoenix Industries operates from a factory situated in the Makandura Industrial Zone, which includes one manufacturing facility at the customer’s premises.




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