Products and services changing rapidly to meet needs of consumers
Today’s world is changing, economic conditions are changing and accordingly the products and services should also change to meet the aspirations and needs of consumers, is the view of a veteran industrialist in the country.
E.J. Gnanam, Managing Director, Supermet, speaking at the re-launch of the product – Supermet – a roofing solution, in Colombo last week, stressed that a good human resource team is the root for success.
He indicated that one could have innovative products with huge investments and newest technology but without a dedicated team nothing can be achieved.
Supermet is one company that has a member of the staff who has been with them for the last 40 years and in fact now comes to work with a walking stick. In their workplace anyone could continue as long as the person is possibly willing to, Mr. Gnanam said.
He said that while their original roofing solution has been Rhino Asbestos, manufacturing for the last 51 years, in 2004 they introduced to the market the newest roofing solution ‘Supermet’ that had a moderate growth over the last decade and last year was separated into two manufacturing entities to continue their efforts to serve the customer with products of high quality standards.
In the manufacture of ‘Supermet’ steel, ‘AZ150’ zinc aluminum coating is used to increase the durability of the product, enhancing overall strength to resist high pressures. The high quality steel is imported from South Korea. However to continue a steady supply the company is contemplating opening a new factory in the Kurunegala area.
Jude Fernando, Director, Supermet, said that Supermet is a benchmark for quality and excellence and they only use finest quality raw material and conduct strict quality checks to ensure premium quality in their final product.