Ravi Exports wins best Sabaragamuwa entrepreneur award recently
View(s):Ravi Exports Pvt Ltd, which has a factory located in the Kegalle district, was recently awarded the gold medal for “The Best Entrepreneur of the Year in the Export Sector of the Sabaragamuwa Province” at a ceremony held at the Grand Guardian Hotel, Ratnapura.
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The award being presented by Ratnapura Mayor Tyronne Attanayake to Iranjan Bandarigodage, Managing Director of Ravi Exports Pvt Ltd (second from left).
The company said in a media release that it has been engaged in the past 21 years in the distribution of value added food products to top local and foreign markets. These food products have been produced using independent, creative enterprise thinking with the company bringing recognition to the country at national and international level.
The company is involved in developing spices for export using raw materials which has created direct and indirect employment to people in the Kegalle district and the neighbouring areas.
The company has won several awards – the “Shramabhimani Dheewara Pranama” national award in 2011 for the export of the best fisheries products and the gold medal for the best exporter in agricultural products in both 2014 and 2015. In 2018, it won the international quality certificate for food testing awarded by the HACCP Institute of KAHAS, South Korea and in the same year was given the special international quality certificate for food safety awarded by SGS Lanka Pvt Ltd.