Kandy Times

Japanese company at Pallekelle gets quality certification

By U.J. Jazeem

Uchihashi Lanka (Pvt) Ltd, a Japanese firm based at the investment zone at Pallekelle in Kandy, manufacturing “Thermal Cutoffs” for mobile phones, has been awarded both the prestigious ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 international certifications on Quality and Environment by the Sri Lanka Standards Institution.

Uchihashi Lanka (PVT) Ltd which exports to Hong Kong, Singapore and European countries began operation at Pallekelle in 1995 with a work force of 40 which at one stage increased up to 300. Thermal Cutoffs are heat resistance fuses on mobile phones.

Currently around 150 are employed in the factory and most of them have six years service.

Picture shows from left – Kamal Perera – Production Manager, Masahiro Yoshida – Managing Director, Dr. A.R.L. Wijesekera – Chairman SLSI, Sampath Gunasekera – Quality Controller and Dr S. Senaweera – Additional Director, SLSI.

The company headed by a Japanese expert Masahiro Yoshida, a mechanical engineer by profession. From its inception the company has set a motto as “Quality is Trust” to manufacture quality products whilst maintaining the environment properly with the support of all employees to meet the requirements of the valued customers, he said. Quality and environment has been foremost in the minds of this manufacturing firm and with the support and blessings of its parent company – the Uchihashi Group based in Japan -, the Sri Lankan branch at Pallekelle decided to achieve international certification status on quality and environment and worked towards that goal a few years back.

This year they achieved success in obtaining both the ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 from the Sri lanka Standards Institution which carries out vigorous tests over a period of time before awarding those certifications.

By receiving these quality and environment certifications, Uchihashi Lanka (PVT) Ltd became the first firm from the BOI Pallekelle to receive these certifications from the SLSI, according to its Manager Administration Athula Gunasekara.

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