Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Expolanka Commodities in US$ 1mn expansion

Expolanka Commodities (Pvt.) Ltd., Expolanka Holdings’ import and entrepot trading arm, announced that it was investing US$ 1 million to upgrade its lentils splitting plant to meet increasing demand both locally and internationally.

Under the first phase, $350,000 would be used to fully automate the plant with a capacity of processing 200MT per day and includes the addition of a state-of-the-art colour sorting machine, boasting of a capacity of 200MT per day.

Expolanka Commodities, Chief Operating Officer, Azmy Mohideen said, "The demand, both locally and globally has been huge which led us to decide to upgrade the lentils splitting plant. The $1mn expansion is certainly a move in the right direction, giving us the opportunity to cater to more local market needs as well as the same internationally."

source - www.island.lk

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