Haycarb Suhada Hamuwa 2019
Haycarb ‘Suhada Hamuwa 2019’ – The annual get-together of Haycarb PLC was held on the 21st September 2019 at Avenra Gangaara Hotel in Wennappuwa. Employees and their families from every subsidiary of Haycarb attended this occasion, resulting the total attendance to go over 1250. Chairman and CEO of Hayleys PLC, Mr.Mohan Pandithage graced the event as the Chief Guest for the night and the Managing Director of Haycarb PLC Mr.Rajitha Kariyawasan greeted the attendees with a warm welcome speech.
It was indeed an enjoyable evening filled with gifts, snack items, play areas and special games for kids, spot competitions and a raffle draw which gave away valuable gifts to the winners. The Grand Finale of ‘Haycarb Superstar Season 02’ was also held at the event, crowning Mr. Nirodha Wimalasuriya of Puritas Pvt Ltd as the champion singer from the rest of the participants. Long service awards - a notable appreciation given to those who have completed 15,25 or 35 years of service at Haycarb, were awarded to 20 employees who had achieved this special milestone in their career at our company.
The evening was filled with good company, great conversations, superb food and toe tapping music which everyone thoroughly seemed to enjoy. It was a remarkable and a memorable night for every employee and family member in the Haycarb Family and everyone bid adieu to the night looking forward to the next year’s event with even more glory. A few stills from the night are posted below.
Haycarb wins Prestigious Presidential Export Award for the Best Innovative Product of the Year 2018/19!
We proudly announce the winning of overall award for the “Best Innovative Export Product of the Year” for our activated carbon product line for super capacitors, at the prestigious Presidential Export Awards organized by the Sri Lanka Export Development Board. The awarding ceremony was held for the 23rd time this year on Thursday, September 19 at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH) under the patronage of the President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. The Presidential Export Awards is the highest form of acknowledgment given to any exporter for their contribution and commitment towards improving foreign exchange of the country. While this award reflects our core values of technical excellence, customer centricity, innovation and sustainable business practices, we will continue to improve our products with investments in R&D and , manufacturing technology to ensure our global position in super capacitor carbon market.
Hayleys Co-Chairman Mr Dhammika Perera receiving the award from His Excellency the President Maithripala Sirisena. Product Innovation Team Leader , Director R&D and Techincal of Haycarb PLC, Mr Udaya Kumara is also in the picture.
We were in Jaffna Last week!
'Puritas' was present at The Enterprise Sri Lanka Jaffna exhibition which was organised by the Ministry of Finance. This exhibition was open to the public from 7th September 2019 to 10th September 2019 at Mutraweli in Jaffna. The main purpose of this year's exhibition was to create 100,000 new entrepreneurs and our colleagues from Puritas were able to educate the visitors about the latest uses of Activated Carbon and how we take part in the day today lives of people around the Island and also worldwide. Visitors could also checkout and purchase some of our finest products sold in the local market like Oxypura”, “Mr. Fresh” and “Bin Fresh”. This is one of many occasions where Haycarb was able to reach out to another remote area of Sri Lanka through our very own Subsidiary 'Puritas (Pvt) Ltd'.
"Puritas" Exhibited at 'Construct Exhibition 2019'
Our very own local subsidiary "Puritas (Private) Limited was present at 'Construct Exhibition 2019' which was organized by the National Construction Association of Sri Lanka (NCASL) for the 19th Consecutive year. The exhibition was held from 23rd-25th August 2019 at the BMICH. Our representatives were able to share valuable information about our business of manufacturing and marketing of Active Carbon based purification products, ranging from face-masks to odour removal products under the brands of “Oxypura”, “Mr. Fresh” and “Bin Fresh”. The visitors to the stall were given a briefing about our other Activated Carbon solutions for various applications such as water purification, air purification, decolorizing applications, deodorizing applications, etc.
Extending our Community services reach -Puritas “Sath Diyawara Going Beyond”
First initiated as part of a visionary social enterprise aimed at providing a reliable supply of clean drinking water to communities in the North and North Central, the Puritas Sath Diyawara campaign has evolved to encompass holistic development of the communities through educational development, youth empowerment. In connection with Sath Diyawara initiative, we started distributing school packs among the school children in North and North central provinces. So far 11 schools in 11 villages have been covered with this project throughout a span of 3 years uplifting the lives of over 2,533 students thus far. Each pack contains essential supplies like stationary, exercise books sufficient for a full school year, in addition to material for school uniforms, school bags, pencil cases, and water bottles.
Puritas Sath Diyawara in the words of our Chief Executive Officer:
“We hope that our efforts will provide a further measure of support and comfort to these families, and help inspire a new generation to learn with passion, and ultimately empower and develop their communities and our nation as a whole,”
-Hayleys Chairman and Chief Executive, Mr Mohan Pandithage -
Recent News
- Haycarb Trades Carbon Credits under Kyoto Protocol
- ‘Puritas Sath Diyawara’ opens a Reverse Osmosis Plant for CKD affected villages in the North Central Province
- Veolia Water - Hayleys commission a pioneering centralised treatment plant in Passikudah
- Haycarb records turnover of USD 90.8 Mn and profit before tax of USD 8.1 Mn for 2014/15
- Hayleys Group CKD – CSR Water Initiative “Puritas Sath Diyawara” wins prestigious Asia Responsible Entrepreneurship Award 2015
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