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IWS IN THE NEWS |
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02-10-2008 | |||||||||
Arthur Senanayaka takes over the helm of Sampath Bank |
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He is also the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of IWS Holdings (Pvt) Ltd – a conglomerate with diversified business interests in many industries in the country. During the first six months of 2008 Sampath Bank’s income increased by 26.7% and net profit after tax increased by 17.3% over the corresponding period in 2007. Sampath Bank has 112 branches and has recently moved into setting up branches in the Easten region. |
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09-10-2006 | |||||||||
Maersk Logistics and IWS Logistics Venture. |
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08-10-2006 | |||||||||
IWS Blue Zebra – Porsche on the race track More... |
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08-08-2007 | |||||||||
| Employment opportunities in a landmark Automobile Project in the Hambantota District | ||||||||||
Established under the
“Nipayum Sri lanka 333 Enterprises programme”, Universal
Auto Assembly – a BOI approved company, together with its
parent company – IWS holdings (PVT) Limited, has brought in
a landmark industry to the district of Hambantota, where the need
for development, employment, and enhancement of knowledge has been
a pressing issue over the last decade. The project represent and
investment of LKR500 million and would create over 100 employment
opportunities in the Hambantota divisional Secretariat. |
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Universal Auto Assembly
will initially begin its operations by assembling the Jaguar X-Type
Luxury Saloon Motorcars, which is the entry model in the range of
vehicles offered by Jaguar cars UK. |
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The next phase would
be the assembly of four-wheel drive, double cab and single cab vehicles,
which would be built to suite the requirements of the agricultural
and construction sectors, thus making it and affordable option which
would help increase efficiency while reducing costs. |
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The opportunity to
export the assembled vehicles to neighbouring countries such as
India and Pakistan through the Free Trade Agreements signed between
the countries is also a strong possibility which is currently being
explored. |
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08-08-2007 | |||||||||
| Y Foods | ||||||||||
Y food is one of the first in the IWS group of companies to concentrate into the consumer product line. At the inception they will be marketing Ceylon Tea in the form of an energy drink by the brand name of Shakti Tea and another energy drink by the name of Black Mumba. Shakti Tea is focused on to a wide consumer market whilst Black Mumba will be in the niche market such as of restaurants, pubs and places of entertainment of young people, competing with other popular brands in the world. Y Food is currently concentrating only in Sri lanka and some selected countries in the region Europe, whilst the plans are on the table to expand the market and distribution activities in the other areas of the world. IWS wish to expand
its product range from its current energy drink to confectionery’s
etc. |
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15-08-2007 | |||||||||
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