Ramco awarded ISO 9001:2008 certificate

Sri Ramco Lanka, a wholly owned subsidiary of India's US$ 1000 million highly diversified Ramco Group from Chennai, celebrated the achievement of several milestones at the Cinnamon Lakeside Hotel recently, with the participation of dignitaries, company dealers.

According to Director, Sri Ramco Lanka, Prem G Shanker, Ramco had awarded the ISO 9001:2008 certificate, while Sunil Perera of Gypsies fame was appointed the brand ambassador. The company's logo too was unveiled at the ceremony.

Realizing the much needed demand for fibre cement sheets in the country, Ramco Group set up a factory at the Makandura, Industrial Park with two modern plants for the manufacture of fibre cement corrugated roofing sheets and flat sheets for ceilings and portioning. The annual capacity being 240,000 metric tons.

N. Vasudevan, Senior Vice President, Dr Lalith Senaweera, Sri Lanka Standards Institute CEO and Director General, Prem Shanker, Sri Ramco Lanka Director, Tyronne Rudolph Sri Ramco Lanka VP Marketing at the awarding of ISO 9001:2008 certificate. Pictures by Saumanachandra Ariyawansa

A second plent was also set up at the Mathugama Industrial Park with a capacity of 140,000 metric tons with an investment of Rs 1.16 billion.

The company's logo indicates renewed partnerships with the dealers, customers and end users to provide them unsurpassed value for money, induction of new technology and state of the art information technology to strengthen communication bonds with the Ramco Group.

Enhancement through ISO 9001 system and environmental management systems through ISO 14001 would ensure clean manufacturing systems through technical support to customers.

Ramco Group's the market leader in South India's businesses include, cement, fibre cement sheets, cotton and synthetic yarn, software systems and many more. With Ramco's relentless force on quality service, Ramco's philosophy has always been “Technology keeps you ahead.”