Noritake Lanka Porcelain (Pvt) Limited entered the New Year on a winning note by being awarded the National Quality Award in the Large Manufacturing Category at the National Quality Awards at the Colombo Hilton Hotel recently. Noritake’s Senior Director T.C Tennakoon and Technical Director Y. Ando received the award from President Maithripala Sirisena.
Minister of Technology and Research Susil Premajayantha and State Minister of Science, Technology and Research Lakshman Senevirathna were also present at the ceremony.
“Last year was a very good year and we’re thus doubly happy to continue our winning streak into this year too,” said Deputy Chairman and Managing Director of Noritake Lanka Porcelain (Pvt) Ltd (NLPL) Yoshinari Shimaya.
“We are constantly humbled by the continued support and confidence placed in us by our ever-growing customer base both locally and overseas. Spurred on by our laurels, we always endeavour to out-do ourselves. This is a new year and the targets ahead are very challenging,” he said. “This National Quality Award is another endorsement of the excellence of our product and our performance.
This is also a shared honour and credit thus goes to every member of the Noritake family in Sri Lanka spread across our Matale factory, Pannala, our main showroom in Colombo 7 and at our other showrooms in Wattala, Matale, Odel and Pepiliyana,” Shimaya said. Noritake Lanka Porcelain (Pvt) Limited currently exports more than six million pieces of porcelainware valued at over Rs. 2,500 million.
They are marketed in 100 countries across all five continents. NLPL is the major supplier of porcelain ware to leading hotels in Sri Lanka.