Pee Bee Management Services (Pvt) Limited, a manufacturer of soft disposable tissue paper products and marketed under the brand name Flora Tissues, celebrated its 40th year anniversary recently and unveiled its ambitious plans to launch new products, with the support of its renewed commitment by employees and distributors, amid the rapidly evolving landscape and challenges in market conditions.
Managing Director of Pee Bee Management Services (center) with some key distributors
The 40th year anniversary celebrations, at the Golden Rose, featured a felicitation ceremony to recognise distributors and employees, irrespective of the number of years served with the company. Many of them have been associated with Flora Tissues since 1983, ranging from one to three decades of service. They were honoured with a token of appreciation from the Managing Director. Representatives of the Indian-based Orient Paper Mills, Debojit Sengupta and Amrinder Batra and Director, Documentation and Information Services of the Sri Lanka Standards Institution, Mrs. T. S. Senaratne were also present.
The vision embedded in the minds of the directors in 1982 became a reality in the early part of 1983.
The brand Flora was born in 1983, with the aim of providing quality soft hygienic and affordable soft tissue products such as paper serviettes, facial tissues, paper towels and toilet tissues for the Sri Lankan market.
The humble beginnings began with a rented factory premises in Ratmalana with just one machine and seven employees. In1991, the company relocated to its own premises at the Katuwana Industrial Estate in Homagama, with a full-fledged production; storage and distribution facility equipped with state-of-the-art infrastructure and logistics and currently employs over 320 people, who live in the vicinity of the factory.
The Flora tissue brand includes a range of products for consumer as well as institutions such as hotels, restaurants, hospitals, among others.
Today, Flora Tissues continues to expand its product portfolio to the local market and also exports to markets such as the Maldives and Seychelles. The journey so far and the countdown to the next successful decade is clearly mapped out and is an achievable goal to be accomplished by the relentless dedication and determination exhibited by all employees, distributors and partners, a company spokesman said.
