The company was established in 2000 to manufacture and export hardwood furniture and brush blocks. It operates a 20,000 square foot factory located in an export processing zone 50km from Colombo, Sri Lanka, and has space to expand to 60,000 square feet. The company seeks investors to inject capital and transfer technology to utilize local wood resources and craftsmanship to produce furniture for export markets like Europe, North America, and Asia. Current annual turnover is $300,000 with capacity for $1.5 million annually by expanding production lines and exports.

1. FURNITURE MANUFACTURING COMPANY FOR
JOINT VENTURE

2. [FURNITURE MANUFACTURING FACILITY]
The Company was established in the year
2000 to manufacture hard wood furniture and
brush blocks for export. The Company invites
local/ foreign investors to inject capital and
transfer modern furniture production
technology to convert the limited but valuable
tropical wood resources in Sri Lanka to
exportable finished products .
The Company was established in the year
2000 to manufacture hard wood furniture and
brush blocks for export. With experience in
the wood working industry and inspired by a
century old rich heritage of local craft skills
and entrepreneurial traditions we saw an
opportunity to set up a factory to combine
the modern with the traditional, offering
opportunities to our local craftsmen,
carpenters and locally grown teak, mahogany
to reach world markets.

3. Salient Features:
a. Location: Avissawella Export Processing Zone (50 km East of Colombo).
b. Products: Tables, Chairs and other wooden for export to Europe, North America and Asia.
c. Factory area: 20,000 sqft (land available to increase area to 60,000 sqft).
d. Machinery: Consists of Wadkin, UK Rip saws, Cross cut saws, German Weining profile shaper,
Belgian Bouchrie profiling machine, UK Rye Shaper, Auto Sanders. The paint section is equipped
with low pressure guns to produce very high quality finishes.
e. Land extent: 03 acres (1.2 Ha)
f. Employees: 30
g. Annual Turnover: The current annual turnover is Rs 37 million (USD 300,000/-) and has an
untapped capacity

4. • THE COMPANY HAS Board of Investment
approval (BOI).
• A key market in close proximity is India. The
investor will benefit by the Sri Lanka India
Free Trade Agreement which permits export
of furniture made in Sri Lanka at a tariff
concession. The company staff will facilitate
this access to the INDIAN market which is
substantial.
• We are also able to link to reliable sources
of FSC certificate wood from New Zealand.
• A very competitive cost structure for skilled
workers is another advantage.
• Finally considering shipping routes it makes
economic sense to import wood from New
Zealand processed in Sri Lanka and export
end products to Europe and India.

5. Manufacturing Facility
• The production facility is located 50 km East
of Colombo in a 3 acre block of land in a
modern Export Processing Zone in an
Industrial Park, owned and operated by the
BOI.
• With only third of the land area built up
there is room to expand production area to
60,000 sq ft from the current 20,000 sq ft.
• Factory has installed kilns for drying of 70
cubic meters (cbm) of wooden planks.
• Machinery consists of Wadkin, UK Rip saws,
Cross cut saws, German Weining profile
shaper, Belgian Bouchrie profiling machine,
UK Rye Shaper, Auto Sanders.
• The paint section is equipped with low
pressure guns to produce very high quality
finishes.

6. Present Product Lines and
Performance Of The Company
Current Status Of The Company
Human Resources
• Two production lines can be set up
according to the requirements of orders in
hand, first, for chairs & tables and the other
for brush blocks.
The Factory is managed by a Mechanical
Engineer with tertiary University level
education. Staff of 25 skilled, semi-skilled
operators, carpenters, supported by qualified
Supervisors control production. Factory has
• The installed capacity is 200.000 brush access to educated and talented workers who
blocks and 600 chairs or 300 chairs and are trainable and available at very competitive
tables per month. Brush blocks are made costs.
from locally sourced rubber wood.
Imported FSC certified beech wood from Export Experience
New Zealand is used to manufacture for At present the Company export 100 – 150,000
export dining chairs to New Zealand. Other brush blocks a month. Brush blocks are
species like mahogany, teak is available exported directly to the USA and the first
locally for furniture manufacture.
export of the brush block container to the
• The current annual turnover is Rs 37 million
(USD 300,000/-) and has un untapped
capacity to generate of Rs. 200 million (USD
1.5 million) annual turnover.
USA was in 2002. Dining chairs made from
imported beech wood were exported to New
Zealand until recently. The opportunities for
export of hard wood furniture exports to
niche markets are substantial.

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