Project News

On the 09th of November 2007, we visited the Lanka Harness Co. (Pvt) Ltd, at the Export Processing Zone, Biyagama. Mr. Katsumi Takashima, Factory Manager and Mr. Rohan Pallewatta, Managing Director of the company, warmly welcomed us and briefed about the factory.

The main products of this company are sensors for seat belts, air bags and sun visors of motor vehicles. They export these to Japan, Thailand and Rumania.

Selecting, measuring, cutting, soldering, assembling and testing is done by manually. They have 122 employees in their factory and the entry qualification is just "School Leavers." They give on-the-job training to the employees and some of them will be sent to Japan for 6 months for their further training. There are no supervisory grade or middle management level employees and they are in need of training of such level.

Mr. Takashima explained the technological background of the company and Mr. Pubudu, the leader of injection molding machine section explained the functions of their machines and how the sensors function. Mr. Rohan said, "This company is the only company in Sri Lanka who exports sensors to the foreign market".

Mr. Umimae, the Chief Advisor of JSCoT Project, thanked Mr. Takashima, Mr. Rohan and staff of the company for the opportunity that they gave to visit their company and suggested to forge a close cooperation between the company and the Project.