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January 14, 2022

Kelani Breezer fan of Kelani Cables PLC was conferred with the ‘SLS 814’ standard certification by the Sri Lanka Standard Institute. The certification was endowed for the production excellence of the product. The ‘SLS 814’ certificate was presented to Kelani Cables PLC Director/CEO Mr. Mahinda Saranapala at the head office by the Director General of the SLSI Mrs. Siddhika G. Senaratne.

The occasion was represented by Ms. Priyanka Perera (Director- Product Certification) and Mr. A. P. Kandage (Senior Deputy Director – Product Certification from SLSI and Dr. Anil Munasinghe (General Manager – Marketing), Mr. Rohana Wadduwage (Sales Manager – Power and Energy) and Ms. Gayathri Ekanayake (Asst. Manager – Quality Assurance) from Kelani Cables PLC.

Kelani Cables PLC, Sri Lanka’s number one company in the secure electrical and durable quality.

Kelani Breezer product was endorsed with ‘Two Star’ Standard Certification in a prior occasion.

Havells, a leading company in India that manufactures fans and electrical items for the global market has specially manufactured ‘Kelani Breezer’ fans to suit the Sri Lankan market according to the requirements specified by Kelani Cables PLC.

Havells Company sells its electrical products to over 50 countries around the world.

The customized Kelani Breezer fan range has special attributes. It functions even at lowest voltage levels and comes with a two-year warranty. Power consumption is as low as 74 Watts. The perfect angle of its blades guarantees perfect airflow. The safety chains avoid the fan falling down in a case of loose connection. It is also equipped with a safety switch and male /female sockets.

Most fans in the marketplace have blades that gather rust. Kelani Breezer fan has blades and upper and lower housings of the motor with Aluminum finish. Hence it does not corrode or its colour does not fade.

Kelani Breezer fan has ‘dual bearings’ thus it has a soothing mechanism and long lasting nature.

Kelani Cables PLC Director/CEO Mr. Mahinda Saranapala speaking at the occasion said, “Kelani Cables products are endorsed by the customers as ‘number one’ products and Kelani Cables is a Top-of-the-mind brand name. Hence we introduce products to the Sri Lankan market with utmost responsibility. Over the years the products we have introduced have recorded ‘zero defaults’ and increased sales. The ‘SLS 814’ standard certification conferred by the Sri Lanka Standard Institute for the ‘Kelani Breezer’ fan endorses its superior quality.”

Kelani Cables PLC is a one hundred percent Sri Lankan company serving the nation for 53 years manufacturing electrical and communication cables. The company achieved “Super Brands” status in the electrical and telecommunication sector in 2008 for professional supremacy it demonstrated in the electrical and communication cables sphere. The company is ISO 9001and ISO 14001 certified. In 2017 Kelani Cables won World Class Global Performance Excellence Awards and the company won the Gold Award for B2B Brand of the year at the SLIM Brand Excellence in 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017 and 2018. In 2020 the company won the Silver Award for B2B Brand of the year and ‘Restart Sri Lanka Resilient Award’ for Large Scale manufacturing at the SLIM Brand Excellence CNCI industrial excellence award consecutively for 3 years from 2006 to 2008 and for this achievement was recognized with CNCI industrial excellence crystal ward in 2008. The company clinched Taiki Akimoto 5S Gold award in 2007, National Safety Gold Award in 2010, SLIM brand excellence 2013 Gold award in B2B category and SLITAD people development Gold award in 2013. In 2015 and in 2016 Kelani Cables was awarded Asia’s Best Employer Brand Award. The company won Best Green Reporter Gold award at 2016 Presidential Environmental Awards and 2016 National HR excellence Silver award. Kelani Cables was awarded the prestigious National Quality Award in 2016 for the company’s sustained business excellence.

Kelani Cables PLC is one of the first companies in Sri Lanka that is signatory to National Green Reporting System. Owing to its health and safety oriented culture and environmental stewardship, Kelani Cables PLC has been certified globally recognized ‘Responsible Care’ charter.

December 4, 2021

Kelani Cables PLC maintain the position of being Sri Lanka’s number one brand name in the secure electrical and communication cables manufacturing sphere. The company added more muscle to its product range by becoming the sole distributor in Sri Lanka for the world famous Havelles company’s CAT-6 LAN Cables.

Now Sri Lankan consumers can experience the total network solutions provided by Havelles CAT-6 LAN Cables that has one of the fastest data entry facilitation ability and other special attributes.

The launching event of Havelles CAT-6 LAN Cables was held at the Kelani Cables PLC head office with the participation of Kelani Cables PLC Director/CEO, Mahinda Saranapala, General Manager, Dr. Anil Munasinghe, Marketing Manager Channa Jayasinghe, and National Sales Manager, Havelles – India Rohan Gurusinghe.

Havelles CAT-6 LAN Cables is an innovative product made by a world famous company, Havelles. It is known for its endurance and is fitting for sound systems and it has a fire-resistant cover and a flexible border. The product is sold to over 50 countries around the world.

Kelani Cables PLC Director/CEO Mahinda Saranapala speaking said at the inauguration, Kelani Cables is a name associated with excellence.

“Consumers have faith in the products offered by the Kelani Cables company. We are thus bound by the responsibility to always offer the best products to consumers. We distribute Havelles CAT-6 LAN Cables produced by the Havelles company in Sri Lanka with that responsibility. We appreciate the decision made by the Havelles company to select Kelani Cables as the sole distributor of the Havelles CAT-6 LAN Cables in Sri Lanka”.

Kelani Cables PLC Dr. Anil Munasinghe, General Manager, Marketing said, “Kelani Cables offer its customers only the best. The sellers of electrical items in the country have thus endorsed the products offered with the ‘Kelani Cables’ tag. Another Havelles product that we introduced to the marketplace sometime back was Kelani Breezer fan. Currently that product too has generated an unprecedented demand by the consumers all over the country.”

Kelani Cables PLC is a one hundred percent Sri Lankan company serving the nation for 51 years manufacturing electrical and communication cables. The company achieved “Super Brands” status in the electrical and telecommunication sector in 2008 for professional supremacy it demonstrated in the electrical and communication cables sphere. The company is ISO 9001and ISO 14001 certified. In 2017 Kelani Cables won World Class Global Performance Excellence Awards and the company won the Gold Award for B2B Brand of the year at the SLIM Brand Excellence in 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017 and 2018. In 2020 the company won the Silver Award for B2B Brand of the year and ‘Restart Sri Lanka Resilient Award’ for Large Scale manufacturing at the SLIM Brand Excellence CNCI industrial excellence award consecutively for 3 years from 2006 to 2008 and for this achievement was recognized with CNCI industrial excellence crystal ward in 2008. The company clinched Taiki Akimoto 5S Gold award in 2007, National Safety Gold Award in 2010, SLIM brand excellence 2013 Gold award in B2B category and SLITAD people development Gold award in 2013. In 2015 and in 2016 Kelani Cables was awarded Asia’s Best Employer Brand Award. The company won Best Green Reporter Gold award at 2016 Presidential Environmental Awards and 2016 National HR excellence Silver award. Kelani Cables was awarded the prestigious National Quality Award in 2016 for the company’s sustained business excellence.

Kelani Cables PLC is one of the first companies in Sri Lanka that is signatory to National Green Reporting System. Owing to its health and safety oriented culture and environmental stewardship, Kelani Cables PLC has been certified globally recognized ‘Responsible Care’ charter.

February 15, 2021

Kelani Cables PLC, the Sri Lanka’s number one brand in secure electrical and communication cables was conferred with two prestigious awards at the 19th ‘SLIM-Brand Excellence – 2020’ annual awards ceremony held at the Sirimavo Bandaranaike memorial Hall.

While the first award was bestowed to recognize the company in the B2B brand of the year category, the second one ‘Restart Sri Lanka Resilient Award’ being an exclusive award in the 2020 awards ceremony was presented to recognize the company for demonstrating endurance in the Covid -19 pandemic era. The award bestowed was in the FMCG category. The B2B award was received by the company also in earlier SLIM awards ceremonies.

SLIM-Brand Excellence is conducted annually by the Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (SLIM) to recognize championing brands in the Sri Lankan marketplace.

Mr. Mahinda Saranapala, Director/CEO, Kelani Cables PLC, said SLIM bestowing the company with two prestigious awards once again is a proud moment for Kelani Cables PLC while the recognition endorses the credibility of the company and its innovative products.

“This is a proud moment for the company. Especially the ‘Restart Sri Lanka Resilient Award’ that was bestowed for the company’s endurance within Easter attack period and in the Covid 19 era is significant. Our team worked tirelessly towards achieving this recognition. Kelani Cables PLC work in harmony with other socially responsible companies in the country and it was recognized once again with the SLIM B2B brand of the year award. We see this as a recognition for our coexistence in the business world and our dedication towards consumer satisfaction.

Dr. Anil Munasinghe, General Manager Marketing, Kelani Cables PLC said, “Kelani Cables PLC is very concerned about the standards of its products. Many local companies dedicated to provide customer satisfaction rely on the products of Kelani Cables PLC. Superior quality of our main product, Kelani cables wire and other products in the product portfolio have made many companies successful and houses, industries and buildings secure”.

Mr. Channa Jayasinghe, Brand Development Manager, Kelani Cables, said Kelani Cables is the most preferred brand in secure electrical and communication cables among the construction sphere in the country.

“Kelani Cables is a top-of-the-mind brand because of the superior quality, innovations, product development strategies and diversifications towards customer satisfaction thus this recognition at the SLIM Brand Excellence 2020. We will be more motivated now to add value to the Sri Lankan marketplace”, he said.

Kelani Cables PLC is a one hundred percent Sri Lankan company serving the nation for 50 years manufacturing electrical and communication cables. The company achieved “Super Brands” status in the electrical and telecommunication sector in 2008 for professional supremacy it demonstrated in the electrical and communication cables sphere. The company is ISO 9001and ISO 14001 certified. In 2017 Kelani Cables won World Class Global Performance Excellence Awards and the company won the Gold Award for B2B Brand of the year at the SLIM Brand Excellence in 2012, 2013, 2016 and 2017. CNCI industrial excellence award consecutively for 3 years from 2006 to 2008 and for this achievement was recognized with CNCI industrial excellence crystal ward in 2008. The company clinched Taiki Akimoto 5S Gold award in 2007, National Safety Gold Award in 2010, SLIM brand excellence 2013 Gold award in B2B category and SLITAD people development Gold award in 2013. In 2015 and in 2016 Kelani Cables was awarded Asia’s Best Employer Brand Award. The company won Best Green Reporter Gold award at 2016 Presidential Environmental Awards and 2016 National HR excellence Silver award. Kelani Cables was awarded the prestigious National Quality Award in 2016 for the company’s sustained business excellence.

Kelani Cables PLC is one of the first companies in Sri Lanka that is signatory to National Green Reporting System. Owing to its health and safety oriented culture and environmental stewardship, Kelani Cables PLC has been certified globally recognized ‘Responsible Care’ charter.

August 5, 2020

Kelani Breezer fan range of Kelani Cables PLC was endorsed with energy saving ‘2 Star’ certification by the Sri Lanka Standard Institution (SLSI).

Kelani Cables PLC is Sri Lanka’s number 01 company in the secure electrical and communication cables manufacturing sphere.

The ‘2 Sta’r certification was offered to the ‘Kelani Breezer’ fan after following a stringent process that included product attributes; safety, warranty certificate offered with the product, high standards and economy in electric consumption. The certificate was presented to Mr. Mahinda Saranapala, Director/CEO, Kelani Cables PLC by Dr. Siddhika Senaratne, Director General SLSI at the SLSI head office.

Havells, a leading company in India that manufactures fans and electrical items for the global market has exclusively manufactured ‘Kelani Breezer’ fans to suit the Sri Lankan marketplace according to the requirements specified by Kelani Cables PLC.

Havells sells its electrical products to over 50 countries around the world by their own brand name.

The customized ‘Kelani Breezer’ fan range has special attributes. The electric consumption is at lowest level as 74 Watts. ‘Kelani Breezer’ thus is the fan in the Sri Lankan marketplace with lowest electric consumption and it is endorsed by the ‘2 Star’ certification by the SLSI.

It functions even at lowest voltage levels and comes with a two-year warranty. The perfect angle of its blades guarantees perfect airflow. ‘Safety chain’ avoid the fan from falling down in the case of loose connection. In addition to the safety switch, it has a ‘Male/Female socket’’ for more protection.

Most fans in the marketplace have blades that gather rust. ‘Kelani Breezer’ fan has blades and upper and lower housings of the motor with Aluminum finish. Hence it does not corrode or its colour does not fade. The product comes in white, brown and ivory colours. In the months to come, ‘Kelani Breezer’ fans product portfolio will have elegant new additions.

‘Kelani Breezer’ fan has dual bearings thus it has a soothing mechanism and long lasting nature.

Mr. Mahinda Saranapala, Director/CEO, Kelani Cables PLC said, “The ‘2 Star’ certification by the SLSI endorsed our dedication to provide superior products to the marketplace. Kelani Cables products are endorsed by the customers as ‘number one’ products.”

He added, “We were motivated by the response of our loyal customers and that resulted in introducing the ‘Kelani Breezer’ fan by enhancing our product range. We got the world renowned Havells Company to produce Kelani Breezer fan to suit the Sri Lankan customer”.

Kelani Cables PLC is a one hundred percent Sri Lankan company serving the nation for 50 years manufacturing electrical and communication cables. The company achieved “Super Brands” status in the electrical and telecommunication sector in 2008 for professional supremacy it demonstrated in the electrical and communication cables sphere. The company is ISO 9001and ISO 14001 certified. In 2017 Kelani Cables won World Class Global Performance Excellence Awards and the company won the Gold Award for B2B Brand of the year at the SLIM Brand Excellence in 2012, 2013, 2016 and 2017. CNCI industrial excellence award consecutively for 3 years from 2006 to 2008 and for this achievement was recognized with CNCI industrial excellence crystal ward in 2008. The company clinched Taiki Akimoto 5S Gold award in 2007, National Safety Gold Award in 2010, SLIM brand excellence 2013 Gold award in B2B category and SLITAD people development Gold award in 2013. In 2015 and in 2016 Kelani Cables was awarded Asia’s Best Employer Brand Award. The company won Best Green Reporter Gold award at 2016 Presidential Environmental Awards and 2016 National HR excellence Silver award. Kelani Cables was awarded the prestigious National Quality Award in 2016 for the company’s sustained business excellence.

Kelani Cables PLC is one of the first companies in Sri Lanka that is signatory to National Green Reporting System. Owing to its health and safety oriented culture and environmental stewardship, Kelani Cables PLC has been certified globally recognized ‘Responsible Care’ charter.

January 23, 2018

The occasion in which Mahinda Saranapala, Director/ CEO, Kelani Cables PLC received the ‘World Class Global Performance Excellence Awards’. Also in the picture; Upul Mahanama, General Manager (Operations), Kelani Cables PLC and Shyama Perera, Manager (Technical Operations)

November 8, 2017

Kelani Cables PLC being the number one brand in secure electrical and communication cables in Sri Lanka subsequently ventured into producing LED bulbs. The company recently unveiled its newest LED Bulbs range to the Sri Lankan market.

Keani Cables PLC has built a reputation with its secure electrical and communication cables and maintained it over a period of 50 years and that led the company to venture into producing ‘Kelani LED’ bulbs in the ‘Kelani Lighting’ product range.

Kelani lighting products too have secured trustworthiness in the marketplace just as Kelani electrical and communication cables.

Sri Lankan households can now benefit from a range of ‘Kelani LED’ bulbs that have a greater lighting capacity of Watt 3 to Watt 11 and come in Daylight and Warm Light types. The bulbs come in both Screw type and Pin type with a Two-year warranty.

‘Kelani LED’ newest bulb saves electricity by 85 percent and has a 15 year lifetime. This will surely support people in our country to keep their electricity bills from soaring.

Anil Munasinghe, General Manager Marketing, Kelani Cables PLC, speaking of newest ‘Kelani LED’ Bulb said Kelani Cables PLC ventured into producing LED bulbs in addition to producing secure electrical and communication cables after a comprehensive study revealed the need of better LED bulbs by the Sri Lankan households.

“’Kelani LED’ bulbs serve varied purposes of Sri Lankan consumer. We have superior products that emit more light and have a greater reach. That is the USP of Kelani LED bulbs. This newest range of LED bulbs we introduced today has greater emission power and greater lifetime. Consumers who complain about low emission of light from various LED bulb products have now become loyal customers of ‘Kelani LED’ bulbs. While all other LED bulbs emit a conical shaped light Kelani LED clear bulb emits light to spread fully. Hence ‘Kelani LED’ Bulb could be treated as just the product for any household”, said Munasinghe.

Kelani Cables PLC is a one hundred percent Sri Lankan company serving the nation for 48 years manufacturing electrical and communication cables. The company achieved “Super Brands” status in the electrical and telecommunication sector in 2008 for professional supremacy it demonstrated in the electrical and communication cables sphere.

In 2012, Kalanai Cables PLC clinched the bronze award for the excellent business brand category at the SLIM Brand Excellence. It clinched gold at the SLIM Brand Excellence once again in 2013 for the same category. The company secured gold at the SLITAD People Development – 2013 award ceremony for the contribution it has made towards training and development of the work-force plus up-keeping their welfare.

Kelani Cables PLC is the proud recipient of ISO 9000:2008 certification for quality, ISO 14001:2004 for better environment management, National Standards award and the gold winner of Taiki Akimoto 5S award.

In 2015 Kelani Cables PLC was conferred with the Asia’s Best Employer Brand award. Kelani Cables was recognized for sustainable development at the National Green Awards in 2015. The company bagged Silver award for best organizational CSR brand under the B2B brand category at the SLIM Brand Excellence awards in 2015.

National HR Excellence Silver award in 2016 and Green Reporting Gold award at the Presidential Environmental Awards in the same year are other achievements.

September 11, 2017

Chartered engineer, Shyama Perera, Technical Operations Manager, Kelani Cables PLC explaining the uses of ‘Wire Calculator Mobile APP’ at the inauguration

Kelani Breezer fan conferred with ‘SLS 814’ Standard Certification

Kelani Cables PLC becomes the sole-distributor in Sri Lanka for Havelles CAT-6 LAN Cables

Kelani Cables PLC conferred with two prestigious awards including ‘Restart Sri Lanka Resilient Award’ at the SLIM-Brand Excellence – 2020

Kelani Breezer fan range of Kelani Cables PLC endorsed with energy saving ‘2 Star’ certification

Kelani Cables PLC conferred with the ‘World Class Global Performance Excellence Awards’

Kelani Cables PLC offers customers who have been with the company for 50 years a range of newest LED bulbs

Kelani Cables PLC for the first time in Sri Lanka introduces ‘Wire Calculator Mobile APP’ to select electrical cables for varied jobs